Pre-Symposium- Sustaining Yourself at Work

Presented by: Amelia Franck Meyer, Ed.D, LISW

Presentation Summary:

Current research supports that we, employees of systems and organizations, cannot produce desired outcomes for those we serve without a stable, engaged, and healthy workforce. As helping professionals, our wellbeing is affected; we oftentimes take care of others and forget to tend to our own needs in the process. This training will provide an understanding of how to sustain yourself in the work by providing key learnings and mindset shift.

Presentation Objectives:

As a result of attending this presentation, attendees will: 

  • Gain a deeper understanding of the meaning of workforce wellbeing and individual resilience
  • Gain an understanding of warning signs and signals, as well as remedies, for burnout and compassion fatigue
  • Gain ideas of how to attend to and improve your own wellbeing