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CHS - Burnout Conference

  • 10 Oct 2014
  • 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • International School of Brussels


Community Help Service organises
Burnout Conference

To mark its 45th anniversary year, the Community Help Service (CHS) is holding a conference on Friday 10 October 2014 on the topical subject of burnout – a state of mental and physical ex- haustion induced by stress. The conference will be held between 17.00 - 21:00, on the campus of the International School of Brussels, Kattenberg 19, 1170 Brussels. The event is free of charge (donations are welcome), and the conference language will be English.

A pioneering new Belgian law that came into effect this month requires all enterprises operating on Belgian territory to take preventive action against the “psycho-social risks” related to work stress. This is raising questions over whether European employers are doing enough to prevent their employees from succumbing to burnout.

The conference will be directly helpful to those managing stress reduction in the workplace, whether from a human resource, therapeutic or personal standpoint. Discussion will focus onidentifying best practices for preventing and/or treating burnout. Special emphasis will be placed on the expat community.

On the topic, Dr. Pomerantz, Clinical Director of CHS, stated: ‘Burnout is a complex phenomenon: Burnout is real, it is there, it is notimaginary. However, if we look at the different classifications (ICD, DSM), burnout has not yet been qualified as a psychiatric syndrome’; to which he added‘If a workload is structured according to people’s sensitivities, capacities and competences, then you could prevent most burnout cases’.

Programme
  • Drs. Harry Pomerantz, Clinical Director of Community Help Service (CHS) will open the conference.
  • Professor Dr. Jonathan Chick, MD, Medical Director of Castle Craig Hospital will give the keynote address, with regards to burnout and addiction.
  • Bob Thomas, MA, Psychotherapist CM, Hermes Consulting will discuss warning signs and preven- tative action of burnout.
  • Dirk Antonissen, MA, Chief Executive Officer of ISW Limits and Inge Van den Brande, PhD, Senior Account & ProjectManager, ISW Limits will focus on stress prevention in organisations: from a re- active, single-focussed approach to proactive, integrated wellbeing programs. They will cover the various tools that are available: Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), stress management, online tools, psychosocial risk assessment.
  • Lisa Classen, MA, Clinical Psychologist, and Jane Sudlow, MA, Psychotherapist, both members of the CHS Clinical Team, will present clinical vignettes.
For registration and more information:
Please visit the CHS website.

Contact:
Ms. Catalina Iordache - burnout@chs-belgium.org

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