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The aim of this show is to offer Chaplains and Emergency Care Workers a confidential venue for expressing their stress and concerns and receiving positive feedback on how to deal ith these issues.
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Self Care and Compassion Fatigue
Chaplain Ronald KM Williams Garcia, MDiv., DMin (c)
God calls chaplains and Emergency Care workers to intervene in calamities and positively impact the lives of others. While there is an immense sense of satisfaction in this ministry, the frequent involvement in trauma impacts the lives of these public servants.
The eventual term for this repeated impact is burnout.[1] A more clinical term is compassion fatigue. Self-care is a proposed remedy for compassion fatigue. A recent study discovered a strong correlation between self-care and compassion fatigue.[2] However, self-care has limits. In addition, many Chaplains and Emergency Care Workers are simply remiss about their self-care practices. In many cases, there may be a need to seek the care of a professional.[3]
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[1] Jason T. Hotchkiss and Ruth Lesher, “Factors Predicting Burnout Among Chaplains: Compassion Satisfaction, Organizational Factors, and the Mediators of Mindful Self-Care and Secondary Traumatic Stress,” Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, 72 no. 2 (2018); 86–98.
[2] Masoud Kianpour, “Mental Health and Hospital Chaplaincy: Strategies of Self-Protection (Case Study: Toronto, Canada)” Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci. 7 no. 1 (2013); 69–77.
[3] Maryann Abendroth, and Jeanne Flanner, “Predicting the Risk of Compassion Fatigue.” Journal of hospice and palliative nursing: 8, no. 6 (2006): 346–356. Accessed September 2, 2023
Our Purpose
The aim of this show is to offer Chaplains and Emergency Care Workers a confidential venue for expressing their stress and concerns and receive positive feedback on dealing with these issues.
Anonymity and Confidentiality are prinary values of this show.
Our Topics
We will serve Chaplains and Emergency Care Workers who submit their concerns by email. We will protect the confidentiality of these workers while providing concerned discussion.
Chaplains and Emergency Care Workers are asked to submit their concerns at least five (5) days before a live show.
Your Hosts
Rev Dr. Ronald K Williams Garcia, MDiv, JD, LMFT, CCC, CCTS, CMIP
Reverend Garcia is academically trained and has been a Chaplain for over thirty years. He is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a commissioned Chaplain by the Chaplain International Fellowship. The Liberty Baptist Fellowship proudly endorses him. Ron is a trained Compassion Trauma professional and a Certified Field Traumatologist. He is also trained in several modalities of grief and Psychological response.
Ron is Afro-Boricua and has lived in Puerto Rico for several years.
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