The Ethics of Self-Care: Exploring Resilience through Expressive Arts

Facilitator: Courtney Oliver, LMHC

Date: Sunday, December 8, 2024
Hours: 9:00 AM – 3:30 pm PT
Location: Online via Zoom
CEs: 6 CEs in Ethics
Clock Hours: 6

This workshop offers a deep dive into exploring compassion fatigue, burnout, vicarious trauma, their impact (e.g., physical,
emotional, mental, and spiritual), and the ethical responsibilities of self-care faced by mental health clinicians. This workshop will expand on our popular workshop The Ethics of Self-Care: An Art-based Approach by focusing on types of resilience, including vicarious resilience. Topics will include stressors, ethics, compassion fatigue, burnout, self-care, resilience, and vicarious resilience. These topics will be explored through the hands-on application of creative and expressive arts, offering practical exercises for mental health clinicians to apply to their self-care routines.

1. Participants will gain an understanding of the ethical responsibilities of self-care.
2. Participants will learn about types of resilience.
3. Participants will learn about compassion fatigue, burnout, and vicarious trauma on professional and personal health levels.
4. Participants will learn practical applications of self-care.
5. Participants will gain an understanding of how the expressive arts is a useful tool in self-care exploration.
6. Participants will engage in hands-on creative arts activities to process didactic material.

Suggested art materials: Basic writing materials (paper and writing materials) and any other art materials or supplies that participants feel comfortable using.

We consistently hear from participants that our ethics workshops are the best experience they have had getting their required CEs, online or in-person!

The Zoom link will be sent day prior to workshop; please check your spam/junk folder if you don’t see it!

Cancellation Policy: We require cancellation notification at least 2 weeks prior to the workshop date in order to use your registration fee towards a future workshop. No refunds will be given. read more…

School Counselor/Teacher (OSPI) Approved by the Washington State Office of Public Instruction as a “Washington State approved clock hour offering workshop.”

If you are outside of Washington State, we advise that you check with your state licensing board to confirm that they accept NBCC approved CEs. 

This workshop offers 6 CEs in ethics for Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists and Licensed Social Workers.

Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute is a NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider ™,
ACEP No. 7014.