August Monthly CEU Meeting: Recognizing, Preventing, and Healing Counselor Burnout and Compassion Fatigue

Recognizing, Preventing, and Healing Counselor Burnout and Compassion Fatigue presented by Ashley Hamm, M. Ed., LPC

Counselors often pour their hearts into their work, feeling a drive and purpose to help and heal their clients.  However, sometimes counseling work can lead to feelings of exhaustion, disconnection, or even depression.  Many factors can contribute to counselor burnout and compassion fatigue, such as impossibly high case loads, conflicts between the work you want to do and what the insurance companies dictate, and hearing heartbreaking stories of trauma day after day.  In this presentation, you will learn the signs of burnout and compassion fatigue, so that you can catch yourself before you lose the motivation and compassion that's critical to thriving in your career.  You'll have a chance to do some self-reflective work to clarify how you can better care for yourself to heal and prevent burnout and find balance in your work and life.  

Schedule:

6:30 - 6:45 Check-in

6:45 - 7:00 Introductions and opportunities for members to share announcements

7:00 - 8:30 CEU Presentation

About Ashley:

Ashley Hamm, LPC, is the owner of Hamm Counseling, a counseling practice in the Houston Heights focused on helping people coping with worry, stress, and anxiety to find calm and confidence.  Ashley also speaks and offers workshops aimed at helping people learn how to prioritize caring for themselves, live life with more self-compassion, and build resilience in the face of stress.

Ashley is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Registered Health Coach-Specialist, and a Dr. Sears Certified Health Coach.  She has a Master of Education in Counseling from the University of Houston and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Rice University.  Ashley has worked as a counselor in a variety of settings, including a psychiatric treatment center, a hospital employee wellness program, and an eating disorder treatment center.