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Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project Materials
Recent Articles
Suggestions from Project Associates
Must-read Books
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!

Check out a preview of the Presenters Guide or the Student Guide before you purchase!

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

Recently found Articles:

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