Music Therapy and Compassion Fatigue: Help! My Job is Killing Me (6 credits)

Presented by Janna Cantu

Course Description: 

This 6 CMTE credit online CEU focuses on identifying and addressing Compassion Fatigue in Music Therapy practice by providing micro-techniques for self-management in order to help music therapists remain level headed and safe at work.

This course equips Music Therapists with essential tools including:

• A full assessment profile to check personal risk levels each quarter- for preventing or healing from burnout and Secondary PTSD

• Deep relaxation and reflection to assist in the recovery process

length: 300 minutes 6 CMTE credits

Objectives:

1. After course participation, attendees should be able to identify which of the risk factors for Compassion Fatigue and The Silencing Response are happening in their therapy practice.

2. After course participation, attendees should be able to evaluate personal risk for burnout or Compassion Fatigue through self-assessment tools that provide a mid-course baseline, followed by quarterly risk assessment at home.

3. After course completion, Attendees should be able to apply 4 new micro-techniques or down- regulation strategies that act as neuro-protective factors against re-traumatization that increase time spent in Eustress versus Stress

4. After course completion, participants should be able to identify if they are satisfied and safe with their current job, or if it is time for a new client, a change of workplace, a more extreme overhaul of the career path, or a sabbatical for restoration.

5. After course completion, participants should be able to describe how self-management lowers reactivity at work- protecting our mitochondrial functioning - and when to use Self-Management versus Self-Care. 

CBMT Domains covered :

Safety 1 10 Utilize consistent interactions that promote a sense of safety and security Treatment Planning

2 D 1 Involve clients in the treatment planning process, when appropriate. Implementation

3 A 1a Develop a therapeutic relationship by being fully present, authentic, and respectful. Implementation

3 A 2c Provide individualized music therapy experiences to address client’s: abuse and trauma Professional Development

V A 3 Participate in CEU Professional Responsibilities

V B 12 Monitor own mental and physical health, and seek support as needed to ensure professional effectiveness and competence.

Schedule:

• Introduction by Janna Cantu 3:42

• Self-Awareness Section - Psychoeducation and practical factors that support you remaining safe within yourself and able to foster that sense of safety within trauma processing sessions description and reflection 21:28

• the silencing response 12:25

• burnout, conceptualized 3:24

• tri-phasic model 1:29

• safety and security 33:11

• Self-Assessment Section - Get your baseline and repeat this battery quarterly as a preventive measure that provides statistical analysis of emotionally charged components that can be slippery to accurately measure.

• battery of assessments 1:51:46

• compassion satisfaction test, should I stay or should I go? 32:17

• Self-Management section - Learn what it takes to remain in Eustress - that state of flow and feeling productively challenged- without going over the cliff into chronic stress mode

• Skilled versus de-skilled 14:03

• Detriangulation 1:19

• In-vivo self-management. master this if nothing else 13:52

• Self-care: take the stress out of relaxing! 19:34

• Isolation 4:20

• Skill Acquisition 4:17

• Conflict Resolution 9:30

• Complimentary micro-skills Section for remaining in Eustress during the unfolding of a new workplace trauma, or the processing of difficult material in therapy

• "A relaxed body cannot be re-traumatized" 4:55

• Congrats you made it! Here is me messing up, just for fun- allow yourself to remain human. Maintaining a morbid sense of humor goes a long way towards thriving in a traumatic environment at work. CEU Bloopers 1:40

• 20 minutes of self reflection as you go

Music Therapy and Compassion Fatigue: HELP! My job is killing me! – is  approved by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) for 6 CMTEs-Continuing Music Therapy Education credits. The Spiegel Academy, CBMT Approved Provider #P-106,  maintains responsibility for program quality and adherence to CBMT policies and criteria.