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Our Most Requested Topics:
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Building Resilience in the Workplace: Preventing Burnout, Compassion
Fatigue, and Vicarious Trauma in Professionals |
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Palette
of Grief®:
The Art of Coping with Loss |
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Death, Dying and Bereavement: Providing Compassion During a Time of
Need (Based on Barbara's Best Selling Book) |
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When Tragedy Strikes: Supporting Survivors of Sudden Traumatic Loss
and Victims of Crime |
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Professional Ethics
and Burnout in Victim Services: Personal Impact of Violent Crime
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But
I Didn't Say Goodbye: Supporting Bereaved Children and their families (Based on
Barbara's Best Selling Book)
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Who
should attend:
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Victim
Assistance Agencies: Sexual assault programs, domestic violence programs, child advocacy programs, At-Risk youth
programs
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Medical
Field: Emergency medicine, palliative care, general practice,
geriatric, radiology, nephrology, obstetrics, pain medicine, psychiatry
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Allied
Professionals: Human services, social service workers, mental health
professionals, school counselors, pastoral care, funeral directors
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Criminal
Justice System: Law enforcement, victim advocates, prosecutors,
judicial employees, probation officers, corrections personnel
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Some of our
Programs . . .
KEYNOTE ADDRESS AND
GENERAL SESSION SPEAKER:
Barbara Rubel, MA, BCETS, CBS
Categories:
Resiliency, Stress Management, Motivation
Triumph over loss and find inner resilience to deal with
life’s challenges, from the loss of a job or relationship to loss of a loved
one.
Three weeks before she gave birth to triplet sons, Barbara
Rubel’s father, a retired New York City police officer, took his own life.
This heartbreaking experience launched Rubel on a personal
mission. She inspires audiences to tap the power of resilience within them and
survive the soul-searching journey into the essence of loss. Barbara’s story
was featured in the Emmy award-winning PBS Documentary,
Fatal
Mistakes. Her riveting talks, laced with humor, focus on ritual and
resilience and offer wisdom, tools and techniques to anyone facing a difficult,
life-changing situation.
Her best selling books, But I Didn’t Say Goodbye
and Death, Dying, and
Bereavement focus on healing.
She is the co-author of the U.S. Dept. of Justice Training Manual,
Compassion Fatigue. Rubel is a nationally recognized author and speaker, noted for her ability to
provide motivating and insightful presentations on surviving loss of
relationships, life changing events, and how to grow through crisis. Barbara has
inspired thousands of people to deal with unfinished business, search for
meaning in their lives and overcome life’s hurdles. Rubel's
background in psychology, community health, and thanatology come together to
create a dynamic talk that helps those who have experienced stressful events to
survive
and thrive in spite of the curves life has thrown them.
A nationally-known
consultant on traumatic loss, Barbara is the Director of the Griefwork Center, Inc.
in NJ. Her presentations convey optimism, compassion and hope to anyone
coping with life’s major challenges.
GENERAL SESSIONS, KEYNOTES, WORKSHOPS,
CORPORATE TRAINING, AND CONSULTATION
Building Resiliency:
Preventing burnout and compassion fatigue in Professionals
This must-attend presentation has been developed to provide professionals with
the techniques they must master to deal with their own work related stress.
We will describe the significance of resiliency to manage a stressful
career. Are you burning out? Has compassion fatigue made you
consider leaving your present job? This is a
presentation of
empowerment for overworked professionals and is designed to help you master the turning points in your life. Say goodbye to stress, burnout
and compassion fatigue and say hello to
relaxation, balance, and empowerment. If you want to recognize strategies
to enhance resiliency, so you can continue supporting those impacted by life
changing events, this presentation is for you! Learn strategies to handle the pressure
when you're working inside a pressure cooker.
Palette of Grief®:
Dealing With Life Changing Events
This presentation begins
with an overview of life changing events and their impact on individuals.
There will be a creative activity,
the
Palette of Grief®.
This interactive exercise is geared to assist and train professionals to
identify the physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, work related, social
and spiritual reactions due to life changing events.
The Palette represents some of the reactions people experience due to loss,
stress, burnout and compassion fatigue.
This presentation is "hands on" with attendees reviewing effective ways to
help individuals and themselves after being exposed to traumatic experiences.
Death, Dying, and
Bereavement: Providing Compassion During a Time of Need
This presentation
addresses the circumstances and special needs of the dying and those who
companion them. Unique
issues professionals face when providing compassionate care to those in need; Everything you need to know about death, dying, and bereavement; Strategies
for working with patients who are terminally ill; Identify strategies
to support family members; Implement
practical interventions with patients and their families for greater quality
of life. The presenter of this workshop wrote the 30 hour continuing
education course book for nurses, Death, Dying, and Bereavement.
When Tragedy Strikes: Knowing What to Say and do After Sudden Loss
This
presentation is for professional helpers who want to learn more about conditions
that make grief traumatic. This workshop begins with an overview of the reactions of sudden loss survivors and
victims. There will also be a discussion on the impact of sudden violent death on the family.
The next part of this session instructs the attendees to learn effective communication skills and review effective ways to provide
support after a sudden death. Victim advocates and those who
companion survivors and victims will gain the skills needed to emotionally
support people in crisis.
Professional
Ethics and Burnout in Victim Services: Personal Impact of Violent Crime
What are the
ethical dilemmas you face in your work as a victim services provider? As
you respond compassionately to each client with personalized services, you are
in jeopardy of experiencing compassion fatigue. While you have a professional
responsibility to respect the rights and self determination of victims, you have
a personal responsibility to prevent compassion fatigue. This program explores
the impact of ethical dilemmas and sources of stress in victim services.
Participants will create a code of professional ethics for victim assistance
providers and a personal and professional care plan to prevent vicarious trauma.
Objectives:
1. Describe 5 ethical
principles that guide victim services
2. Identify actions and
behaviors that violate healthy boundaries
3. Create a code of
professional ethics
4. Develop a personal and
professional care plan to prevent compassion fatigue
Availability:
Nationwide
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programs.
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