Preventing and Confronting Burnout

Strategies for Sustaining Yourself in Your Work

This workshop provides participants with an overview of how to recognize and combat burnout in a variety of fields. Participants will discover commonly overlooked warning signs and strategies for addressing both the symptoms and root causes of burnout. Participants walk away with concrete tools and approaches that go beyond simply “self-care.” This integrated approach of caring for self will help sustain participants in their work for years to come.

Learning Objectives

As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Define burnout and how it can impact helping professionals

• Recognize warning signs of burnout

• Practice concrete strategies to prevent and address burnout

• Consider how systems and organizations contribute to burnout and how to address those sources