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Thank you for your interest in the ritual I shared during my 7/7/25 presentation "Tending the Sacred Moment: The Art of Attunement in Spiritual Care." The attached PDF is a template of what I used to facilitate the ritual.

Ritual for Staff Care

About Me

She/Her. I walk with people through life’s most tender thresholds—birth, loss, change, and becoming. My words live at the intersection of spirit, body, and breath.

Rev. Alyssa R. Peterson-DeWitt, MDiv, BCC, CCSH-RC

Learn More about CBCT & CCSH

Cognitively Based Compassion Training (CBCT) Overview | Emory University | Atlanta GA

Research on CBCT

Compassion-Centered Spiritual Health (CCSH) | Emory University | Atlanta GA

7-7-25 | Tending the Sacred Moment

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Click the link below to see my works cited page for photo and video references. 

Works Cited for Presentation Images

Research Bibliography

A randomized controlled trial of a compassion-centered spiritual health intervention to improve hospital inpatient outcomes (2025)

How hospital chaplains develop and use rituals to address medical
staff distress

How hospital chaplains develop and use rituals to address medical staff distress (2024)

Meditative Moments | Resources

Your Mind Matters | Emory's Mental Health Resource Hub

Burnout, Moral Distress, and Compassion Fatigue as Correlates of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Clinical and Nonclinical Healthcare Workers

Differential Odor Sensitivity in PTSD: Implications for Treatment and Future Research

How hospital chaplains develop and use rituals to address medical staff distress