Karl LaRowe

Karl LaRowe

WA, US
Karl LaRowe is an international speaker, author and leading authority on how to transform Compassion Fatigue into energy and engagement.
Karl LaRowe is a healthcare provider who speaks professionally about Compassion Fatigue, one of the leading yet unidentified causes of costly staff burnout, depression and turnover in the healthcare industry today. Utilizing his personal experience Karl is able to connect with other healthcare professionals and utilize their specific frame of reference to identify the symptoms of compassion fatigue and provide real solutions they understand.

“Karl’s presentation is exciting, enlightening, making one aware of oneself, enabling the participant to become part of the lecture, cleansing and energizing the body. Awareness of the topic is totally learned at the end of the seminar.”

– C. Dworman, LPC

Karl's unique background as a mental health professional and martial arts expert results in an infusion of intelligence, passion and empowerment to his talks and trainings. In his dynamic, skills-building seminars, Karl teaches a variety of energy-transforming techniques that are immediately effective in discharging the "energy residue" of Compassion Fatigue and accumulate the enlivening energy of "Flow." By combining emotional intelligence with interpersonal martial arts Karl empowers participants to maximize every communication and relationship by "transforming opponents into partners."

“Fantastic – Energetic – Practical tips and clear explanations. Good combination of intelligence, experience humor and physical being.”

– C. Birckey, LCSW

Karl LaRowe is an international speaker and for the past 10 years has given over 400 seminars to over 20,000 professionals on various mental health and interpersonal effectiveness topics across the United States and in SE Asia. He has just published a new book: "Breath of Relief: Transforming Compassion Fatigue into Flow," that explains, illustrates and even demonstrates with an enclosed DVD, the body awareness, mindful movement, conscious breathing and creative visualization techniques of Flow Motionä. This book is authorized by the: National Association of Social Workers for 6 hours of continuing education.

“I love Karl’s dancing flowing way of presenting and his kind, warm way of connecting with participant to give us what we came to get – healing, inspiration and useful methods.

– C. Haley, RN

Karl is a fascinating, engaging and highly informative speaker whose dynamic presentation style makes learning enjoyable. He will provide you with a wealth of information, inspiration and specific skills that you can immediately apply. Karl continues to work as a mental health examiner for Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Oregon. He earned his Masters degree from the University of Chicago, is licensed as a clinical social worker and certified as a mental health investigator and examiner.

SEMINAR TOPIC: COMPASSION FATIGUE

Energy is your most valuable natural resource and the one thing almost every healthcare professional has too little of. Whether it is the constant demand of multi-tasking, the continual drain of needy patients or repeated conflicts with difficult coworkers, almost every caregiver experiences the cost of care giving as physical, emotional and even spiritual exhaustion. This is a fun, informative and experiential workshop that utilizes multiple levels of intelligence for learning. After this workshop, you will be able to:

· Recognize the early warning signs of stress, burnout and compassion fatigue
· Discharge the “energy residue” of secondary traumatic stress
· Super-charge yourself with energy utilizing body awareness, conscious breathing, mindful movement and creative visualization techniques
· Utilize “interpersonal martial art” to engage others as partners rather than opponents
· Learn how to consciously “get into the flow” with even difficult tasks such as charting and multi-tasking

Karl LaRowe is a healthcare provider who speaks professionally about Compassion Fatigue, one of the leading yet unidentified causes of costly staff burnout, depression and turnover in the healthcare industry today. Utilizing his personal experience Karl is able to connect with other healthcare professionals and utilize their specific frame of reference to identify the symptoms of compassion fatigue and provide real solutions they understand.

“Karl’s presentation is exciting, enlightening, making one aware of oneself, enabling the participant to become part of the lecture, cleansing and energizing the body. Awareness of the topic is totally learned at the end of the seminar.”

– C. Dworman, LPC

Karl's unique background as a mental health professional and martial arts expert results in an infusion of intelligence, passion and empowerment to his talks and trainings. In his dynamic, skills-building seminars, Karl teaches a variety of energy-transforming techniques that are immediately effective in discharging the "energy residue" of Compassion Fatigue and accumulate the enlivening energy of "Flow." By combining emotional intelligence with interpersonal martial arts Karl empowers participants to maximize every communication and relationship by "transforming opponents into partners."

“Fantastic – Energetic – Practical tips and clear explanations. Good combination of intelligence, experience humor and physical being.”

– C. Birckey, LCSW

Karl LaRowe is an international speaker and for the past 10 years has given over 400 seminars to over 20,000 professionals on various mental health and interpersonal effectiveness topics across the United States and in SE Asia. He has just published a new book: "Breath of Relief: Transforming Compassion Fatigue into Flow," that explains, illustrates and even demonstrates with an enclosed DVD, the body awareness, mindful movement, conscious breathing and creative visualization techniques of Flow Motionä. This book is authorized by the: National Association of Social Workers for 6 hours of continuing education.

“I love Karl’s dancing flowing way of presenting and his kind, warm way of connecting with participant to give us what we came to get – healing, inspiration and useful methods.

– C. Haley, RN

Karl is a fascinating, engaging and highly informative speaker whose dynamic presentation style makes learning enjoyable. He will provide you with a wealth of information, inspiration and specific skills that you can immediately apply. Karl continues to work as a mental health examiner for Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Oregon. He earned his Masters degree from the University of Chicago, is licensed as a clinical social worker and certified as a mental health investigator and examiner.

SEMINAR TOPIC: COMPASSION FATIGUE

Energy is your most valuable natural resource and the one thing almost every healthcare professional has too little of. Whether it is the constant demand of multi-tasking, the continual drain of needy patients or repeated conflicts with difficult coworkers, almost every caregiver experiences the cost of care giving as physical, emotional and even spiritual exhaustion. This is a fun, informative and experiential workshop that utilizes multiple levels of intelligence for learning. After this workshop, you will be able to:

· Recognize the early warning signs of stress, burnout and compassion fatigue
· Discharge the “energy residue” of secondary traumatic stress
· Super-charge yourself with energy utilizing body awareness, conscious breathing, mindful movement and creative visualization techniques
· Utilize “interpersonal martial art” to engage others as partners rather than opponents
· Learn how to consciously “get into the flow” with even difficult tasks such as charting and multi-tasking