| Description |
1 online resource (300 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- About the Guest Contributors -- Chapter 1 Taking Care of Yourself -- Self-Care as an Ethical Mandate -- Wellness and Self-Care -- Therapeutic Presence and Wellness -- Caring for Self and Others -- Improving Your Self-Care Practices -- Empathy Fatigue and Counselor Impairment -- Happiness: A Foundation of Self-Care -- Be Kind to Yourself -- Concluding Thoughts -- Chapter 2 Seasons of a Career -- Early Career |
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Jude Austin's Early Career Experiences:" Come Hell or High Water" -- Julius Austin's Early Career Experiences: "A Challenging Transition" -- Reflections on Our Future Careers: "Learning From Our Elders" -- Michelle Muratori's Early Career Experiences -- Jerry Corey's Early Career Experiences -- Midcareer -- Michelle Muratori's Midcareer Experiences -- Jerry Corey's Midcareer Experiences -- Late Career -- Jerry Corey's Experiences During Late Career -- Concluding Thoughts -- Chapter 3 Self-Care in Graduate School -- Incorporating Self-Care in Graduate School |
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Michelle Muratori's Graduate School Experiences: Taming My Inner Critic -- Perfectionism: A Blessing or a Curse? -- Jerry Corey's Graduate School Experiences -- Julius Austin's Experience in Graduate School -- Lessons From Graduate Students on Meeting the Challenges of Self-Care -- The Anxiety of Performing Well in a Graduate Program -- Transitioning From the Master's to the Doctoral Level -- The Doctoral Dissertation Experience -- Jude Austin's Growth and Change in Graduate School -- Twins' Experience of Self-Care in Graduate School |
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Embracing Challenges and Getting the Most Out of Your Graduate Education -- Developing Your Clinical Skills and Style -- Surviving and Thriving in a Graduate Program in Counseling -- Concluding Thoughts -- Chapter 4 Personal and Professional Stressors -- Life and Stress: You Can't Have One Without the Other -- Losing Our Way and Finding Our Way Back -- Experiencing Setbacks in Our Self-Care -- Stress in Our Personal Lives: Experiences With Grief -- Positive Life Changes and Stress -- Using Both Hands in Life -- Avoiding Personal and Professional Stress Traps -- The Impact of Cultural Stressors |
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Coping With Calamity: Dealing With the Aftermath of Disasters -- The Hazards of Chronic Stress -- Concluding Thoughts -- Chapter 5 Strategies for Managing Stress -- Combating Stress in a Stressful World -- Mindfulness -- Meditation -- Tai Chi -- Yoga and Pilates -- Being in Nature -- Religious/Spiritual Involvement and Meaning in Life -- The Role of Nutrition and Diet in Self-Care -- Designing Your Exercise Program -- Re-Creating Ourselves Through Recreation -- Providing Service to Others as a Lifestyle Pattern -- Changing the Way You Think as a Route to Managing Stress |
| Summary |
"Self-care for counselors and therapists has been a salient topic in the mental health professions for many years. In 2018, our first edition of Counselor Self-Care was published, and even back then, we thought the book was long overdue. This impression was validated when we presented on this topic at professional conferences and spoke with many attendees who were eager to share about their own challenges with self-care. Little did we all know then that life as we knew it was about to be disrupted in unfathomable ways. Significant developments such as the COVID-19 pandemic, undue police violence, and threats to democracy have challenged society since the first edition was published. The implications of these disturbing trends and stressors on the helping professions have been nothing short of profound. The pandemic resulted in a move to providing counseling online rather than in person, and also resulted in teaching and supervision transitioning to online formats. As the demand for mental health services skyrocketed as people experienced social isolation, anxiety, and depression, helping professionals were tested in unprecedented ways and sometimes beyond their own limits. These developments have impacted the well-being of all of us, which makes it more imperative than ever to sustain and strengthen our self-care practices. We hope that our book will assist you in engaging in self-reflection regarding your own self-care successes and challenges as you read this second edition of our book"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Personal Therapy as a Form of Self-Care |
| Subject |
Counseling psychologists -- Mental health
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Counseling psychologists -- Job stress
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Counselors -- Mental health
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Counselors -- Job stress
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Counselors -- Job stress.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Muratori, Michelle
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Austin, Jude T., II
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Austin, Julius A
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American Counseling Association.
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| ISBN |
9781394222711 |
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1394222718 |
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