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Thriving Personally in the Helping Profession: How to Combat Burnout and Enjoy Your Life

Event Type
Other
Sponsor
School of Social Work
Location
Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana, Room 300
Date
Jul 12, 2019   1:00 - 4:00 pm  
Registration
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Contact
Amy Frederick
E-Mail
aeweber2@illinois.edu
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Thriving Personally in the Helping Profession: How to Combat Burnout and Enjoy Your Life

3 CEU's available for LSW, LCSW and LCPC
Speaker: Gina Johnson MSW, CTS, LCSW, Pesi Certified Trauma Therapist

This workshop will discuss the different types of stress, including eustress and distress, and how these stressors lead to burnout and negativity bias. Gina will examine what the signs of burnout look like in the helping profession and how awareness of coping mechanisms and habit loops can help practitioners to avoid experiencing burnout.
Participants will learn practical strategies for the areas of our lives that can be controlled, such as thoughts, attitudes, efforts and actions. Participants will also learn how to develop their guiding “Blueprint Principles” so they can leave the workshop with a customized plan for future self-care that they can put into action immediately.

$30 for CEU's
$10 for no CEU's

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