Compassion Satisfaction: Thriving While Working in Substance Use, Criminal Justice, and Other Challenging Settings (3 hours)
- Credit Hours: 3 Hours
- Author: Martha Teater
- Price: $39.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the psychological and physical symptoms of compassion fatigue and explain how indirect trauma develops in helping professionals exposed to the suffering of others.
- Identify the cumulative effects of compassion fatigue on professional functioning, including job resentment and impaired ability to support clients in substance use, criminal justice, and other challenging settings.
- Apply strategies for transitioning from compassion fatigue to compassion satisfaction in clinical and counseling practice.
Package Contents
Course Details
Course Description: Compassion Satisfaction: Thriving While Working in Substance Use, Criminal Justice, and Other Challenging Settings covers compassion fatigue — the emotional and physical exhaustion that can develop when professionals are repeatedly exposed to the pain, trauma, and despair of the people they serve. It is designed for those working in substance use, criminal justice, and other demanding helping fields where indirect trauma is common. The course examines psychological symptoms such as frustration, irritability, and feelings of inadequacy, as well as physical symptoms including headaches, sleep problems, and muscle tension. Participants will explore practical strategies for shifting from compassion fatigue toward compassion satisfaction in their work.
Date: Ongoing
Distance Learning Method: Asynchronous Video
Target Audience: Social Workers, Substance Abuse Counselors, Criminal Justice Professionals
Refund Policy: If you request a refund within 30 days of placing your order (and prior to submitting any exams / completing any courses) we will gladly issue a refund of your money, less the processing fee and handling charge.
Course Interactivity: None
Posttest Requirements: Must score 80% or better to pass. Tests can be taken multiple times to obtain passing score.
Course Completion Requirements: Passing score on posttest. Submission of course evaluation. Course date of completion is recorded at this point.
Certificate of Completion: Issued when course is completed, available for download in Student Center
System Requirements: Internet access
About the Instructor
Martha Teater
I maintain a private practice in marriage and family therapy, substance abuse, and workplace crisis response. I have been in private practice since 1990, now practicing through tele-health in North Carolina and Colorado. I provide consultation and training to agencies, universities, hospitals, and companies across the country and internationally. I am a professional trainer with PESI, Teater Health Solutions, and through my own practice.
NC Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist #472
NC Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist #564
CO Licensed Professional Counselor #14509
National Certified Counselor #17248
Board-certified tele-mental health provider
Certified Compassion Fatigue Educator #01205160705
Approved and Widely Recognized
CEU Matrix is approved by the following national and state accreditation boards:
CEU Matrix is approved with the following state boards:
Arkansas (ASACB), California (CCAPP #OS-07-394-0222), California (CADTP #250), Connecticut (#0115-5202), Delaware (DCB #37), Florida (FCB #5141-A), Georgia (ADACBGA #2026-4-003), Illinois (IAODAPCA #19345), Kentucky, Louisiana (LA ADRA #E026), Michigan (MCBAP), Missouri (Missouri CB #183), New Mexico (NMCBBHP #2046), North Carolina (NCSAPPB), Ohio (OCDP #50-19236), Oklahoma (OBLADS #20260153), Texas (TCB #1758-07)
Provider Statement:
CEU Matrix, provider #2726, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 07/23/2026-07/23/2027.