CE Workshop Registration

The Ethics of Self-Care, A Wholehearted Approach

Please read below for important information about learning objectives, policies and procedures about this event.

Policies and Procedures

Learning Objectives

Upon completion, participants will be able to:

• Identify and explain the ethical need for self-care and stress-management.

• Identify 5 signs of burnout.

• Identify 3 barriers to helping professionals to sustaining a self-care plan.

• Define courage and describe 3 components of vulnerability.

• Identify 3 ways shame is a barrier to effective progress and achieving goals in both clients and helping professionals.

• Identify/name the 3 components of Self-Compassion.

• Participants will identify and assess the 10 guideposts for wholehearted living based on the published qualitative research of Dr. Brené Brown.

• Participants will practice one self-care or expressive arts technique for each of the 10 guideposts.

• Participants will design and write their own personalized self-care plan.

ADA Compliance

This program (whether provided in its in-person or online format) is able to provide accommodation based on ADA compliance standards (as well as the local state, federal, and local laws) for those with legally recognized disabilities (including hearing, visual, and auditory disabilities), provided with notice of documented disability, and accommodations needed upon registration for the program.

Examples include but are not limited to; offering the in-person program at a location which is ADA compliant, providing a live recording with captions as well as detailed program handouts covering each topic thoroughly in written word before the date of the program and during, with personalized options for increased volume upon request.

Record Retention

Policy records as well as specific program attendance records, sign-in/out sheets, log hours, payment/refunds/program expenses, documentation of CE credits provided (recipient names and issued dates), as well as advertisements utilized, record of actions of complaints/resolutions, will be maintained for no less than 5 years as per current NBCC program standard.

Program Fees, Refunds, Cancellation Policy

Program Fees are due at time of registration. Upon receipt of payment the registration is secured and the participant is notified of their payment and registration completion.

Amount of fees are dependent upon the location of program (online, retreat center/cabin, hotel conference room, office space) and are provided up front as part of the registration process as seen on the website.

Due to the limited nature of spaces available for each program (synchronous/live online programs are limited to 12 participants), full refunds are available only if the facilitator must cancel the event. For live in person events, trip cancellation insurance is highly recommended, as recordings will not likely be available.

If the program is offered online only, or if the participant is provided with a link to join the program session in a hybrid format, no refunds will be provided. If a recording is provided to a participant who was unable to attend, CE hours will not be provided.

Registration may be transferred to another colleague up to 10 days before program start date. Transfer is subject to facilitator approval after interview of participant candidate.

A registrant may choose to apply their registration payment to another program offering if one is available, up to 10 days prior to event.

No-shows forfeit their fees entirely and no refunds are available.

Refunds are not available after attending the program.

As these programs are based on a minimum necessary number of attendees, it is possible that the dates may be changed, or the program may be cancelled if the minimum number of registrants is not achieved. If this happens, registrants may choose between a full refund, or choose to credit their registration fees to the rescheduled date.

Complaints and Disputes Policy

Questions, concerns, disputes or complaints should be sent to the program director, Kristen Caron, LPC at seure@kristencounseling.com. The director will make efforts to resolve the matter on an individual basis as quickly as possible, likely within one week’s time. Should the complaint be unable to be resolved within this time-frame or at this individual level, the director will seek clinical and/or legal supervision about the matter, regarding best practices on how to proceed, and will proceed accordingly, dependent on the nature of the complaint.

 The Program Director agrees to follow the NBCC Code of Ethics with regard to management of the dispute, as well as follow the NBCC Code of Ethics throughout the program in its entirety. Please see link to NBCC Code of ethics here: https://www.nbcc.org/assets/ethics/nbcccodeofethics.pdf 

Participant Attendance

In-Person program events: A sign-in sheet will be on prominent display, and as participants enter the space they will be provided with the sign-in/out sheet. This sheet will be left in the room for both sign-in/out purposes and will be discussed at initial orientation by the presenter. Participants will be reminded to sign out for lunch, back in after lunch, and out at the end of each day.

Live online program events: Attendance will be taken in the comments section at the beginning of the event. Presenter will check the names and times and make a master list of attendees as they both sign in and out for lunch and at the end of the day. Initial orientation at the beginning of the program will also discuss this policy.

Participants will be provided with informed consent, and educated on the importance of staying for the entirety of the program in order to receive CE credit, and told about the consequences of leaving early-that CE credit will not be able to be provided upon conclusion of the program.

CE Certificates

CE Certificates will be emailed to participants within one week of completion of the program.

The Daring Way™ curricula are highly experiential methodologies based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown. We will explore the ethics of self-care, as well as the topics of vulnerability, courage, shame, worthiness, and authenticity. We examine the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that are holding us back as we identify and practice self-care and expressive arts techniques that will move us toward more authentic and wholehearted living in personal and professional life.

We will review published research on self-care as an ethical necessity in the helping professions, as well as identify the signs, symptoms and impact of burnout among helping professionals. During this 12-hour program, the presenter will utilize lecture and experiential exercises to support the learning objectives.