Interview! Valerie Ingram and Alistair Schroff, Founders of The Lakes Animal Friendship Society
September 30, 2016
My Love/Hate Relationship with Social Media
October 3, 2016
“The best of us get compassion fatigue. It’s something that is inherent in this field… you’re not alone, you’re not weak, and you’re not crazy.”
With experiences ranging from animal care attendant to animal control officer, Jennifer choose to passionately pursue the subject of compassion fatigue as a psychotherapist after struggling with it herself over the years. She focuses on how compassion fatigue effects those specifically in animal welfare, and has written To Save a Starfish: A Compassion Fatigue Workbook for the Animal Welfare Warrior. She discusses with Stacy the variety of symptoms as well as tools to manage it, find balance, and recognize the importance of refueling.
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