Emotion-Focused Training for Helping Professionals (EFT-HP)

Any helping professional

Developed in response to the growing need for an effective intervention to help professionals to reduce the increased incidence of compassion fatigue in helping professionals due to the corrosive impacts of pandemic COVID-19, the goal of Emotion-Focused Training for Helping Professionals (EFT-HP) is decreased levels of secondary traumatic stress, burnout or compassion fatigue and increased compassion satisfaction or resilience. EFT-HP is a 14-day online intervention. In summer 2024, there will be an app based on the program available at https://www.self-growth-institute.com/en/self-growth-institute-eng/

Jύlia Halamová
Comenius University in Bratislava

• Email: julia.halamova@gmail.com

Homework

This program does not include a homework component.

Languages

Emotion-Focused Training for Helping Professionals (EFT-HP) has materials available in the following languages other than English:

For information on which materials are available in this language, please check on the program's website or contact the program representative (contact information is listed in this page).

Manual Information

There is not a manual that describes how to deliver this program.

Training Information

There is no training information available for this program.

Pre-Implementation Materials

There are no pre-implementation materials to measure organizational or provider readiness for Emotion-Focused Training for Helping Professionals.

Formal Support for Implementation

There is no formal support available for implementation of Emotion-Focused Training for Helping Professionals.

Fidelity Measures

There are no fidelity measures for Emotion-Focused Training for Helping Professionals.

Established Psychometrics

There are no established psychometrics for Emotion-Focused Training for Helping Professionals.

Fidelity Measures Required

No fidelity measures are required for Emotion-Focused Training for Helping Professionals.

Implementation Guides or Manuals

There are no implementation guides or manuals for Emotion-Focused Training for Helping Professionals.

Implementation Cost

There are no studies of the costs of Emotion-Focused Training for Helping Professionals.

Research on How to Implement the Program

Research has not been conducted on how to implement Emotion-Focused Training for Helping Professionals.

"What is included in the Relevant Published, Peer-Reviewed Research section?"

• Halamová, J., Ondrejková, N., & Kováč, K. (2022). Randomized controlled trial of Emotion-focused Training for Helping Professionals. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 1024451. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1024451

  Type of Study: Randomized controlled trial

  Number of participants: 253

  Population:

  • Age — Not specified
  • Race/Ethnicity — 74% Slovak, 20% Czech, 2% Hungarian, 2% Ruthenian, and 2% Serbian
  • Gender — Not specified
  • Status —

    Participants were professionals in mental health, education, healthcare, or social work.
    

  Location/Institution: Not specified

  Summary:

  The purpose of the study was to examine the short- and long-term effectiveness of the novel Emotion-focused Training for Helping Professionals on levels of compassion fatigue (secondary traumatic stress & burnout), self-criticism, self-compassion, and compassion for others. Participants were randomized to either the experimental group that received treatment or to a non-treatment control group. Measures utilized include the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (STSS), Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI), Forms of Criticizing/Attacking and Self-Reassuring Scale (FSCRS), Sussex-Oxford Compassion for the Self Scale (SOCS-S), and the Sussex-Oxford Compassion for Others Scale (SOCS-O). Results indicate that after completing Emotion-focused Training for Helping Professionals, the experimental group participants reported significantly lower scores for secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and self-criticism, and higher scores for self-compassion and that these lasted for two months after completion. Compared to the control group, the Emotion-focused Training for Helping Professionals group participants had significantly lower scores of secondary traumatic stress, burnout, self-criticism, and higher scores of self-compassion after the intervention. No significant changes were found for the control group, except a significant increase in time in the reported score for one dimension of burnout – exhaustion. Limitations include small sample size, high attrition rate, and social desirability bias.

  Length of controlled postintervention follow-up: 2 months