Beyond Self-Care: Tending to the Wounded Healer
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Beyond Self-Care: Tending to the Wounded Healer

Fri, Nov 21st, 2025
11:00am – 2:15pm US Eastern Time
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About the Event

We are called to the helping profession due to our own experience with addiction, trauma, and other difficult life circumstances. In this field, we are encouraged to practice self-care, but not often encouraged to take a deeper look at what comprises “wellness” and what gets in the way. Now more than ever, we must investigate our own wellness so we can continue to support our clients. Professionals are expected to know the latest evidenced-based tools to support clients, but are we practicing what we preach? This is not a fluffy self-care seminar, but rather a call to action designed to challenge participants to step into their own healing with courage. In order to thrive in this field, it's crucial we shine a light on what really matters when it comes to caring for ourselves and the barriers that get in the way of being our best selves. This seminar will invite participants to reflect on their own self-care, their relationship to the larger socio-political landscape, and how each of these areas impacts client outcomes.

Live Event
This live online event will be held as a Zoom Webinar. Attendees will have the option to interact through features such as the Chat and Q&A, but cameras and microphones will not be enabled.

Live Event Instructor

Sarah Buino

Sarah Buino

Sarah Buino is a therapist, teacher, speaker and the founder of Head/Heart Therapy, Inc. She is a licensed clinical social worker, certified addictions counselor, NARM Therapist, and Certified Daring Way facilitator. She holds a masters degree from Loyola University in Chicago and specializes in shame, substance use disorders, and trauma. She has trained in a variety of therapy modalities including: NARM (neuro-affective relational model), sensorimotor psychotherapy, comprehensive energy psychology, psychodrama/experiential therapy, and shame-resilience. She uses each of these modalities as a framework to support resilience within her clients and create a space for self-knowledge and growth. Sarah became part of Loyola University’s School of Social Work adjunct faculty in 2015 and Fordham University’s adjunct faculty in 2019. She is committed to supporting the newest generation of social workers to become passionate about and competent in working with substance use disorders.

Target Audience

This live interactive webinar is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFT's and Addiction Professionals.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Utilize self-care strategies to create a personal care plan.
  2. 2 Explain self-care strategies that range from the micro (self) systems to macro systems.
  3. 3 Differentially define burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma as it relates to working with therapy clients.

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The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Faculty

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Course Creator

Sarah Buino, LCSW, RDDP, CADC, CDWF – She receives recording royalties for this presentation.

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Event Agenda

Agenda times are listed in US Eastern Time. That is 3 hours later than US Pacific Time. The event starts at 8:00am US Pacific Time.

11:00am - 11:15am Introductions, objectives, housekeeping

11:15am - 11:45am Professional vulnerability

  • Why we enter the field
  • The why behind the why
  • Person of the Therapist
  • Professional identity formation
  • Hazards of the social work profession

11:45am - 12:30pm  Trauma and the therapist

  • Burnout, compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, secondary trauma 
  • ACEs / expanded ACEs 
  • Three realms of ACEs 
  • Early warning detection 

12:30pm - 12:45pm Break

12:45pm -1:15pm  Beyond Resilience

  • Post-traumatic growth and privilege
  • Systemic issues 
  • Social justice and self-care

1:15pm - 1:30pm  Self-compassion

  • What self-compassion is not 
  • What self-compassion is

1:30pm - 2:00pm  Wellness

  • 8 areas of wellness (SAMHSA) 
  • Human flourishing 
  • Examine your relationship to 8 domains of wellness
  • Invitation to create your own plan

2:00pm - 2:15pm  Q&A


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