May 3, 2024 Kindred Speakers: Eliza Gallagher

Talk Title: Managing Emotions for You and your Kids

Description: Compassion fatigue can be defined by the National Library of Medicine as “the emotional cost of caring: A response to the cumulative experience of empathic engagement with people – the personal experience resulting from helping or wanting to help others.”

As parents, it is normal for strong emotions to be elicited daily either from ourselves, our children, our partners or a combination of all three. In this talk, Eliza Gallagher shares that putting structures in place to talk about it and remove stigma is important in order to care for ourselves, our families and children in appropriate and healthy ways.

Eliza is a Resident in Counseling approved by the Virginia Board of Counseling who is awaiting confirmation for licensure. She has been a counselor for 8 years and has experience working with individuals dealing with depression, anxiety, separation, grief and loss, trauma, self-esteem, major life transitions, suicidal thoughts, family systems, conflict resolution, and emotion management.

Eliza lives in Arlington, VA with her husband and their Rhodesian ridgeback, Oshie as they wait for their first baby to arrive very soon! She enjoys running, hiking, reading, cooking and traveling.