2024 UT System Mental Health Retreat

Wednesday, July 24, 2024
12:00–5:30 p.m. CDT

Time	Event/Session	Details
12:00–1:00 p.m.	Check-in and Catered Lunch
1:00–1:15 p.m.	Welcome, Introduction, Overview	Dr. Bernie Savarese, Vice President, Academic Affairs, Research and Student Success, UT System
1:15–1:30 p.m.	Icebreaker Activity	Dr. Jessi Gold, Chief Wellness Officer, UT System; and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UT Health Science Center
1:30–2:30 p.m.	Keynote Speaker Presentation: “What about the Helper? Navigating Burnout, Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Trauma”	Dr. Jordan Westcott, Assistant Professor of Counselor Education, UT Knoxville
2:30–2:45 p.m.	Break (snacks, beverages)
2:45–3:45 p.m.	Workshop: Mapping Campus Mental Health Ecosystems	Facilitators: Dr. Jessi Gold, Chief Wellness Officer, UT System; and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UT Health Science Center Dr. Leigh Morales, Director of Student Success, UT System Dr. Ashley Ludewig, Assessment Coordinator, UT System
3:45–4:00 p.m.	Break (snacks, beverages)
4:00–5:00 p.m.	“Highlights and Hurdles” Campus Presentations	Presentation Order: UT Health Science Center UT Martin UT Southern UT Chattanooga UT Knoxville
5:00–6:30 p.m.	Team-building Activity	More details to come!

Thursday, July 25, 2024
8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. CDT

Time	Event/Session	Details
8:15–8:30 a.m.	Preparation for Day 2	Dr. Jessi Gold, Chief Wellness Officer, UT System; and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UT Health Science Center
8:30–9:30 a.m.	Evaluating Mental Health and Wellness Support Services: Systemwide Research and Assessment	Dr. Leigh Morales, Director of Student Success, UT System Dr. Ashley Ludewig, Assessment Coordinator, UT System
9:30–9:45 a.m.	Break (snacks, beverages)
9:45–10:45 a.m.	Systemwide Collaborative Discussion: Opportunities for systemwide alignment Messaging about resources across campuses Wellness education Staff burnout support: retention and recruitment	Dr. Jessi Gold, Chief Wellness Officer, UT System; and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UT Health Science Center
10:45–11:00 a.m.	Break (snacks, beverages)
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	Roundtable Activity: “Big Ideas” Planning Session	Dr. Leigh Morales, Director of Student Success, UT System Dominique Harrison, Student Success Coordinator, UT System

To make the most of our valuable time together at the 2024 UT System Mental Health Retreat, please complete these items prior to the event.

For the “Highlights and Hurdles” campus presentations please share your successes and challenges directly to Jessi Gold at jgold11@tennessee.edu by July 22.

Campus Preparation: Mental Health Retreat

1. Workshop: Mapping Campus Mental Health Ecosystems

During this interactive workshop, we will define concept mapping and have each campus organize a concept map highlighting your campus’ mental health ecosystem. Please come prepared to create your ecosystem in collaboration with other campus partners by gathering information on the following items:

• Campus activities, trainings and programs focused on mental health (upcoming and/or annual) (e.g. “Every year we do this walk or this tabling”, “We have these peer support groups”)
• Your campus’ mental health leadership structure
• Mental health services and resources your campus provides from prevention to crisis intervention (including staffing like how many counselors you have, and types of groups offered, if possible)
• Overview of mental health assessments your campus administers (Be as specific as possible, including knowledge of questions in other areas like residential life or rec sports); frequency of administration
• Technology solutions/vendors used across mental health services/divisions (e.g. the upcoming telemental health vendor we bring onboard)

This workshop will dovetail into the Day 2 assessment-focused presentation, so any information you can gather in advance, the more specific the better, will set us up for a productive discussion.

2. “Highlights and Hurdles” Campus Presentations

Each campus will share 1–2 achievements/successes (“highlight”) and 1–2 challenges (“hurdle”) you are working to overcome with campus mental health partners. Prior to the retreat, please work with your campus colleagues to identify your highlights and hurdles areas. From there, appoint a presenter and develop up to two PowerPoint slides representing your campus’ highlights and hurdles. If you hate slides, it is OK, they just sometimes give you an ability to remember data more easily or highlight numbers. Each campus will have up to 10 minutes to present. Make sure to share your highlights and hurdles to Jessi Gold at jgold11@tennessee.edu by July 22.

Jordan B. Westcott, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Counselor Education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is a National Certified Counselor and was trained as a Clinical Mental Health Counselor. Her previous clinical experiences include crisis stabilization, integrated health and community mental health settings. Her research is focused on structural factors impacting mental health, especially for LGBTQ+ populations and older adults. Her instruction related to crisis and trauma counseling has emphasized the importance of wellness, self-care and prevention strategies for helping professionals.

Presentation Title: What about the Helper? Navigating Burnout, Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Trauma

Presentation Description: Helping professionals often experience burnout, compassion fatigue and secondary trauma. Exposure to client’s traumatic experiences, large caseloads and high client acuity all contribute to these experiences, yet these factors are often part of the work we do. In this session, you will learn how to recognize signs of burnout, compassion fatigue and secondary trauma, and prevention strategies to enhance your own wellness and support your colleagues. We will also explore ways to promote vicarious posttraumatic growth and resilience for yourself and other helping professionals.

Learning Objectives

Following this session, attendees will be able to:

1. Describe similarities and differences between burnout, compassion fatigue and secondary trauma
2. Identify one or more factors that contribute to and protect against burnout, compassion fatigue and secondary trauma.
3. Apply at least one strategy to enhance personal wellness

• 2024 Mental Health Retreat Presentation
• 2024 Mental Health Retreat Keynote Presentation
• 2024 Campus Mental Health Mapping
• 2024 Mental Health Retreat Photos
• Campus Big Ideas Planning Session Responses

For questions or comments about the event, please contact Leigh Morales, director of student success at lmorales@tennessee.edu or Jessi Gold, chief wellness officer at jgold11@uthsc.edu.

For questions about the venue, hotel, fun activity, dietary restrictions or other accommodations, please contact Dominique Harrison, student success coordinator at dharri91@tennessee.edu.