8:00 – 8:30 Virtual Networking

8:30 – 9:00 Virtual Introductions

9:00 – 11:00 Virtual Presentation:  

Link to Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/162331194

Content:

Compassion fatigue commonly linked to healthcare professionals, often neglects the impact on family caregivers dealing with addiction and secondary trauma. This presentation acquaints healthcare/EAPs with the unique signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue in family caretakers, emphasizing the subtle yet profound changes in emotional interactions, family dynamics, routines, and boundaries. These shifts, prompted by the necessity to support loved ones amidst ongoing addiction, redefine the family structure as a "new normal".  This presentation enhances understanding of burnout and secondary trauma, exposing their distinctive manifestations within clients’ families. Dr Barnes delves into the biological, psychological, and social symptoms experienced by family caregivers, illustrating how these factors influence the family's response to treatment and engagement with support systems.

Learning Objectives

1. Identify the signs and symptoms of burnout in members of clients’ families.

2. Identify signs and symptoms of secondary and systemic trauma in members of a client’s family.

3. Identify and implement interventions that assist family members and entire family systems to resolve their struggles with compassion fatigue.

2 PDH’s - Domain TBD

Presenter:

Dr. Michael Barnes is a Licensed Addiction Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor, and Diplomate in the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. He is the Senior Clinical Advisor for NRT Behavioral Health, Founder/Director of the Michael Barnes Family Institute, and owner of Barnes Education and Consulting, LLC. In the past 40 + years, Dr. Barnes has worked at numerous addiction treatment centers and psychiatric hospitals, and he spent 10 years as a full-time faculty member at various university counselor and marriage and family therapist educator programs. Dr. Barnes speaks nationally on Families, Trauma, and Addiction, Trauma Integrated Addiction Treatment, and Compassion Fatigue. He received his BA in Psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, his M.Ed. in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Pittsburgh, and his Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Florida State University. He published his first book, “When the Solution Becomes the Problem: Helping Families Who Struggle with Addiction and Trauma” in 2023.

Contact:

Michael F Barnes, PhD, LAC, LPC

NRT Behavioral Health

NRT Senior Clinical Advisor, Michael Barnes Family Institute Director

3325 Bayshore Blvd, D16

Tampa, FL  33629

Office Phone: 844-955-1066   Mobile: 720-515-6724

Email Address:  mike.barnes@nrtbh.com   

Website: https://www.nrtbh.com & www.drmikebarnes.com