Main description:

* Skills-based: most books on burnout or compassion fatigue are largely signs, symptoms, and "self-care". This book defines concrete, acquirable skills. There is significant clamoring in the field for "what we do about it."

* Evidence-Informed: The guidance offered in this book derives from an evidence-base.

* Trauma-Informed: The foundation for trauma-informed treatment is the emotion regulation skills of the provider. The treatment professional must be emotionally regulated to effectively implement any trauma treatment--and a commitment to care for oneself can keep professionals in the field for a career.

Contents:

Section I: Where We Begin: The Ordinary and Familiar World; Chapter One: Accepting the Challenge; Section II: Leaving the Ordinary World: Our Quest Begins; Chapter Two: Entering the Woods at the Darkest Place-Experiential Engagement; Chapter Three: Reducing Rumination: Getting Free from the Ghosts That Follow; Chapter Four: Stories of the Quest: The Antecedent Narrative: Conscious Narrative: Telling Our Story; Chapter Five: Point of Contact: The Concurrent Narrative; Chapter Six: Stories Around the Fire: The Consolidation Narrative; Section III: Returning with the Elixir; Chapter Seven: Making the Work Easier: Reducing Emotional Labor; Chapter Eight: Breathing Lessons Skills for Activating Parasympathetic Recovery; Chapter Nine: CE-CERT Echoes: Creating Synergy Between the CE-CERT Skills