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Ethics Webinar 2022

The Ethics of Self Care - Dr. sean Fitzpatrick

The Ethics of Self-Care

We are the instruments of care for others. And when we are struggling, that struggle affects the quality of our work with our clients. This basic idea rests at the heart of professional codes, which advise us that we need to be physically and mentally competent to do our caregiving work. But this notion of the ethics of self care has another dimension. As it emerged in the lives of activists inspired by Audre Lorde, the term self care expressed the profoundly unjust lack of interest in, or support for, the basic human needs of the marginalized. It also reflects the unequal burden placed on the practitioner by the systems that put them into psychologically hazardous conditions. We will explore the layered ethical implications of self care in this workshop, using film, lecture, and discussion.

Objectives:

• Describe sections of Texas regulatory code pertaining to physical and mental competence. 
• Explain effects of secondary trauma and burnout on professional conduct. 
• Illustrate the social origins of the concept of self-care.
• Discuss the limitations of self-care in addressing systemic factors related to the development of secondary trauma, burnout, and other psychological effects of clinical  work. 

Dr. Sean Fitzpatrick

Sean Fitzpatrick, PhD, LPC, is a psychotherapist in private practice and the executive director of The Jung Center in Houston, Texas. His book The Ethical Imagination: Exploring Fantasy and Desire in Analytical Psychology was published by Routledge in August 2019. Sean holds masters degrees in religious studies from Rice University and in clinical psychology from the University of Houston — Clear Lake. He received his PhD in psychology, with a specialization in Jungian studies, from Saybrook University. He is a senior fellow of the American Leadership Forum. Sean serves on the board of the Network of Behavioral Health Providers in Houston.  

CE credit will be given (certificates will be emailed to all attendees within 5 days of the event)

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