Confronting Your Own Emotional Responses When Caring for the Seriously Ill

February 19, 2026

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Social Workers Chaplains & Spiritual Caregivers

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DateFeb 19, 2026Duration90 minutes

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02:00 PM CST03:00 PM EST

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Emotional responses are a natural, invaluable part of palliative and hospice care, offering deep insights that shape how you connect with patients, make decisions, and deliver compassionate interventions.

In a field where connection is everything, mastering the dynamics between your feelings and care delivery is critical. This is a great course for every member of the hospice team to learn how to navigate the challenges of this deeply relational work with confidence and clarity.

KEY WEBINAR TAKEAWAYS

Emotional responses to relational care are normal and expectable
Our conscious and unconscious reactions inform our verbal and nonverbal communication choices with patients
Acknowledging our own emotional reactions/responses leads to deeper insight into ourselves and patients, enhances our empathy and connection, and promotes personal growth
We have a responsibility to pursue self-awareness skills and tools throughout a career

BONUS MATERIALS

Ask Yourself List – checking in with your behaviors to identify emotional reactions
Individual and team exercises to identify history and bias that informs your practice
Resources and references to mitigate the impact of empathic strain and moral distress

WEBINAR DETAILS

Emotional responses in the clinical practice of palliative and hospice care are not only expectable and normal, but they also yield valuable insight and information to inform our interventions, relationships and practice. Understanding the impact of our emotional reactions on patient interactions, decision-making, and patient-clinician relationships is a key to providing best care. In a specialty that is highly relational, paying attention to the dynamics between patient and clinician is critical. The presentation will deepen participants understanding of their own emotional responses and provide strategies to engage with this knowledge to improve care.

THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:

Hospice
Home Care
Home Health
Palliative Care

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Nurses
Physicians
Social workers
Chaplains
Certified nurse assistants
Administrators
Front end staff
Nurse practitioners
Fellows
Medical students

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT

Employee training log
Interactive quiz
PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
Attendance certificate provided to self-report CE credits

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