Mental Health KC Presents…
Mental Health KC Presents is a series of free webinars intended to extend the education and training provided by the Mental Health KC Conference.
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Trainings and Webinars
Title: The Hidden Cost of Being Good: How Helping Professionals Can Care Without Carrying the Work Home
Presenter:Andrea Romer
Thursday June 25, 2026 from 12-1pm Central Time (US and Canada)
Abstract/description: Professionals in social work, mental health, and peer support enter their fields because they care deeply about others. Over time, many discover that the most challenging part of the work is not always the clinical skill or the difficult conversation; instead, it is the moments that stay with them afterward.
Conversations replay during the drive home. Decisions are revisited hours later. A sense of responsibility can linger long after the interaction itself is complete.
While professional training focuses heavily on assessment, intervention, and ethics, far less attention is given to how professionals process the emotional impact of their work. When these patterns go unexamined, they can interfere with the mind’s ability to recover from the work, leaving professionals feeling drained and questioning whether the work is sustainable over time.
This workshop explores the cognitive and emotional patterns that lead helping professionals to carry the weight of their work beyond the moment itself. Participants will learn practical strategies to recognize when the mind continues processing work unnecessarily and how to intentionally close those moments once their professional role has been fulfilled. The goal is to support professionals in caring deeply about their work while protecting the energy and presence needed for the rest of their lives.
Learning Objectives:
• Identify common thinking patterns that contribute to taking work-related stress home after
professional interactions.
professional interactions.
• Explain how interpretation of workplace events influences emotional carryover and
professional wellbeing.
• Differentiate between what is healthy for you and unhelpful for you.
• Apply at least one cognitive strategy to close work-related interactions and reduce post-shift
rumination.
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Andrea Romer is the co-founder of ARC Coaching, where she teaches healthcare professionals the emotional clarity, communication, and self-leadership skills that allow them to do demanding work without carrying the weight of it home
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Mental Health KC (Metro Council) hosts free educational webinars the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month.
Would you like to be a presenter? We take webinar proposals on a rolling basis throughout the year.
These webinars are a great way to spread information or share research that helps educate either the general public or clinicians/therapists/social workers/others in mental health fields.
