In response to the growing need for healthcare support at a time when staff shortage and burnout are reaching critical levels, Care for the Journey is designed to serve the heart of healthcare staff, providing both inspiration and practical wisdom to sustain one's practice.
Developed with input from a national advisory circle of healthcare educators, the program delivers essential information and skills in a new experiential format, offering an 'integrative knowledge' approach to learning.
At its core is an audio resource of spoken wisdom from experts on the practice of compassionate service, designed by the creators of the award-winning music & message palliative resource, Graceful Passages.
Providing inspiration and experiential education, strengthened by the recorded wisdom of leading healthcare professionals, audio listeners and program participants explore acceptance of human limitations in medicine as a gateway to greater understanding and connection between practitioners and patients.
The program includes both audio resources and training materials. Essential teachings include practices in self-care and supporting the conversation around grief and loss. Through clinical and classroom programs, and through independent listening to the CD, participants gain insight on the benefits of awareness, presence and acceptance for self and patient care.
Care for the Journey presentations, workshops and retreats, presented by our trained facilitators, are available through local healthcare systems nationwide to:
• support the use of the audio resource
• support local educators in utilizing the resource in their curriculum
• offer stand-alone programs to strengthen staff capacity for service by reconnecting with original intention, accessing the human dimension of healing, cultivating the quality of presence, selfcare, the art of listening, and facing personal and professional issues around death and dying.
The audio resource, Care for the Journey: Messages and Music for Sustaining the Heart of Healthcare,
is used as an integrative knowledge based curriculum, with exercises and practices for strengthening one's understanding and application of the messages.
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Presentations:
Duration: 90 minutes
Titles:
Introduction to Care for the Journey
Supporting Presence In Healthcare
Embracing Community through the Arts
Beyond Control: Pathways to Integrative Acceptance
The Conversation
Past Venues/Clients: Harvard Mind/Body Institute, Spirituality and Health Conference, Boston and Santa Fe; George Washington Institute of Spirituality and Health, Washington, DC; Planetree National Conference, New York, NY; Ohio Hospice & Palliative Care Organization, Columbus, OH, Kanasas Health Association, Overland Park, KS
Workshops:
Duration: 3 hours & Full Day
Subjects include:
Cultivating Presence
Healing Stories
Music as a Tool for Engagement
Past Venues/Clients: Wellness Place, Chicago, IL; Seton Cove, Austin, TX; Planetree National Conference, Chantilly, VA; True North Integrative Medical Conference, Falmouth, ME
Pain Society of Oregon, Eugene,OR
Retreats:
Duration: 1, 2 or 5 days
Past Venues/Clients: Sunstone Retreat Center, Phoenix, AZ
Retreats may be held offsite; natural settings are recommended for optimum benefit. Contact us for regional retreat schedule, available to individuals and as an introduction for system delivery.
Concerts:
Duration: 2 hours
Past Venues/Clients: Colorado Palliative Care Association, Florida Palliative Care, Wellness Place, Chicago, Sunstone Cancer Retreat, Phoenix, AZ
A healing music concert with award-winning founders and musical artists of Companion Arts can bring a wonderful community focus on the importance of emotional and spiritual support for care providers, patients and families alike.
Instructors: Care for the Journey presentations, workshops and retreats are facilitated by Care for the Journey artist/educators and clinical educators versed in the teachings. When budget and schedule permits, faculty from the audio resource may be included in the presentations and/or workshops/retreats.
Cost: When possible, costs are sponsored by foundation grants. Otherwise, travel expenses and consultation fees are required to bring the training to your location. Call or write for scheduling and pricing.
Contact:
Michael Stillwater
(415) 884-4483
or info@companionarts.org
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