APPENDIX H: SELF-CARE STRATEGIES FOR PROVIDERS

Here are several quick strategies that can be used when your stress level is high while on a shift.

5 Minute Strategies:

  • Listen to music

  • Chat with a coworker

  • Step outside for some fresh air

  • Have a snack

  • Grab a cup of coffee or tea

  • Mindfulness activity

2 Minute Strategies:

  • Breathe

  • Stretch

  • Day-dream

  • Step away from assignment

  • Laugh

  • Give yourself a compliment

  • Look at the window

  • Share a joke

Adapted from Saakvitne, K. & Pearlman, L. (1996). Transforming the Pain: A Workbook on Vicarious Traumatization for Helping Professionals Who Work with Traumatized Clients. New York, New York: W.W. Norton and Compancy.

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