Barbara Rubel, MA, BCETS, DAAETS
“One of my greatest joys is to inspire first responders and essential workers to handle compassion fatigue, secondary trauma and vicarious trauma”
From Compassion Fatigue to Compassion Satisfaction
Barbara Rubel is a leading authority on empathic distress, burnout, secondary trauma and vicarious trauma. Essential worker and first responder mental health is the foundation of vicarious trauma-informed practices.
Why Book Speaker Barbara Rubel?
As a dynamic keynote speaker and trainer, Barbara motivates trauma-informed professionals to manage trauma-related employment stress and build their resilience.
Barbara Rubel provides actionable and doable takeaways in her keynotes and trainings for creating a vicarious trauma-informed workplace.
Barbara Rubel shares her successful strategies to manage empathic strain, compassion fatigue, burnout, secondary trauma and vicarious trauma through her keynotes and interactive workshops.
Barbara's unique experience as a thanatologist, makes her a knowledgeable speaker about the impact of COVID, loss and turnover in trauma-informed workplaces.
For over twenty years, Barbara has been rated the top First Responder Mental Health Speaker
KEYNOTE BY SPEAKER BARBARA RUBEL
When working with those who have faced adverse experiences, first responders and essential workers can experience vicarious trauma. Closely related terms include compassion fatigue, empathic distress and secondary traumatic stress. Being that first responders and essential workers can be negatively impacted by trauma work, vicarious trauma-informed care is paramount in supporting them and providing better service to those who they help. Although regular supervision, peer support, and an organizational culture validate vicarious trauma, Barbara’s FABULOUS framework is an acronym that focuses on self-efficacy and coping strategies. Through fun activities, participants will explore career resiliency, wellness, work-life integration, self-care and how to put their character strengths into practice. At the conclusion of this interactive program, participants will identify key protective factors in managing trauma-related employment stress based on evidence based practices and lessons learned.
News
Barbara Rubel, keynote speaker and author, was accepted into Newsweek Expert Forum, an invitation-only community for pioneering thinkers and industry leaders.
Barbara Rubel was hand-selected to join the community based on her proven expertise in burnout, compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and loss in the workplace. As a member, Barbara was part of a curated network of thought leaders from a broad range of influential industries and professions who share unique insights and analysis with one another and publish thought-provoking content.
Scott Gerber, founder of Newsweek Expert Forum, says, “We are honored to accept Barbara Rubel into the Newsweek Expert Forum. When experts gather in curated, private settings, they can share advice and build trusted relationships that further their mutual success. Barbara brings important insights for leaders who want to create employee wellbeing and resilience to this community.”
Awards
Announcing the Winner of the GHP Mental Health Awards
Barbara Rubel – Vicarious Trauma Keynote Speaker
Essential Worker Mental Health Thought – Leader of the Year 2022
About Barbara
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