For the past 15 years, Secondary Trauma specialist and compassion fatigue educator Françoise Mathieu has been exploring tools to help all of us navigate the challenges of sustaining compassion and empathy towards others - both as individuals and professionals. This talk explores ways to find the right balance between caring for others while staying healthy and empathic. Françoise is a Registered Psychotherapist and a compassion fatigue specialist. Her experience stems from over 20+ years as a mental health professional, working as a crisis counsellor and trauma specialist in university counselling, military, law enforcement and other community mental health environments. Françoise is co-executive director of TEND, whose aim is to offer consulting and training to helpers on topics related to secondary trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout, self-care, wellness and organizational health. Since 2001, Françoise has given hundreds of seminars on compassion fatigue and secondary trauma across North America to thousands of helping professionals in the fields of health care, child welfare, the criminal justice system and other similar high stress, trauma exposed professions. Françoise is the author of “The Compassion Fatigue Workbook” which was published by Routledge in 2012 as well as several articles and publications. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
Type of Material:
TED Video Presentation
Recommended Uses:
Self-reflection activity
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Homework
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Team
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Technical Requirements:
Internet access
Web browser
Identify Major Learning Goals:
After engaging with this video, the learner will:
1. Describe being present for other people.
2. Explain the complexity of caring.
3. Reflect on burnout, compassion, and self-care.
Target Student Population:
College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
None needed
Content Quality
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Excellent presentation about caring and compassion.
Includes great stories.
The content is appropriate and the speaker is engaging.
The video is appropriate to the content presented.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
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The speaker is clear about the topic content at the start of the video.
The item promotes thinking and reflective thinking.
The concept is explored in detail with multiple exemplars to explain the dynamics and outcomes noted with compassion fatigue.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
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The video includes closed captioning.
Include advertisements.
The YouTube software is in working order.
The presentation is directly noted on the webpage. Clicking on the video starts the presentation.
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