CT Self-Care & Compassion Fatigue Flashcards

Which self-care strategy involves processing emotionally challenging death-related work with a trained clinical supervisor?

Answer: Clinical supervision or structured peer consultation

Clinical supervision and peer consultation provide a structured professional space to process difficult client work and develop strategies to prevent compassion fatigue.

Setting clear professional limits with clients to protect the practitioner's psychological well-being is known as:

Answer: Maintaining professional boundaries

Maintaining professional boundaries protects both client and practitioner by preventing over-involvement and role confusion that contribute to compassion fatigue.

Mindfulness-based interventions benefit grief professionals primarily because they:

Answer: Increase present-moment awareness, reducing rumination about client losses

Mindfulness cultivates present-moment awareness that helps practitioners observe stress responses without getting caught in rumination cycles about client suffering.

Team debriefing after a traumatic client death serves what primary purpose?

Answer: Processing emotional reactions and normalizing responses among team members

Debriefing provides a structured group opportunity for professionals to process emotional reactions, share experiences, and receive peer support after a traumatic death.

Which of the following best describes an effective professional self-care plan for a thanatology practitioner?

Answer: A personalized, intentional set of activities that replenish emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being

A self-care plan is a proactive, individualized approach to maintaining well-being across multiple domains—emotional, physical, relational, and spiritual—to sustain effective practice.

In thanatology, 'meaning-making' as a professional self-care strategy refers to:

Answer: Finding personal purpose and significance in one's work with dying and bereaved individuals

Meaning-making as a self-care strategy involves professionals identifying the personal purpose and value in their work, which sustains motivation and buffers against burnout.