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About the Founder

 

Patricia Smith, FounderPatricia Smith is a certified Compassion Fatigue Specialist with 18 years of training experience. As Training and Development Manager at Humane Society Silicon Valley, she created and implemented a shelter-wide Compassion Fatigue project. She taught courses on the subject for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and presented Compassion Fatigue workshops nationwide as a consultant for American Humane.


Clients include: the State of California social services agencies; Ronald McDonald House at Stanford; Dominican Hospital, Jacob’s Heart and Hospice Caring Project, Santa Cruz; Indianapolis Animal Shelter, Indiana and the Veterinarian Oncologists, San Jose.


As Founder of the Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project, she writes, speaks, and facilitates workshops in service of those who care for others.

 
 

 

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