Episode 9 (Series 2 - Advanced Beh Med): Wellbeing in Primary Care - Enhancing Vitality

If you are in healthcare, and your job is to pour yourself out for others, not expecting to be burned out is more dangerous than actually burning out. Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) perspective, we might say that in fact burnout makes sense if what you are doing is truly pouring yourself out. Deepu George is joined by James Fahey, MD - Family Physician and PCBH champion and JoAnna Garza, LCSW - Behavioral Health Consultant and PCBH faculty to provide a specific tool to help improve your psychological flexibility. Of course, this is is not a magic solution but a framework to help you stay close to your values even when life is difficult. Lean in Series 2 focuses on Advanced Behavioral Medicine skills for primary care practice - developed for all primary care trainees. We introduce you to the Contextual Interview, then basics of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - calibrated to primary care practice. Finally, we apply ACT to our own wellbeing. All resources (Lecture Power Points, Self-directed online learning modules, and Spotify episodes - all the companions) for this series can be found here: https://www.cfha.net/welcome-to-the-p...