9 ratings | 3 reviews | avg rating:4.33

Michelle Graff’s Followers (7)

Michelle’s Bookshelves

to-read (7)
currently-reading (0)
read (12)
did-not-finish (0)
author (1)
historical-true-crime (1)
non-fiction-challenge (1)
unsolved-mystery (1)

Michelle’s Friends (4)

Giorgos Kariotis

12 books | 5,000 friends

Kathleen Guin

22,404 books | 51 friends

Sean Auraist

0 books | 12 friends

Tans Anderson

6,873 books | 8 friends

Michelle Graff

Goodreads Author

Born

in The United States

Website

https://resiliencyonline.com/

Genre

Nonfiction, Psychology, Self Help

Member Since

September 2020

edit data

Michelle Graff is the founder of Cultivating Human Resiliency and the author of The Compassion Fatigued Organization. After more than twenty years in social services, she now focuses on helping the helping professional.

As a resiliency cultivator, she provides training and consultation to both public and private human service agencies. Over the past twenty-two years, Michelle has developed and presented hundreds of trainings on everything from trauma and the brain to interpersonal and leadership skills. Her experience working with human service professionals and organizations has provided an insider’s perspective on the impact of secondary trauma. Compassion fatigue has become her most requested topic.

Michelle lives and works in Kansas City, ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Michelle Graff questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Michelle Graff’s books

Average rating: 4.22 · 82 ratings · 8 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hidden: The Unsolved Mystery of Sarah Mumford 4.35 avg rating — 63 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Compassion Fatigued Organization 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Compassion Fatigue Workbook: 28 Exercises for Compassion-Fatigued Helping Professionals really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

14 posts
Michelle Graff's Blog

Could the “Great Resignation” Transform the Human Service Industry?

News of the “great resignation” has sparked a renewed interest in retention strategies across all industries. The impact of this mass exodus has been felt by the human service sector. But let’s face it, this is not a new problem for social service industries. Child welfare, for example, has experienced high turnover, averaging 15-20 percent, for years. (See source) The root causes are much deeper

recent posts
Michelle’s Groups

Goodreads Librarians Group — 324882 members — last activity 6 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Non Fiction Book Club — 5116 members — last activity 1 hour, 4 min ago
This group is for anyone who enjoys Non Fiction. Genres discussed here include Histories, Autobiographies, Biographies, Memoirs, Science and Technolog ...more

Goodreads Authors/Readers — 56705 members — last activity 1 hour, 37 min ago
This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. It is divided by genres, and includes folders for writing resources, book websit ...more

Self-Help Authors Discussion Forum — 163 members — last activity Apr 08, 2026 12:03AM
Self-help authors play great role in shaping the personality of people and change their attitude of life. While fiction provides entertainment, self-h ...more