November 21, 9am-11am CST on Zoom

CEU available: $20 for 2 credit hours

Presenter’s Bio: Ruth Gottfried, PhD, is a senior lecturer and the director of the Master’s Degree Program in Dance Movement Therapy at the David Yellin Academic College of Education. Along with her work in Israel, Ruth serves as a consultant for the Secondary Traumatic Stress Innovations and Solutions Center at the University of Kentucky’s Center on Trauma and Children. In addition, she is an ambassador of applied compassion, certified through the flagship program at Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. Currently, Ruth is pursuing a second PhD at Tel Aviv University’s Department of East Asian Studies, focusing on compassion from a Buddhist perspective.

Workshop Description: with the holidays and a new year quickly approaching, it’s an important time for self-care and mutual support within a collaborative organizational culture to sustain us in the work of serving children and families. This workshop is designed to provide helping professionals with a trauma-informed, compassion-based toolkit for addressing secondary traumatic stress. Following a theoretical overview, participants will engage in selected mindful compassion-based practices and interactive sharing sessions with peers. The workshop aims to empower helping professionals with the skills needed to effectively integrate these practices into their work.

Link to the book: Gottfried, R. (2024). Compassion-based practices for secondary traumatic stress: A resource guide for helping professionals. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Compassion-Based-Practices-for-Secondary-Traumatic-Stress-A-Resource-Guide-for-Helping-Professionals/Gottfried/p/book/9781032444710

Link to the book’s webpage: https://csts.care