Self-Care

Carlos Torres, MPA

August 5, 2015Austin, TX

Welcome!

Topics

• Love & Belonging Needs

• Esteem Needs

• Self-Actualization

• Healthy Coping

• Introduction & Background

• Physiological Needs

• Safety Needs

Definitions

Self-Care Refers to actions and attitudes which contribute to the maintenance of well-being, personal health, and human development.

It includes any intentional actions you take to care for your physical, mental and emotional health.

Self-care is unique to every individual.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_caree

Definitions

Self-Care Is the combination of three processes:

• Self-awareness

• Self-regulation

• Balancing connections between self, others, and the larger community

Source: National Association of Social Workers. (2008). Professional Self-Care and Social Work.

Definitions

Compassion fatigue (or secondary traumatic stress)

• A natural, predictable, treatable and preventable unwanted consequence of working with suffering people, that is, the cost of caring

Source: National Association of Social Workers. (2008). Professional Self-Care and Social Work

Definitions

Vicarious traumatization• A cumulative transformative effect or condition

experienced by staff as the work with specific populations of survivors of traumatic life events (McCann & Pearlam, 1990; Pearlam & Saakvitne, 1995).

Self-Neglect • Lack of self-care in terms of personal health, hygiene

and living conditions.

Definitions

Self-Care is NOT

Self-Pampering – massages, facials, pedicures, etc.

Self-Indulgence – avoidance of the effortful and substitution of quick and easy antidotes

Healthy Coping

• Healthy coping are the skills, methods, or tools we use to deal with stressful situations

• Getting and maintaining good coping skills takes practice and time

• Over time, it gets easier

Why Healthy Coping?

• All of us will experience stress

• In order for us, as providers, to do our jobs we need to know how to deal with stress

• You must have ongoing communications with your supervisor, not just during stressful situations ▫ Individual, group supervision, and team meetings▫ Case conferencing▫ Mentoring

Lack of Healthy Coping Skills

• What could happen if we lack healthy coping skills?

▫ We can experience burnout

▫ We are not able to do our job (poor performance)

▫ Unhealthy relationships at work

▫ Co-workers have to pick up the slack (resentment)

▫ Clients do not receive appropriate services

Healthy Coping

• Good coping skills can include;

▫ Meditation & Relaxation Techniques

▫ Time to yourself

▫ Physical Activity

▫ Reading

▫ Humor

Foundation & Background

• The concept of Hierarchy of Needs was first introduced by American Psychologist Abraham Maslow in a 1943 paper “A Theory of Human Motivation”

• This hierarchy suggests that people are motivated to fulfill basic needs before moving on to other, more advanced needs.

• This hierarchy is most often displayed as a pyramid.

Foundation & Background

Scenario # 1

• Co-worker asks for help!

Scenario # 2

• Working with Clients

Scenario # 3

• Appreciation

Comments?

Concerns?

Ideas!

Suggestions!

Questions?

Grant WritingBoard

DevelopmentLeadership

Development

Outreach, Recruitment &

RetentionAdapting EBIsMotivational Interviewing

Medication Adherence

Connecting the Poz

Community via Social Media

EXAMPLES OF TRAININGS WE OFFER

Organizational Infrastructure

Evidence Based

Interventions

Prevention with Positives

Trainings & Technical Assistance

• Organizational Development & Management (ODM)

• Public Health Strategies (PHS)

• Prevention with Positives (PwP)

E-Learning Center

National Community Health Partners is building

E-learning courses to help

Community-Based Organizations implement

High-Impact Prevention practices, while working with

both the HIV+ and at-risk populations

E-Learning Center

High Impact PreventionMotivational Interviewing

Medication AdherenceCondom Distribution

Asset MappingBiomedical Strategies for HIV Prevention

Cultural Capacity for TransgenderFor More Information:

http://www.nchponline.org/nchp-elearning

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Carlos Torres, MPActorres@nchponline.org

3365 N. Campbell Avenue, Suite 141Tucson, AZ 85719

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