Preventing Caregiver Burnout: Creating Your Self-Care Plan 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CEUs: $15.00
No CEUs: $5.00
1.0 CEUs available for:

  • LSW/LISW/SWA (CSWMFT #: RSX069601)

  • LPC/LPCC (CSWMFT #: RCX031303)

  • Nurses ​(via reciprocity with the CSWMFT board)
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Session 1 of a 4-part "Preventing Caregiver Burnout" series.
Attendance to all 4 is NOT required to receive CEUs.
March 16th: Creating your Self-Care Plan
July 11th: Illuminating Hope in Uncertain Times
September 12th: What’s in YOUR Courage Tool Kit?
November 9th: Understanding Stress

The pandemic has caused an increase in mental health challenges. As we emerge from the COVID health crisis, we face a new public health crisis focused on mental health. Understanding that stress leads to compassion fatigue and possibly burnout as the problem, and health and well-being through self-care as the solution is essential. Kristi Horner and Jenny Woodworth of Courage to Caregivers will review the components of stress and self-care. This workshop will provide: (1) what exactly is self-care including the 5 elements of self-care: physical, social and emotional, mental, spiritual, practical and professional; (2) what is well-being including the 4 keys to well-being: awareness, connection, insight and purpose; (3) understanding stress and its effects; (4) how to plan, prioritize and make time for self-care and (5) bust the myth that self-care is selfish.    

Objectives:

  • Understand the difference between compassion fatigue and caregiver burnout.
  • Identify the 5 elements of self-care as essential components to overall health and well-being.
  • Discover a minimum of one strategy to better cope and manage stress that can be incorporated into daily practice.
  • Determine a minimum of one goal to identify a minimum of two sustainable self-care practices that can be practiced daily or weekly.  

About the Speakers:  Kristi Horner and Jenny Woodworth, LSW, MSW

Kristi Horner is the Founder and Executive Director for Courage to Caregivers. Kristi graduated from Denison University with a BA in Economics. Throughout her career she has worked for a variety of nonprofits as Director of Special Events, Director of Volunteers and Director of Admissions.

 In 2014, she lost her brother to suicide. She had been one of her brother’s mental illness long-distance caregivers for four years. He lived with depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder. As someone who supported someone she loved very much, living with mental illness, she knew there had to be a better way to support mental illness caregivers and the idea for Courage to Caregivers was born!

Jenny Woodworth, MSW/LSW, serves as Director of Programs and Support Group leader for Courage to Caregivers. Jenny graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work and has been committed to helping families and individuals ever since. She completed her Master’s degree in Social Work at Cleveland State University. Jenny’s experiences in caring for people both personally and professionally are varied but she strives to bring compassion, a sense of humor and hope in all her interactions.

REGISTRATION & CANCELLATION INFORMATION:

​Class sizes are limited, so register early.  Classes with low registrations may be canceled.  If the class is canceled or moved, participants will be contacted via email at least 24 hours in advance.

Classes start and end on time.  To ensure a quality experience for all, please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the class start time and find a seat.  CEU credits will be adjusted 0.25 credit hours for every 15 minutes not in attendance; adjusted certificates will be emailed to participants within 3 business days after the training.  Hard copies of certificates will be mailed upon request.

It is difficult to control room temperature to everyone's comfort level.  We suggest you dress in layers that can be adaptable to warm and cool temperatures.

For auditing purposes, arrival and departure times and signature are required on attendance sheets.