PSY 454 - Trauma and Self-Care: Compassion Fatigue

This course is designed for students who wish to learn of methods used to work with and coach professionals and volunteers working with the traumatized. These practitioners are especially vulnerable to developing compassion fatigue or other negative consequences of their work. This course is designed to guide students in the theoretical background preparation needed to be in a position (once further qualified) to treat those practitioners requiring counseling and therapy who already have compassion fatigue and related problems. The course will focus specifically on the assessment and treatment of work-related Acute Stress Disorder, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, clinical depression, substance abuse, and profound burnout in the context of the transformation toward wellness. This course will not train students to do the counseling.

Prerequisite: PSY 290 (minimum grade C-), and PSY 350 (minimum grade C-) or CPS 310 (minimum grade C-); or instructor permission.
When Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3