Compassion Fatigue Workbooks and Training Materials

These workbooks will be available for purchase on our website in November 2008. Please join our mailing list to receive advance notification. You can also order them by emailing me at whp@cogeco.ca and asking for a price list and order form.

HELP FOR THE HELPER SERIES

Walking the Walk Workbook – (Item # WTW1)

This workbook leads you through the full Walking the Walk: Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue one day workshop. It was designed for distance learners and those who prefer working at their own pace. The workbook offers a comprehensive description of compassion fatigue and vicarious traumatization and leads the reader through many experiential activities designed to target specific areas in their personal and professional lives. It presents concrete strategies to help the reader develop a personalised strategic plan for identifying and transforming compassion fatigue and vicarious traumatization.

Topics covered include:
Understanding compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma
Symptom checklist, targeting areas for strategic planning, understanding warning signs.
Assessing contributing factors; Evaluating self-care, identifying triggers
Strategies and solutions: personal, professional and organizational.



TRAIN THE TRAINER SERIES

Compassion Fatigue Train the Trainer - Training Manual (Item # TT1)

This manual offers tools to help you design your own CF workshops and assist you to become a compassion fatigue trainer. The material included in this manual is based on WHP’s one day workshop Walking the Walk: Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue which has been offered across Canada since 2001.

Enclosed in this manual you will find:

• A description of the 17 Educational and experiential goals of the Walking the Walk course.
• A extensive resource list (books, links to websites, articles, etc.)
• An appendix with handouts that can be used for your training sessions.
• A copy of three articles written by WHP: Low Impact Disclosure , Running on
Empty and Transforming compassion fatigue into compassion satisfaction: top 12 self-care tips for helpers.


Walking the Walk Workshop: The Presenter’s Toolkit (Item # TT2)

The full Walking the Walk training kit: Power point presentation on CD, handout templates, Train the Trainer Manual and one copy of the Walking the Walk Workbook plus unlimited emailing for 3 months with Françoise Mathieu on workshop design
following purchase of your presenter’s Toolkit.


Ebook: Designing and marketing a compassion fatigue workshop in 10 key steps (Item # TT3)

After nearly 20 years in the counselling field and 15+ years as a trainer, consultant and workshop developer, I am frequently asked for advice and tips on developing and marketing workshops. I have compiled answers to these FAQs in this ebooklet along with book reviews, lessons learned and useful web links.

Purchasing this ebooklet also gives you the opportunity to join an online community: Visit the train the trainer blog www.compassionfatiguetrainer.com regularly for updates.

It contains:
• Self assessment exercises to help you evaluate where you are starting from.
• Strategies to identify and develop your very own workshop style
• Key books and resources in the field
• Marketing and promotion: lessons learned and things you should know
and many more tips, ideas and strategies.

Join our Mailing List to receive advance notification: To do so,
visit our website: www.compassionfatigue.ca and click on “Join Mailing list”
For more information: Contact Françoise Mathieu at WHP
Email: whp@cogeco.ca Phone: 613-547-3247

Order forms will be available on our website in October 2008