June 20, 2025
The work that you do is essential. It can also be incredibly difficult.
As helping professionals, you have dedicated your career to supporting, protecting, and caring for others. You often work in high-stress, high-pressure workplaces and the things you see and hear can be traumatic.
Over time, this work can have a profound effect on your well-being. You may experience burnout, empathic strain, or secondary traumatic stress.
The CARE4YOU Conference is an opportunity for you to refuel. Join us for this free event and learn best practices to care for yourself while caring for others.
Past Speakers
Since 2011, CARE4YOU has featured leaders in the fields of burnout, empathic strain, secondary traumatic stress, and organizational health.
JD Gilmour
Manager of Employee Abilities and Return to Work, Health PEI
PRESENTED
“The Other Wet Floor”: The Emotional Risks of Working in a Helping Profession
CARE4YOU 2024
Roxanne Francis
CEO of Francis Psychotherapy & Consulting Services
PRESENTED
Managing the “Sunday Scaries”: A Shared Responsibility?
CARE4YOU 2023
Laura Khoudari
Trauma-informed Wellness Author, Speaker, & Practitioner
PRESENTED
How Do We Talk About Trauma?
A Discussion on Boundaries
CARE4YOU 2022
David Kessler
Bestselling Author & Creator of grief.com
PRESENTED
Caring for Ourselves: Understanding Meaning & Grief
CARE4YOU 2021
Donna Shanor
Director of Clinical Social Work, University of Texas, Dell Medical Center
PRESENTED
Relationship-Centered Care is Better Care: The Importance of Incorporating Cultural Humility in Our Work
CARE4YOU 2020
Mary Ann Baynton
Director of Strategy & Collaboration, Canada Life’s Workplace Strategies for Mental Health
PRESENTED
Plan for Resilience: Learning to Bounce Back in an Overwhelming World
TEND CONFERENCE 2019
Dr. Alana Hirsh
Family Physician & UBC Clinical Assistant Professor
PRESENTED
The Need for Compassion: Self-Care in the World of Addiction Medicine
CARE4YOU 2018
Françoise Mathieu
Author, Speaker, & Executive Director of TEND
PRESENTED
Remaining Healthy & Compassionate During Turbulent Times: Lessons from the Past
CARE4YOU 2017
Dr. Brian Miller
Author & Trauma Clinician
PRESENTED
Reducing Secondary Trauma in Clinicians: A New Approach
CARE4YOU 2016
Lt Col (ret) Stéphane Grenier
Mental Health Innovator & Advocate
PRESENTED
Be Brave: Empowering Agents of Change
CARE4YOU 2015
Meghan Telpner
Nutritionist, Author, & Speaker
PRESENTED
A Humorous, Engaging, & Real Approach to Healthy Living
CARE4YOU 2014
Dr. Kristin Neff
Researcher, Author, & Co-Founder of the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
PRESENTED
Self-Compassion & Emotional Resilience
The Compassion Fatigue Conference 2013
Dr. Joan Borysenko
Psychologist & Author
PRESENTED
Fried: Why We Burn Out & How to Revive
The Compassion Fatigue Conference 2012
Dr. Gabor Maté
Physician & Author
PRESENTED
Navigating Stress: Caring for Oneself While Serving Others
The Compassion Fatigue Conference 2011
About CARE4YOU
The first TEND conference was held in 2011 in Kingston, ON, Canada. The Compassion Fatigue Conference was one of the first conferences specifically crafted to address the realities of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma in helping professions.
Over the years, the conference continued to grow and attract helping professionals from diverse backgrounds and professions. In 2014, the conference was renamed to CARE4YOU – The conference that cares for those who care for others.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CARE4YOU was hosted as a virtual event for the first time in 2020. In 2021, we decided to offer this event at no cost as a way to give back to our communities.
At CARE4YOU, we explore the individual and organizational impacts of high-stress, trauma-exposed work.
Have you ever wondered –
- How to stay well while doing difficult work?
- What makes trauma-exposed work unique?
- What role the organization plays in preventing or mitigating burnout?
- How to support your team during times of crisis?
