Description: This presentation discussed the intersection between advocacy work and mental health, defining compassion fatigue and identifying how to manage challenges that impact the people we care about. Participants learned to identify compassion fatigue and strategies to decrease its negative effects on mental health and their ability to help. Participants also received information and had an opportunity to ask questions, experience self-care activities, and share their successes and challenges.
Panelist(s): Luciana Guardini, Denise Hayes, Maura McFadden, Kel Thomas