COMPASSION IN SCIENCE

PEER 2 PEER: SOMEONE TO TALK TO

Speaking with someone can help you feel better and can help improve your mental health.

Please contact any of the Compassion Fatigue Committee members listed below for a confidential discussion:

RITA BELLANCA
Tel: (206) 221-7380, (206) 543-3028
Email: rbell@wanprc.org

BROOKS ESTES
Tel: (206) 949-7812
Email: brooks09@uw.edu

HOLLY NGUYEN
Tel: (206) 543-1461
Email: hmnguyen@uw.edu
Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional

FRANCESCA PERROTTA
Tel: (206) 543-4920
Email: fpbella@uw.edu

DR. SALLY THOMPSON-IRITANI
Tel: (206) 661-6294
Email: sti2@uw.edu
Certified Human Animal Bond Practitioner
Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional

J. PRESTON VAN HOOSER
Tel: (206) 616-8417
Email: jpvh@uw.edu

D2C COMPASSION FATIGUE DEDICATED PHONE LINE: (206) 616-2386

D2C Dedicated Email: d2c@uw.edu

“The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss daily and not be touched by it is as unrealistic as expecting to be able to walk through water without getting wet. This sort of denial is no small matter. The way we deal with loss shapes our capacity to be present to life more than anything else. The way we protect ourselves from loss may be the way in which we distance ourselves from life and help. We burn out not because we don’t care but because we don’t grieve. We burn out because we’ve allowed our hearts to become so filled with loss that we have no room left to care.” -- Rachel Naomi Remen, 1996