I was prepared to deliver a presentation at the 2020 Minnesota Psychological Association Conference on April 2nd entitled, Identifying and Addressing Therapist Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Moral Injury. Of course the conference was cancelled. They plan to hold a virtual conference in late April and asked me to pre-record a 1.5 hour version of my presentation, which will be shown at that virtual conference. Now, I could simply record myself alone talking at the camera for 90 minutes, but I believe that would grow boring quite quickly. My presentation style is to include lots of discussion and audience participation. This is why I plan to virtually deliver, and record, this presentation on Friday April 10th from 12:30-2:00pm (Central Time) through a private Zoom link to an audience of folks that are interested in identifying and addressing their own burnout, compassion fatigue and/or moral injury.

I will not make the Zoom link public because I would like some control over who will be able to join the session. If you would like to join us, please register by completing this brief Google Document. I will email you the link and some information about the presentation.

Here is the SESSION DESCRIPTION from the conference catalogue:

This session is designed for therapists wanting to better understand their own current experiences of burnout, compassion fatigue, and/or moral injury as well as their risks for the future. Participants will have the opportunity to complete and interpret a burnout and compassion fatigue self assessment, learn a 5-stage model of burnout, discuss the macro-level systemic forces that can lead to burnout and other injuries, and also explore prevention strategies and recovery interventions that are feasible from within their working context. We will create space for participants to share personal journeys with burnout, compassion fatigue, and moral injury. The goal of this session is to help participants become more attuned to their professional welfare needs and connect to a sense of empowerment and advocacy to help prevent—and heal—from these injuries.

Speaker Bio: Nate Page, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in the state of Minnesota and works full time at Carleton College Student Health and Counseling in Northfield, MN. Nate specializes in group therapy and providing group therapy training to mental health professionals. He has witnessed the damaging impact of burnout, compassion fatigue, and moral injury among far too many mental health providers and has committed a significant portion of his professional career to helping “heal the healers” that are struggling these concerns. He is the owner of Group Therapy Central LLC (grouptherapycentral.com), directs the Phoenix Project at Carleton College (https://www.facebook.com/carletonphoenixproject/), and leads recovery retreat programs for therapists suffering from burnout and compassion fatigue.