Instructor:                  Lynda Brzezinski, Ph.D., LP

Undergraduate:         CE 495 - 000386 - 1 Undergraduate Credit

                                    Grade Method: Letter Grade or Pass/No Credit (PNOC)

Graduate:                   CE 595 - 000387 - 1 Graduate Credit

                                    Grade Method:  Letter Grade or Pass/No Credit (PNOC)

Workshop Only:        CE 0002 - 000388- Non-Credit: No academic credit awarded

                                    (13 Continuing Education Contact Hours will be awarded

                                    upon successful completion of workshop requirements)

Dates/Times:              Friday, June 6, 2008 - 4 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

                                    Saturday, June 7, 2008 – 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Location:                    University Center Rochester – CF 206/208

Many of us enter the field of counseling or social work with the bright-eyed idealism that we will save lives and make the world a better place for others.  All too often, however, we forget that these helping professions, while filled with many personal rewards, are also filled with some intangible “occupational hazards.”  Through group discussion and applied learning activities, this workshop will help participants identify and understand sources of job stress or the “occupational hazards” for mental health practitioners.  Additionally, participants will consider the impact personal stressors have on professional well-being.  Within this context, the concepts of burnout and compassion fatigue will be explored.  Participants will learn specific strategies to enhance professional and personal resiliency along with how to incorporate these strategies into a plan for wellness.  The overall goal of the workshop is to equip workshop participants with the ideas, tools, and resources that cultivate a sense of excitement and positive outlook to sustain fulfillment for the duration of their chosen career.

Lynda Brzezinski Ph.D., LP

Dr. Lynda Brzezinski is a Licensed Psychologist (LP) in the state of Minnesota and currently works at the Winona State University Counseling Center.  Beyond the individual, group, and couples counseling she provides students, Lynda also provides supervision to master’s level trainees and Licensed Professional Counselors, teaches at the university level, and assists with the orientation and advising process for first-year university students.  Dr. Brzezinski is a generalist and works with a wide variety of issues, including depression, anxiety, stress, relationships, grief, and career/major indecision.  She has a special interest and training emphasis in women’s issues and gay/lesbian/bisexual concerns.  She is also interested in spirituality and how it can be used in counseling.  Dr. Brzezinski is wellness focused in her work and personal life, believing that we need to attend to all aspects of our lives – physical, social, intellectual, occupational, spiritual, environmental, and emotional – to be the best that we can be.