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Ground Hog Day
1 L Edition
Western Regional Legal Writing ConferenceLoyola Los Angeles ✪ August 2015
Deborah L. Borman ✪ Northwestern Law
Compassion Fatigue
State of Exhaustion and dysfunction as a result of prolonged exposure to compassion stress.
--Figley, 1995.
Secondary Traumatic Stress
• Experiencing stress indirectly as a result of either a specific event or a series of events that happens to another, such as a family member, friend, client, or STUDENT.
• Sometimes one situation can have a long-lasting effect.
BURNOUT
Exhausting of physical or emotional strength or motivation usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration. Something that builds to a breaking point and the stress and frustrations comes from all types of work-related sources.
Signs of Compassion
Fatigue
• Insomnia
• Irritability
• Avoidance
• Hypervigilance
• Exhaustion
• Diminished sense of enjoyment
• Frustration
• Depression
Impact of Compassion
Fatigue
• Physical / Somatic
• Personal life
• Relationships
• Work Performance
Internal Stressors
We all bring our past to our work:
• Schemas and beliefs; stigma
• Social support systems (positive and negative)
• History of trauma and illness
• Families and close relationships
• Economic situation
External Stressors: Organizational Factors
• Lack of good management
• Isolation at work
• Lack of control over work/outcomes
• Interaction with students
• Role conflicts
• Perceived unfairness in rewards
Coloring Mandalas
Carl Jung had clients color mandalas as method of focus and to allow the subconscious to let go:
“. . . it is easy to see how the severe pattern imposed by a circular image of this kind compensates the disorder of the psychic state.”
--Carl Jung