Lunch and Learn: Compassion Fatigue - 'I didn't expect this to happen to me' - Understanding and Recovering from Compassion Fatigue

'I didn't expect this to happen to me' - Understanding and Recovering from Compassion Fatigue

Lunch and Learn with Lisa Gardiner - NSW Practice Development Specialist

This 45 min online session explores the unexpected but very real experience of when our empathy and compassion for others seems blocked or disconnected. This can take people who are usually giving and caring by surprise and can feel overwhelming. For those who have previously experienced reduced empathy it can create feelings of isolation, discomfort and disconnect from those around them.

Understanding that these are normal experiences and that there are ways to reduce this occurring and ways to recover can be good to know. We will explain how and why this happens and what we can all do to assist ourselves to get back to where we want to be.