Trainings

Prevention & Coping Skills for Helpers
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Date: January 16, 2026
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Time: 10:00–11:00 AM EST
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Format: Live Virtual Training
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CEUs: Approved for 1 CEU
Helping others is meaningful work, and it’s also demanding. This training is designed to support helpers in recognizing early warning signs of stress and burnout, while building practical strategies that support long-term sustainability in both work and life.
What You’ll Learn
Participants will leave this training able to:
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Identify stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue specific to helping roles
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Apply practical prevention and coping strategies at work and beyond
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Create a personalized self-care needs plan that supports sustainability, not just survival
This session is grounded, practical, and affirming; offering tools you can use immediately without adding more to your plate.
This training is ideal for:
Social workers, therapists, counselors, and helping professionals seeking sustainable ways to care for others without losing themselves in the process.

About the Facilitator
Ta’lor L. Pinkston, LSW
Licensed “Self-Love” Social Worker | The Heart Advocate
Ta’lor L. Pinkston, LSW is known as The Heart Advocate, a Licensed “Self-Love” Social Worker dedicated to helping individuals choose self-love as a powerful coping skill for mental health and healing.
Through individual self-love sessions, workshops, and presentations, Ta’lor focuses on the role of self-love in mental health, healthy relationships, and why self-care truly matters; especially for helpers who often put themselves last.
Ta’lor earned her Master of Social Work from California University of Pennsylvania in 2015, completed her certification in the Foundations of Self-Love through the Path of Self-Love in 2017, and became a Licensed Social Worker in 2022.
She currently serves as the Clinical Practice Program Manager at Healthy Start, Inc. in Pittsburgh, where she provides Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to prenatal and postpartum mothers experiencing Major Depressive Disorder.
