compassion fatigue

Professional Self-Care in Addiction Services: Ethical Practice, Compassion Fatigue, and Workforce Sustainability

22 January 2026

Online

ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to the 31st session of its bi-monthly webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This webinar will focus on the topic 'Professional Self-Care in Addiction Services: Ethical Practice, Compassion Fatigue, and Workforce Sustainability'.

Addressing Compassion Fatigue and Promoting Self Care Strategies for Substance Use Service Professionals

Video and audio recordings

When Helping Hurts: Understanding the Impact of Secondary Traumatic Stress and Compassion Fatigue

21 October 2020

Webinar

Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS), also referred to as Compassion Fatigue is defined as the indirect exposure to difficult, disturbing, and/or traumatic images and stories of the suffering of others. Now, the fight against two global pandemics plaguing this country: health and systemic racism is amplifying all the factors that lead to compassion fatigue.