April 27, 2023
Lyster promotes employee wellness with Self Care Workshop
Fort Novosel, AL —
To promote employee wellness, Lyster Army Health Clinic’s Behavioral Health Department hosted a self care workshop. Employees had the opportunity to attend the event to learn about self-care tips, mindfulness practices, and strategies for developing a self care plan in their own lives.
The self-care workshop was held on March 20, 2023, and featured Brent Eubanks, MSW, LICSW, with the presentation titled, “Understanding Compassion Fatigue and the Importance of Self Care.”
The workshop focused on examining what is compassion fatigue or burn out and how to identify it, steps to reduce it, and how to develop a self care plan. Working in a healthcare setting, especially the last few years with the pandemic, many organizations have seen an increase in stress and fatigue among staff.
Eubanks remarked, “The Behavioral Health team felt that it would be beneficial to clinic staff to provide an in-service. I chose the topic of compassion fatigue and self-care, as it would be something that most everyone could relate to.” The workshop was held in conjunction with recognizing March as Social Work Month.
The workshop opened with asking participants to share why they got into medicine, and the general consensus was “wanting to help people”.