The Community Cats Podcast

Interview! Dr. Linda Harper, Clinical Psychologist, Compassionate Heart Specialist and Author “Feeling compassion fatigue isn’t really a matter of if, it’s a matter of when. We naturally put ourselves on the back burner over the animals we help." Dr. Linda Harper is a lifelong animal lover advocate, Author and Clinical Psychologist in the Chicago area. She is passionate about helping people help animals. She works to ease the compassion fatigue that animal lovers face in the animal welfare world and facilities pet loss support groups, as well. She is also the author of 4 books, her latest being “The Power of Joy in Giving to Animals.” This book looks at the unique challenges people face who work with animals and contains many interviews with people involved with animals. She works to keep the joy within people who do this type of work, to make it as fulfilling as it was when they started! When looking at burnout and compassion fatigue, there are many signs that can be present to watch for. It’s important to n