THE STORM BEFORE THE STORM: WELCOMING OTHERS TO THE FIELD
by Andrew Brown, LLP The memory is still quite vivid. My wife was laid up on the couch with a fever. My two young children were running circles around me trying to make sense of what was happening. And I was a big ball of stress. Foremost on my mind was trying to figure out […]
COMPASSION FATIGUE
by Wendy Bilgen, MSSA, LISW-S, LCSW Matthew 9:36 “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them,because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.” Something happens to many of us as we are continually confronted with the reality of pain, loss and horror arou