CL22 - II-A5, Intermediate-Level: Addressing The Heart Of Compassion Fatigue

Anders Kinavey Wennerstrom, MBA, ACC, CPCC, TICC, RYT-200, is a professional leadership coach and a facilitator of individual and organizational change. His three focus areas are leadership development; well-being, burnout and compassion fatigue; and coaching in support of organizational change efforts. He has worked in quality and process improvement and change management for nearly 20 years in the not-for-profit healthcare field, in a native-owned and operated health corporation and two multi-state Catholic healthcare systems. He now works in a family-owned business, Raviant LLC, with his partner Erin, where they focus on the application of reflective practices (reflective consultation, coaching and facilitation) to develop humane workplaces where both organization and individuals can thrive. He has a B.S. in Systems Analysis from Lund University in Sweden, and a Master of Business Administration from Alaska Pacific University. He is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (Co-Active Institute), a Certified Trauma-Informed Coach (Moving the Human Spirit) and an Associate Certified Coach (International Coaching Federation), as well as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200).

Erin Kinavey Wennerstrom, M.Ed., LPC, IMH-E(R), is co-owner and principal of Raviant LLC, a Eugene, Oregon-based organizational development, consulting, and coaching firm that provides research design and analysis, strategic planning, and program evaluation and continuous quality improvement services to businesses and non-profits. She has worked in early childhood education as an educator, administrator, and clinician for more than 20 years, and currently provides Reflective Supervision/Consultation to agencies in the pacific northwest (Oregon and Alaska).   Erin’s research combines her experience as an early childhood special education teacher and mental health clinician. Current projects include examining burnout and secondary stress in lead teachers across early childhood education settings; teacher preparation and supports; social and emotional assessment and intervention, and; the use of implementation science strategies to prepare for and scale-up evidence-based practices and innovations.   Erin earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and languages (Russian and Spanish) from the University of Alaska, Anchorage. She holds a Master of Education in both Early Childhood Special Education and Counselor Education from the University of Alaska Anchorage. She is a certificated ECSE teacher and a licensed professional counselor (LPC). She is currently a doctoral candidate in early childhood special education at the University of Oregon; her dissertation explores teacher stress, burnout and coping mechanisms within these settings.