Forward-Facing Professional Resilience Services

 

Does your industry depend on caregivers? 


If you employ humans who give their time and skill in service to human well-being whether through

  • healthcare
  • education
  • spiritual care
  • crisis intervention
  • criminal justice
  • or even care of animals

You’ve probably seen the effects of a silent epidemic: compassion fatigue.

Compassion Fatigue = Burnout + Secondary Traumatic Stress

Anyone who spends time working with people in crisis, including experiencing or recovering from overwhelming life events is prone to compassion fatigue. 

Going through crisis is part of the human experience, so ultimately anyone who works in a caring capacity for other humans is prone to experiencing compassion fatigue – even in settings not oriented toward crisis intervention such as education or religious communities. 

Compassion Fatigue isn’t just a personal issue for employees in these industries. It affects your organization’s bottom line. 

 Get details about how compassion fatigue might affect your bottom line in our deep dive on compassion fatigue. 

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Untreated compassion fatigue in employees leads to 

  • decreased safety

  • increased employee turnover

  • increased errors

  • decreased performance

  • absenteeism

  • impaired professionalism

  • decreased staff and patient satisfaction

  • substance abuse 

It’s unethical to send firefighters into burning buildings without safety equipment,

so why are we sending other helping professionals

into inherently stressful environments

without the appropriate resilience skills?

The Accelerated Recovery program was developed by Dr. Gentry and his colleague Dr. Baranowsky and has been used across the globe to help people recover from and prevent compassion fatigue. It has been well-researched in its conception and its implementation – over 17 peer-reviewed studies have demonstrated how effective it is. It’s also been proven more effective than grief resolution and mindfulness education for alleviating compassion fatigue.

A large part of its effectiveness is its attention to educating participants in how their autonomic nervous system works. Only after participants are given the skills to work with their bodies to eliminate stress moment to moment are they given suggestions for self-care and revitalization. 

Get more details about the Accelerated Recovery Program here.

The Accelerated Recovery Program can offer

  • Higher employee quality of life

  • Immediately applicable job skills that can be employed for the rest of participants’ careers

  • Increased employee retention

  • Increased job satisfaction 

  • More accurate work with less mistakes

  • Healthier company culture

  • Increase of mission-driven action and decision-making

  • Significant savings from employee turnover

  • Training you can feel good about

Get access to references of peer-reviewed studies of this program in our compassion fatigue deep dive.

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Emily Hedrick Coaching and Consults offers the Accelerated Recovery Program in a variety of formats and can customize them to fit your unique needs: 

One-on-One Intensive

Jumpstart compassion fatigue recovery and establish a prevention plan through a two-day individual intensive.

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Ongoing Consulting

Begin one-on-one with the initial 5-sessions delivered online once a week for 5 weeks. Continue with check-ins as needed.

Training-as-Treatment

Bring Emily Hedrick Coaching and Consulting to your organization to deliver a workshop designed to fit your schedule and needs.

Organizational Programming

 Emily Hedrick Coaching and Consulting can customize a set of programs to reduce compassion fatigue in your organization.

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We can discuss your unique situtation and come up with a plan to promote professional thriving.

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