Figley Institute
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Figley Institute offers cutting edge training and continuing education programs developed by Dr. Charles R. Figley, and Dr. Kathleen Regan Figley to those who provide relief to emotionally traumatized individuals and communities.

Our Mission
To alleviate human suffering which results from traumatic life experiences by providing laypersons and professionals with high quality traumatologist training.

Distance Learning is a combination of web-based study, power point & video lecture and on-line discussion with fellow course participants, moderated by Figley Institute faculty.

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Accredited by the Green Cross Academy of Traumatology and the Better Business Bureau. CE Provider #50-5398 (Expires 3/31/2011). Check with your state licensing board to determine reciprocity.

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CLN 100 - The Addiction Process: Overview (1 contact hour)
Course Developed and Delivered by: Ann Mullins Washburn L.M.H.C.

Continuing Education: 1 contact hour

Time to Complete Course: 7 days

Goal: The goal of this course is to provide an overview of the physical and emotional progression of addiction’s downward spiral, as well as the steps necessary for recovery.

   
CLN 101 - Incest: Overview (1 contact hour)
Course Developed and Delivered by: Ann Mullins Washburn L.M.H.C.

Continuing Education: 1 contact hour

Time to Complete Course: 7 days

Goal: To provides an overview of the numerous repercussions of incest. It will explore typical ways that victims attempted to cope with the trauma. In addition, the course will discuss the healing process to move from victim to survivor. The needs and struggles of partners of survivors will also be presented. Special issues of male survivors will be highlighted as well.

   
CSM 100 - Compassion Stress Management Overview (1 contact hour)
Course Developed and Delivered by: Dr. Kathleen Regan Figley

Continuing Education Credit: 1 contact hour

Time to Complete Course: 7 days

Objective: To provide an overview of compassion stress and compassion fatigue. In this course, you will learn:

  • Define compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout
  • Differentiate between burnout and compassion fatigue
  • List at least five symptoms of compassion stress/compassion fatigue
  • List at least five means of reducing compassion stress

   
CSM 101 - Compassion Fatigue History, Theory and Research (2 contact hours)
Course Developed and Delivered by:
Dr. Kathleen Regan Figley and Dr. Charles R. Figley

Continuing Education Credit: 2 contact hours

Time to Complete Course: 7 days

Goal: To provide each course participant with the knowledge and skills necessary to reduce the secondary impact of working with traumatized people.

Objectives:

  • Articulates the developmental history of compassion fatigue including countertransference, caregiver stress, burnout, vicarious traumatization, and secondary traumatic stress.
  • Differentiates between compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress, and vicarious traumatization.
  • Articulates current theoretical models for the etiology and transmission of compassion fatigue.
   
CSM 102 - Ethics of Compassion Stress Management (1 contact hour)
Course Developed and Delivered by: Dr. Kathleen Regan Figley

Continuing Education: 1 contact hour

Time to Complete Course: 7 days

Goal: To provide each participant with the knowledge and skills necessary to reduce the secondary impact of working with traumatized populations.

Objective: In this course you will learn how to “Do No Harm” to those you serve by adhering to the Green Cross Academy of Traumatology’s Standards of Self-Care, and how to teach others to do the same.

   
CSM 103 - Stress Assessment - Personal (2 contact hours)
Course Developed and Delivered by: Dr. Kathleen Regan Figley

Prerequisite: Compassion Stress Management Overview (CSM 100)

Continuing Education Credit: 2 contact hours

Time to Complete Course: 7 days

Goal: To provide each participant with the knowledge and skills necessary to reduce the secondary impact of working with traumatized populations.

Objectives: In this course you will learn how to conduct a compassion stress assessment by focusing on the individual’s personal life; and how to teach others to do the same.

   
CERT 100 - Compassion Fatigue Educator Certification Course (8 contact hours)
Developed and Delivered by: Dr. Kathleen Regan Figley and Dr. Charles R. Figley

Continuing Education Credit: 8 contact hours

Time to Complete Course: 14 days

CERT 100 - Compassion Fatigue Educator Certification Course is the combination of the following individual courses within the Figley Institute Learning Center:

- CSM 100: Compassion Stress Management Overview
- CSM 101: Compassion Fatigue History, Theory & Overview
- CSM 102: Ethics of Compassion Stress Management
- CSM 103: Stress Assessment - Personal
- CSM 104: Stress Assessment - Professional
- CSM 105: Relaxation, Self Soothing and Compassion Stress Management
- CSM 106: Creating and Maintaining a Self-Care Plan

Please see the individual course descriptions for more details on each course.

   

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