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Podcasts with Jessica:
- The Paws and Rewards Podcast with Marissa Martino: The Antidote to Empathetic Distress
- The Animal Training Academy with Ryan Cartlidge Part One and Part Two
- The Animal That Changed You with Katya and Jenny
- Joining the Threads on resisting self-care with Suzy of Two Green Threads
- Animal Concepts Podcast with Sabrina Brando
- Best Friends Podcast
- Dog Knowledge Podcast with Renée Erdman
- Raise the Woof Podcast with Sarah Lauch
- City of Dogs Podcast on Vicarious Resilience with Ken Foster
- Canine Education for Humans Podcast with Lori Nanan
- RadioMD Podcast on CF basics
Videos + Webinars by Jessica:
2022 Maddie's Fund Community Conversations on Debriefing
2022 Animals Asia Veterinary Resilience Series with Chinese translations of videos and PDFs
2021 Practicing Compassionate Badassery: Shifting from Self-Care to We-Care 13 Minute Talk + Resources
2021 Grey Muzzle Organization: Compassion Fatigue for Senior Pet Caregivers
2021 Two Green Threads: Learning to Surf the Waves of Stress
2020 Coping with COVID-19 Webinar and Resources for Animal Welfare Professionals
2018 IAABC Behavior Live!: a fun 30 minute Facebook Live interview about compassion fatigue
2017 IDA: Write to Resilience Webinar (using journal writing to increase compassion resilience)
Articles by Jessica:
Animal Culture Magazine: The 7 Rs of Reducing Compassion Fatigue (handout coming soon)
Want to be a CF Educator or hire one? Read this: Compassion Fatigue Education Mental Health Model
IAABC Journal: Expressive Writing for Resilience in Animal Care Professions
HeARTs Speak: Self-Care Tips and Where Do Your Stories Go?
Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science: In Their Own Words: What Qualitative Analysis of Online Discussions with Students Reveals about Their Experiences with Compassion Fatigue in Shelter Medicine
Helpful Sites:
Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project
TEND Academy
Compassion Fatigue Resources For Animal Caregivers:
AVMA’s Wellness Resources
Humane Society for Shelter Pets resources
HSUS Animal Sheltering articles by Lauren Glickman
Compassion Fatigue – a primer by Enid Traisman, DoveLewis
VetGirl webinar: Suicide in Veterinary Medicine
SAVE: U of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine (hotline assistance available to all animal care + welfare professionals)
In Defense of Animals Council of Sustainable Activism
Dr. Michele Gaspar: Healing the Wounded Healer
DVM360 Burden of Care
NOMV (Not One More Vet) for veterinarians and veterinary students
Vets4Vets® and Support4Support confidential support groups
MightyVet education and mentorship
Organizational Health in Sheltering:
Shifting from Self Care to We Care Handout (resources for Jessica’s conference presentation)
Euthanasia-related strain and coping strategies
Employee turnover in animal shelters
Improving Organizational Communication
The People Practices Self-Check
Hiring the Right People for Your Culture
Please Curb Your Volunteer
Assessments:
Professional Quality of Life (ProQol) Test
Self Care Assessment
Secondary Traumatic Stress Informed Organization Assessment (STSI-OA)
Compassion Fatigue Resources In Other Fields:
Headington Institute (excellent site geared towards humanitarian aid workers)
The Schwartz Center for compassionate healthcare
The Caregiver Space (for personal caregivers)
The Garrison Institute (aid workers)
Self Care:
University of Buffalo School of Social Work (self care toolkit)
Top 12 Self-Care Tips by Francoise Mathieu
Simple, guided meditation recordings on my SoundCloud page
Books:
When Helping Hurts: Compassion Fatigue in the Veterinary Profession by Kathleen Ayl, PsD
Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky
The Compassion Fatigue Workbook by Francoise Mathieu
Give to Your Heart’s Content, Without Giving Yourself Away by Linda Harper PhD
The Burnout Epidemic by Jennifer Moss
Reducing Secondary Traumatic Stress by Brian Miller
Coping with Stress and Burnout as a Veterinarian by Dr. Nadine Hamilton
