Lucas Coaching & Consulting, LLC
Lucas Coaching & Consulting, LLC
Transitioning To Stability
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Dr. Sherman A. Lucas Ed.D, LSW
Professional Consultant on Changing Workplace Cultures and Expert on Compassion Fatigue
Bio and Professional Summary
Dr. Sherman A. Lucas, Ed.D, LSW is a twenty-five year social worker/mental health practitioner who has a plethora of experience working within diverse clinical settings practicing psychotherapy and mental health. He has worked as a professional social worker within multiple states: Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Dr. Lucas has over 25 years of service as a mental health professional working in County, State, and non-profit organizations. He has over 20 years of serving as a direct mentor of at-risk youth in foster care and juvenile justice systems. Dr. Lucas has worked in management supervising employees and ensuring the populations being served receive the best clinical care. As a mental health practitioner, he has provided a range of therapeutic approaches (e.g. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Insight Oriented, and Systems Approach). Dr. Lucas has provided office based and in-home counseling and assessments. He has provided support and education to families regarding mental illness, substance abuse, and medication management: designed and implemented strength-based treatment plans with clients and their families; and at times, facilitated the removal of children from homes due to substantiated abuse and neglect.
Dr. Lucas has significant experience as a corporate trainer and educator. His distinct ability to foster collaborative and positive social interactions is utilized to develop competent and well-informed trainings. As a professional developer/staff trainer, Dr. Lucas and his team guides employees through intensive trainings to advance the goals and specific objectives for a plethora of businesses and organizations.
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Dr. Lucas is a native of Philadelphia, PA and is a devoted dad to his 3 lovely children. He is a Licensed Social Worker and a proud graduate from three distinguished universities: South Carolina State University (Bachelor of Social Work), University of South Carolina (Master of Social Work), and Point Park University (Doctorate of Education, Administration & Leadership). Dr. Lucas's personal journey, education, experience, and deep passion for helping others is a testament that shows others that anything is attainable through hard work, discipline, and determination despite the difficulty of life's challenges.
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Workplace Cultures
Transforming Your Toxic Work Environment
There is probably nothing more stressful than working in an office environment that is marked by significant personal conflicts between those who work there. It is where negative, contentious, or bullying behavior lies within the foundation of the culture. As a result of working in this atmosphere, employees are under stress, communication is limited, and the blame culture is widespread. Further, such infighting can harm productivity and an organizations bottom line.
Through professional development and trainings, Dr. Lucas and his team can equip employees with the essential tools needed for increased team cohesion within the workplace. Specific focus will be on dynamics such as: effective communication, conflict resolution, boundary setting, work/life balance, teamwork, cultural diversity/tolerance, ethics/compliance, accountability, self care, and compassion fatigue.
IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE! Allow us to work with your organizations with real-time interactive professional development trainings to address these workplace issues. Changing the workplace culture starts with you. The first step is always the toughest, so let's take it together. For support, call Lucas Coaching & Consulting at 215-908-8298 or email at lucasdr@lucascoachingconsulting.com. Our trainings are delivered in-person as well as virtual.
Compassion Fatigue and Practitioner Trauma
Mental health practitioners consistently work with individuals who have experienced traumatic circumstances throughout their lives. These events occur unexpectedly and beyond one’s control where people face abusive situations, witness human suffering, and encounter life-threatening situations that cause injury and increase fear and vulnerability. Mental health direct care practitioners and other helping professions (e.g., medical professionals, educators, and law enforcement) are expected to deliver the highest quality care to many of these traumatized individuals. Because of being extensively involved with them, these professionals may experience added emotional pressures due to working with them over lengthy periods of time that develops into compassion fatigue.
Compassion fatigue is a phenomenon that causes practitioners to experience symptoms related to anxiety, depression, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout. In addition, they may experience nightmares, develop dissension within relationships, and encounter physical side effects.
What Can I Do?
My research has found that burnout and other compassion fatigue symptoms often contribute to a toxic work culture. As a mental health practitioner, I can personally relate to the struggles of compassion fatigue. Let me help your organization increase knowledge on this problematic issue and work together in exploring personal self care and other professional interventions that may assist in minimizing compassion fatigue and its negative affects on direct care practitioners.
Booking/Contact
Please use my contact information below to schedule your professional development and trainings on changing workplace culture. In addition, please use my contact information to book my training/workshops on Compassion Fatigue/Self Care and Practitioner Trauma. Trainings are delivered in-person and virtual.
215-908-8298
