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Walking Through Fire: Overcoming Pandemic Burnout

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Thursday, April 15, 2021 12:00 pm
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This webinar describes the known symptoms of professional burnout, how they differ from depression and how they might manifest in a mental health professional. Specific characteristics of the Pandemic that promote burnout, such as overuse of video conferencing, lack of social connection, use of social distancing and masks during treatment and the stressors of prolonged uncertainty, frequent alarming news and diminished opportunities for personal self-help will be described, along with their contribution to professional burnout. Remedies for burnout are detailed that have been shown in research to effectively help burnout, along with realigning professionals’ values, empathy, and self-expectation to better fit the Pandemic professional and personal lifestyle.

Learning Objectives:

  1. The participant will be able to identify at least 3 symptoms of likely professional burnout common to professionals in service professions
  2. The participant will be able to identify at least 3 potential sources of burnout in mental health professionals that are unique to the Pandemic
  3. The participant will be able to identify 3 self-help strategies for overcoming professional burnout during the Pandemic

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Presenter(s) Biography

Karen Cassiday, PhD, ACT

Karen Cassiday PhD

Karen Cassiday, PhD, ADAA Past President's areas of interest are anxiety disorders in children and teens, social anxiety disorder, treatment-refractory OCD, and working with children and teens who suffer from both developmental concerns and anxiety disorders. Her research has focused on information processing in posttraumatic stress disorder and cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders in children, teens, and adults.

Dr. Karen Cassiday is a lively, sought-after speaker and commentator on national media such as Nightline, The Today Show, Animal Planet, The Joy Behar Show, Huffington Post, public radio and many more. She is a TEDx speaker who shared her personal experience as a mother overcoming her own anxious perfectionism in the middle of Walt Disney World! She is the host of the Moms Without Worry radio show. She served as the President of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America and is the founder of the Anxiety Treatment Center of Greater Chicago, the longest-running clinic to first use modern exposure-based treatment for anxiety disorders in the Chicago region. She won the Anxiety and Depression Association of America’s prestigious Clinician of Distinction Award and is a Clinical Fellow. She is also a Diplomate and Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, served as Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Chicago OCD Foundation/Beyond OCD, and has been listed on numerous Who’s Who lists.  She has published numerous scientific articles and articles on parenting and managing anxiety. Dr. Cassiday is dedicated to helping mothers overcome the cultural pressure to be perfect and to raise perfect kids. She enjoys using her expertise from over thirty years in the field to help families overcome the dilemmas of parenting in a high-stress digital world. Her goal is to help all mothers embrace the messy hilarity of parenting with unshakable self-confidence so they can raise kids who thrive!

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