1. Compassion Fatigue and Self-Care
McGill Counselling Service
Evelyn Rodinos

2. RESOLUTIONS Fitness Weight Loss Drinking/Smoking Family/Friends
Debt Management
Something New

3. Medicine Wheel
SOCIAL
SELF
EMOTIONAL
INTELLECTUAL
PHYSICAL

4. Helper Responsibilities
Listen
Support
Manage/Contain/Negotiate
Mobilize Resources

5. Helper Traits Empathic, Sensitive Generous Well-Meaning Idealistic
Self-Sacrificing

6. Vulnerability Difficulty Acknowledging Needs Same Risk Factors
Exposure
Questioning
Resonating

7. Compassion Fatigue LOW HIGH Energy Enthusiasm Motivation Empathy
Performance
Frustration
Cynicism
Negative Emotions
Conflict/Indifference

8. Perfectionists All things to all people No boundaries
Sole Problem Fixer
Difficulty Delegating
Difficulty Asking for Help

9. Dilemma
SELFLESS vs. SELFISH

10. Checklist PHYSICAL: COGNITIVE: Changes in appetite/sleep
Increased fatigue/pain
Decreased immune system
COGNITIVE:
Difficulty making choices
Intrusive thoughts
Decreased processing speed

11. Checklist Con’t BEHAVIOR: Decreased Energy Decreased Work Performance
Difficulty Connecting
Conflicts/Withdrawal
Substance Use

12. Checklist Con’t EMOTIONAL: Mood Swings Anxiety Irritability Self-Blame
Numbness
Detachment

13. Boiling Frog “Syndrome”

14. “There in body but not in…”
Presentee-ism
“There in body but not in…”
Because:
Too Exhausted
Overwhelmed/Frustrated
Angry
Unsupported
Unexpected Stressors ($$$, health, relationships)

15. Presentee-ism LEADS TO: Poor Time Management Errors in Judgment
Interpersonal Conflicts
Reduced Empathy
Masking Compassion Fatigue

16. Balanced Life Exercise Nutrition Sleep Social Attachments Down Time
Journaling
Boundary-Setting

17. Wellness Statement One way I know I am struggling is…
One way I know I am living a balanced life is…
One self-care strategy I will develop and incorporate into my life is…

18. Supportive Environment
Appreciation, Recognition
Professional Support/Supervision
Training
Open Communication
Peer Support

19. Peer Support Venting Social Attachment Provides Resources
Brainstorming Options
Normalizes Stressors