Course Overview

The purpose of this course is to understand the meaning of compassion and compassion fatigue that will support us to build and maintain compassion in times of change and uncertainty.

Course Content

• Introductions and objectives for the day

  By the end of this session, delegates will have considered and discussed:
  Who is in the group.
  Outline what their key learning objective is
  The purpose of todays session
  The agenda and timings
  

• Introducing Compassion

  By the end of this session delegates will have considered and discussed:
  A personal experience of showing compassion to another or having compassion shown to them – what does this look, feel and sound like?
  What we understand by the term ‘Showing Compassion’ to self and others
  The 4 components of compassion
  Empathy Versus Compassion
  An example using the 4 components of compassion
  

• Developing skills for compassion and compassionate conversations

  Developing skills for compassion and compassionate conversations
  By the end of this session delegates will have considered and discussed:
  The importance of Emotional Intelligence
  How we communication
  Transactional Analysis
  A case study using the key skills for compassion
  

• Maintaining our Compassion levels

  By the end of this session delegates will have considered and discussed:
  Barriers to being Compassionate
  Preventing Compassion Fatigue
  Effects of Compassion Fatigue
  Maintaining Compassion levels
  Self-compassion
  

• ABC for Compassion

  ABC for Compassion
  By the end of this session delegates will have considered and discussed:
  ABC for Compassion and compassion fatigue
  Using the ABC model
  What helps us feel our best?

• Review and Action Planning

  By the end of this session delegates will have:
  Shared their personal key learning points from today’s session
  Created an action plan for maintaining compassion levels to support self and others –
  Stop, start and continue
  Offered any further questions from the session.