Boundary Practice For Library Staff (test)

Boundary Practice For Library Staff

Many of us who choose to work in human services have big hearts and generous spirits. We develop our practice and communication skills, but we don’t always consider our boundaries, especially when the needs of those we work with so often exceed our own.

Boundaries are essential to practice in the helping professions, as they make caring sustainable, and protect skilled workers from compassion fatigue, vicarious traumatization and burnout. Boundary practice encourages us to consider our own energy and how we’re spending it, and to understand pre-existing patterns of relating that attract us to the helping professions while also making boundary practice more difficult.

In this workshop, you will learn about the advantages and disadvantages of different patterns of relating, with a view to becoming a better steward of your professional energy, and making your self-care practices more personal and effective. You will gain a better understanding of how you feel and think at work relative to how you're negotiating boundaries with patrons and co-workers. Boundary work ensures we’re bringing our best selves to the work we love so much.

There will be time to develop and practice skills with library colleagues from different organizations.

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