Walking With Suffering - When Your Colleagues Are Hurting

“Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.” -  Peter A. Levine

This webinar will empower you to continue to be a compassionate witness and will provide helpful interventions and practical suggestions to use when your colleagues are suffering. There is an Indian Proverb that states: We are a house of four rooms – a physical, social, emotional and spiritual. Unless we visit each room, even if it is just to air it out….we are not whole. This workshop will demonstrate how to walk with our coworkers as they visit each room to help come to terms with the suffering they witness. 

Self care is essential to provide and receive compassionate care. This workshop will also provide direct and clear suggestions and actions in order to provide compassionate self care to our co workers and ourselves. Current information and research on trauma and the need for self care will be a focus of the presentation. “Self-care is never a selfish act - it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch.” Parker Palmer.

Our presenter Eugene Dufour has assisted First Responders involved in Canada's worst mass murders including being boots on the ground in Nova Scotia in 2020. Eugene is an Individual, Marital and Family Therapist, Bereavement Specialist, Compassion Fatigue Educator and a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Consultant. He received his Bachelors and Masters degree from King’s College at the University of Western Ontario. For the past 43 years Eugene has dedicated his career to the provision of excellence in trauma work hospice palliative care. From coast to coast in Canada on a national, provincial, and regional level, as well as extending abroad to the US and Ireland, Eugene is highly respected as he shares his expertise and passion. 

Through education, advocacy, best practices and direct service, Eugene has and continues to be, a pillar in the provision of psychosocial, spiritual and bereavement support with individuals, families. and caregivers. Whether being deployed to ground zero at 911, assisting First Responders involved in Canada’s worst mass murders, supporting LTC staff through the multiple Covid 19 deaths, advocating for hospice palliative best practices, and attending and tending  to individuals and families through the emotional and ambiguous journey of end of life. Among the various awards and recognitions Eugene has received throughout his career, he has received the Commemorative Medal for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 2nd Golden Jubilee by the Governor General of Canada for his work in HPC. He has also been named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International for his involvement in establishing Rotary Hospice of Stratford Perth. In April of 2022 Eugene was presented with the Dr. Doroty Lay Award of Excellence in Hospice Palliative Care.

There is a cost to attending this Zoom Event. Once a "ticket" is purchased, a Zoom link will be emailed to you from CPCA President Bruce Ewanyshyn. Note: there is a 50% discount applied tp all CPCA members in good standing (2024 membership fee paid). This training is available at regular cost to non-CPCA members.

Upon conclusion of this webinar, participants will receive a CPCA Certificate from the CPCA Registrar. In addition, participants who are CPCA members will receive credit on their training record.