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Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project Materials
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Suggestions from Project Associates
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Especially for Animal Caregivers
Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project Materials:
To Weep for a Stranger: Compassion Fatigue in Caregiving by Patricia Smith.
Also available on Kindle!
Compassion Fatigue Training Workbooks now available!
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Healthy Caregiving: A Guide to Recognizing and Managing Compassion Fatigue; Student Guide, Level 1. by Patricia Smith, 2009.
Healthy Caregiving: A Guide to Recognizing and Managing Compassion Fatigue; Presenters Guide, Level 1. by Patricia Smith, 2009.
Healthy Caregiving: A Guide To Recognizing And Managing Compassion Fatigue Workshop Presentation
To purchase the presentation, please visit:
www.healthycaregiving.com
Doctor and Patient: Offering Care for the Caregiver, by Pauline W. Chen M.D. New York Times, January 22nd, 2010.
Compassion Fatigue: When Caring Hurts Too Much, by Rick Asa. Academy of General Dentistry Impact, December 2009.
Recognizing and Managing Compassion Fatigue: A Path to Wellness, by Patricia Smith. Families of Loved Ones, Summer 2009.
Financial Advisors Face a Crisis of Confidence, by Dan Jamieson. Investment News, May 17th, 2009
Courage and Caring: Step Up to Your Next Level of Nursing Excellence, by Sandra Ford Walston. www.sandrawalston.com.
Moral and Ethical Distress a Heavy Burden for Nurses, by Melissa Wirkus. NurseConnect.com, 2009.
Compassion Fatigue: How Much Can I Give? by Peter Huggard MPH, MEd. Medical Education, 37(pp163-164). 2003.
When the Caring Gets Tough; Compassion Fatigue and Veterinary Care, by Peter and Jayne Huggard. VetScript, May. 2008.
Taking Flight: Wounded Warriors who fought for freedom find it anew underwater, by Renee Duncan. Alert Diver, September/October, 2008.
Utah medical unit departs to care for Iraqi detainees, by Matthew D. LaPlante. Salt Lake City Tribune, September 17th, 2008.
Suggestions from Project Associates:
Transforming Compassion Fatigue Into Compassion Satisfaction: Top 12 Self-Care Tips for Helpers, by Françoise Mathieu, M.Ed., CCC., Compassion Fatigue Specialist. Rehab and Community Care Medicine, Spring 2007.
Running On Empty: Compassion Fatigue in Health Professionals, by Françoise Mathieu, M.Ed., CCC., Compassion Fatigue Specialist. 2007
Low Impact Disclosure: How to Stop Sliming Each Other, by Françoise Mathieu, M.Ed., CCC., Compassion Fatigue Specialist. 2008..
Dark Water: Stress After Trauma, by Opal Rose, 2007.
A highly-personalized account of the journey from post-traumatic stress to healing.
The Art and Science of Caring for Others without Forgetting Self-Care, by Charles R. Figley, 2007.
Understanding and Preventing Compassion Fatigue; A Handout for Professionals, by Dr. Angelea Panos, 2007.
Must-read books for all caregivers:
Campbell, Joseph; The Hero's Jouney
Chapman, Erie; Radical Loving Care: Building the Healing Hospital in America
Collinge, William, MD; Partners in Healing: Simple Ways to Offer Support, Comfort and Care to a Loved One Facing Illness
Figley, Charles; Compassion Fatigue: Coping with
Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder in Those Who Treat the Traumatized
Frankl, Viktor E.; Man’s Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy
Hilfiker, D.; Healing the Wounds: A Physician Looks at His Work
Hopkins, Jeffrey; Cultivating Compassion: A Buddhist
Perspective
Housden, Roger; Ten Poems to Change Your Life
Kabat-Zinn, J; Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness
Meditation in Everyday Life
Lehrer, Jonah; How We Decide
Mandel, Debra, Ph.D.; Healing the Sensitive Heart: How to stop getting hurt, build your inner strength, and find the Love you deserve
Morrissette, Patrick J.; The Pain of Helping: Psychological Injury of Helping Professions
Myss, Caroline; Anatomy of
the Spirit: The Seven Steps of Power and Healing
Myss, Caroline; Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your
Divine Potential
Myss, Caroline, C. Norman M.D. Shealy; The Creation of Health: The
Emotional, Psychological, and Spiritual Responses that Promote Health and Healing
Pearson, Carol; The Hero Within: Six Archetypes
We Live By
Rosenberg, Marshall B.; Non-Violent Communication:
A Language of Compassion
Saakvitne, Karen W. and Laurie Anne Pearlmanl Transforming The Pain: A Workbook on Vicarious Traumatization
Schweitzer, Dr. Albert; Out of My Life and Thought
Simon, David, M.D.; Free to Love, Free to Heal: Heal Your Body by Healing Your Emotions
Taylor-Brown, Barbara; Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith
Trevino, Haven; The Tao of Healing: Meditation for
Body and Spirit
Walston, Sandra Ford; Courage: The Heart and Spirit
of Every Woman
Especially for Animal Caregivers:
Andrews, Ted; Animal-Speak: The Spiritual and Magical
Powers of Creatures Great and Small
Figley, Dr. Charles and Robert Roop; Compassion Fatigue in the Animal-Care Community
Harbolt, Tami L.; Bridging the Bond: The Cultural Construction of the Shelter Pet
Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff; When Elephants Weep:
The Emotional Life of Animals
Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff; Dogs Never Lie About
Love
Schoen, Allen D.V.M.; Kindred Spirits: How the Remarkable Bond Between Humans and Animals Can Change the Way We Live
Sichel, Elaine; Circles of Compassion
Von Kreisler, Kristin; The Compassion of Animals
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