Why self care is not enough for health professionals

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A free, online, one hour masterclass for health professionals looking for an integrated and collective care approach to creating a new paradigm in healthcare.

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Workshops & Professional Learning

16 Nov 2023 - 22 Nov 2023

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Several days into a new job, my colleague collapsed in the middle of the office, sending a cascade of papers onto the floor.

After the flurry of support and my colleague was rushed home for help, I grappled with what had happened.

You know that silence that is so loud that your whole body buzzes with the feel of it?

Where everything slows down and moves fast; is silent and screamingly loud, at the same time?

That is how I remember the shock of seeing the physical impact of burnout, up close, in its distressing reality.

My colleague had been working for years with an unmanageable caseload of highly traumatised children, without supervision, and with ever-increasing tasks added to her to-do list.

Impaired psychomotor functioning is an extreme reaction to chronic stress; but it is just one of the many, potential ways that we can be impacted by the work we do, without adequate support.

No amount of self care - aside from leaving the position - would have improved the wellbeing of my colleague.

We know that healthcare systems and services are overwhelmed in trying to meet the demand for support and level of need out there; and that many people and organisations are working to solve the significant systemic issues that exist in healthcare.

In the meantime, individuals are suffering: both those accessing services and those delivering them.

What can we do?

Welcome!

I'm so pleased to have you here.

I'm Minky van der Walt (she/her): a registered clinician with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA), and the Australian Music Therapy Association.

Within PACFA, I am a clinical member (#26483), an Accredited Mental Health Practitioner and a PACFA Accredited Supervisor.

As a trauma therapist, I have expertise in chronic stress and post-traumatic mental health.

In addition to 23 years of clinical experience across a range of medical, education and community settings, I offer supports based in trauma-specific practice (including Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, and Internal Family Systems Therapy approaches), music, creative arts and somatic processes, as well more traditional talk-focused approaches.

I am passionate about supporting health professionals to thrive in their work through a process of clarity, connection, compassion, creativity and community.

I want to help you to get out of your head and into your body, to get your mojo back and to find a pathway back to feeling like you again.

Join me for a free one hour masterclass where we will explore how we can create a new paradigm in helping work to discover:

  • The five keys to why your self care plan isn’t working (no, it’s not you).
  • The importance of the understanding the vicarious impacts through the lens of 'Joy – Pain Spectrum'.
  • 4 steps to getting out of your head and into your body, and why this is important.
  • How using creative arts and music processes can support your wellbeing (you don't have to 'perform' or be skilled in any way!).
  • Practical ways that we can go beneath thinking, planning and the never-ending to-do list, to discover a new paradigm in wellbeing healthcare.
  • The importance of collective ethics, accountability and a nurturing community for best outcomes for the people that you serve and your ability to thrive in a sustainable career.

Register here!

Click on the green 'select' button below

Select the date that suits you:

  • Thursday 16 November, 7 - 8pm AEDT, or
  • Tuesday 21 November, 12 - 1pm AEDT, or
  • Wednesday 22 November, 7.30 - 8.30pm AEDT

See you there!

Your COMPLIMENTARY pass includes:

  • A live and interactive training session
  • A detailed workbook for your reflection during and following the class
  • Private Facebook Group
  • Limited access to the recordings (for a short time)
  • Certificate of Attendance (CPD points)

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Questions? Ask Minky here.

If a plant were wilting we wouldn’t diagnose it with 'wilting-plant-syndrome' – we would change its conditions. Yet when humans are suffering under unliveable conditions, we’re told something is wrong with us, and expected to keep pushing through. To keep working and producing, without acknowledging our hurt.

Header image: Clay Banks