Here are a variety of free resources to self-assess
as well as to guide you in your reflection and personal work.
Feel free to refer to them as much as you like and to refer other people as well.
However, please keep in mind that everyone is different;
when in doubt or facing a crisis, don’t delay, seek help.
Assessment Tools
Worksheets and Handouts
Mood Tracker
Drama Triangle
Feelings Wheel
Daily Reflection
Grounding Skills
Acu-Detox
Values
Warning Signs
Self-Awareness
Low Impact Debriefing
Self-Enhancement
13 Workplace Factors
The Mindful S.T.O.P.
Affirmations
Self-Care Poster
Wellness Plan
Anxiety Management
Pathways Worksheet
Burnout Worksheet
Self-Care Journal
In this podcast series, I interview all kinds of helpers so that we can have real and honest conversations about the true hardships of providing care to others while we also talk about sustainable solutions to
self-care and personal wellness.
Online Resources
Mental Health Commission of Canada
National Standard for Psychological
Health and Safety in the Workplace
Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace
Building Stronger Teams
Supporting Effective Team Leaders
Christie Zimmer's Printable Journal Pages
Brené Brown's Wholehearted Inventory
Barrett's Personal Values Assessment
(excerpted from “The Compassion Fatigue Workbook”)
Blog & forums, webinars for caregivers
www.ottawamindfulnessclinic.com
audios, self compassion exercises, videos
www.mindfulrp.com/For-Clinicians.html
Scroll to bottom for free audio clips of
mindfulness practices and meditations
What About You? A Workbook for Those
Who Work With Others
www.tuck.com
Sleep Health Information
Talk Tools
Mental Health Communication Skills Training
Audio
Mountain Meditation
Urge Surfing
Still Mind/Deep Breathing
Articles/Research
Teacher Burnout and Compassion Fatigue
Social Work, Stress and Burnout
Health Impact of Psychosocial Hazards at Work
Burnout among Mental Health Workers
Burnout, Secondary Traumatic Stress,
and Social Support
Prevalence of Secondary Traumatic Stress
among Social Workers
A History of Self-Care (Slate Magazine)
Self-Care is More Than a To-do List
(Amanda Rocheleau, published in Mandate Magazine)
Who Hears the Listeners?
Why Social Workers Facing Mental Health
Challenges are Left to Cope in Silence (Shauna McGinn)
Literature
Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self
while Caring for Others (Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky)
The Compassion Fatigue Workbook (Francoise Mathieu)
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
(Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski)
The Age of Overwhelm: Strategies For The Long Haul
(Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky)
Self-Compassion (Kristen Neff)
The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and
How We Can Fix It (Jennifer Moss)
Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness
(Pooja Lakshmin, MD)
ACT for Burnout: Recharge, Reconnect, and Transform Burnout with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Debbie Sorensen)
When Helping You Is Hurting Me: Escaping the Messiah Trap
(Carmen Renee Berry)
Simple Self-Care for Therapists: Restorative Practices to Weave Through Your Workday (Ashley Davis Bush)
When the Body Says No (Gabor Mate)
Transforming the Pain: A workbook on Vicarious Traumatization (Pearlmann & Saakvitine)
Reducing Secondary Traumatic Stress: Skills for Sustaining
A Career in the Helping Professions (Brian C. Miller)
Treating Compassion Fatigue (Charles Figley)
Compassion Fatigue: Coping with secondary traumatic stress disorder in those who treat the traumatized (Charles Figley)
Help for the Helper: the psychophysiology of compassion
fatigue and vicarious trauma (Babette Rothschild)
Countertranference and the
Treatment of Trauma (Constance Dalenberg)
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A guide to reclaiming yourself
(Nedra Glover Tawwab)
Burnout & Compassion Fatigue: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals and Care Givers (Christine Florio)
MBSR Every Day: Daily Practices from the heart of
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (Elisha Goldtein, PhD)
True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart
(Thich Nhat Hanh)
The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety
(Georg H. Elfert)
The Resilient Practitioner: Burnout and Compassion Fatigue Prevention and Self-Care Strategies for Helping Professions
(Thomas M. Skovolt and Michelle Trotter-Mathison)
Apps
Meditation guide for mindfulness and compassion
Self-help anxiety management
Provider Resilience
(Android)
(Apple)
Assess compassion fatigue and burnout levels regularly
Daylio
Mood Tracker and Micro Diary
Create goals, rituals and new healthy habits
Create a daily gratitude list
Five Minute Journal
(for iPhone)
A simple format for positive journalling
Netflix
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Brené Brown: Call to Courage
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Headspace: Guide to Meditation (variety of techniques explained in each episode with opportunity to practice at the end of the episode)
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Headpsace: Guide to sleep
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Headspace: Unwind your mind
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Heal
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The Mind, Explained