This event is FREE for peer specialists and clinicians.

Peer specialists provide unique and valuable services in a variety of settings across the country and worldwide. Unfortunately, they are also extremely vulnerable to burnout, compassion fatigue, and leaving the field prematurely. In this workshop we will explore the importance of self care and maintaining clear boundaries as the foundation for safe, sustainable, ethical and enjoyable peer work.

Learning Objectives / Workshop Participants will:

• Understand the Importance of Ethics and Boundaries in Peer Work

• Define Compassion Fatigue and Identify common signs

• Explore the Intersection of Compassion Fatigue and Blurry Boundaries

• Identify Personal Experience of “Feeling Well” and “Feeling Unwell”

• Create a Personal Wellness Toolkit

About the Instructor

Erin Goodman is a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS), WRAP Facilitator, NAMI Connection Facilitator, an ordained interfaith minister, and Yale University Lived Experience Transformational Leadership (LET’s LEAD) Fellow living and working in Southern Rhode Island. Erin also serves as faculty at Zero Suicide Institute where she shares her lived experience as a suicide attempt survivor in hopes of inspiring positive changes towards safer suicide care in our healthcare systems.