Preventing Burnout in Mental Health Professionals:

Techniques for Self-Understanding and Self-Nurturing

Learning Objectives–As a result of attending this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the three factors in burnout–emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced sense of personal accomplishment.

2. Describe their ideal workplace and the difference between their ideal workplace and their current workplace.

3. Describe at least one factor in their current workplace that might be contributing to burnout.

4. Describe three of their own interpersonal patterns, ideas about relationships and counseling, personality factors, and values that might be contributing to burnout.

5. Describe at least one strategy for countering each of these factors that might be contributing to burnout.