Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional

To be eligible to CCFP certification, applicants must be registered or credentialed and work in an education, healthcare, or clinical setting.

• Education Professionals
• Mental Health Professionals
• Veterinarian Professionals
• Ordained Clergy (Must have graduated from a CHEA or ATS accredited program)
• Provisional, qualified or student registration level mental health professionals

By applying for certification, the applicant agrees to adhere to Evergreen Certifications’ Professional Code of Ethics

A minimum of 6 hours of CPD in specific compassion and resiliency topics.

Pre-approved, 3rd party trainings that meet the training requirements for CCFP certification include:

• The Wounded Healer’s Burnout Recovery Course: Over 25 Strategies for Helping Professionals to Break Free from Toxic Stress and Vicarious Trauma by PESI Canada – Certification Included!

Wondering if a course meets the requirements for CCFP certification? Submit a copy of or link to the course title, speaker, outline and learning objectives to info@evergreencertifications.com for review.

Please note that Evergreen Certifications does not offer CPD, all training must be purchased directly through the accredited training organization. Training is not included in the certification fee.

For your initial 1-year certification, please complete the following steps.

1. Complete a qualifying training
2. Remit your initial application payment of 99.99 USD online
3. Upload the following documents to your account:
   • A copy of the candidate’s professional registration
   • Evidence of completion of qualifying training, in the form of a completion certificate

Evergreen Certifications will certify applicants who meet the above requirements.

Please note: Certification does not imply endorsement of competency. As a registered/credentialed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession’s standards.

To maintain CCFP certification, a renewal is required. After your initial 1-year certification, you have the option to renew for 1, 2 or 3 years. A 1-year renewal requires 6 clock hours of compassion fatigue, self-care, mindfulness or meditation-focused CPD since you were last certified; a 2-year renewal requires 12 clock hours, and a 3-year renewal requires 18 hours.

Sample CCFP renewal trainings include:

• Intensive Mindfulness Training Course: Interventions for Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Stress, Sex and More by PESI
• Compassion Fatigue: Purpose, Passion and Power by PESI
• Nursing Stress and Exhaustion: Proven Strategies to Beat Burnout and Revive Your Professional Passion! by PESI

Renewal content cannot be the same content used for prior renewal or initial certification

Renewal Process

1. Complete a qualifying training
2. Upload the following documents to your account:
   • A copy of the candidate’s professional registration
   • Evidence of completion of qualifying training, in the form of a completion certificate
3. Remit your CCFP renewal fee online
   • $49.99 for a 1-year renewal
   • $79.99 for a 2-year renewal
   • $99.99 for a 3-year renewal

Renewal training hours need to have been taken in the time since you were certified or last recertified.

Renewals are calculated from the date that your certification was issued. If you allow your certification to lapse for more than 3 years, you are no longer eligible to renew your certification and instead can reapply for certification