Ground Hog Day 1 L Edition

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Ground Hog Day1
L Edition

• Western Regional Legal Writing Conference
• Loyola Los Angeles ? August 2015
• Deborah L. Borman ? Northwestern Law

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The 1L Trauma

• Emotional toxicity

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Compassion Fatigue

• State of Exhaustion and dysfunction as a result
  of prolonged exposure to compassion stress.
• --Figley, 1995.

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Secondary Traumatic Stress

• Experiencing stress indirectly as a result of
  either a specific event or a series of events
  that happens to another, such as a family member,
  friend, client, or STUDENT.
• Sometimes one situation can have a long-lasting
  effect.

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BURNOUT

• Exhausting of physical or emotional strength or
  motivation usually as a result of prolonged
  stress or frustration. Something that builds to a
  breaking point and the stress and frustrations
  comes from all types of work-related sources.

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Signs of Compassion Fatigue

• Insomnia
• Irritability
• Avoidance
• Hypervigilance
• Exhaustion
• Diminished sense of enjoyment
• Frustration
• Depression

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Impact of Compassion Fatigue

• Physical / Somatic
• Personal life
• Relationships
• Work Performance

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Internal Stressors

• We all bring our past to our work
• Schemas and beliefs stigma
• Social support systems (positive and negative)
• History of trauma and illness
• Families and close relationships
• Economic situation

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External Stressors Organizational Factors

• Lack of good management
• Isolation at work
• Lack of control over work/outcomes
• Interaction with students
• Role conflicts
• Perceived unfairness in rewards

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Compassion Fatigue

• Means
• Compassion Satisfaction

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Coping Strategies

• Do no self-harm
• Seek out peer support
• Self-care with calming activities

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Coloring Mandalas

• Carl Jung had clients color mandalas as method of
  focus and to allow the subconscious to let go
• . . . it is easy to see how the severe pattern
  imposed by a circular image of this kind
  compensates the disorder of the psychic state.
• --Carl Jung

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Let Us Color
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Thank You Loyola L.A.!