Self-Care for Counseling Professionals
In this week’s discussion, students will use the Hatch Library to find an article addressing the need for appropriate self-care for a counseling professional. After reading the article, summarize its findings for your classmates.
Feel free to add your own thoughts as well as address the following questions:
Summarize your article’s findings.
Discuss why self-care is so important.
How can we recognize compassion fatigue before it leads to burn out?
What practical steps can you take to ensure that you can be your personal best?
Identify at least three different steps/activities you would personally engage in for self-care. What do you think would be helpful for you?
Here is the article chosen: https://ct.counseling.org/2011/01/taking-care-of-yourself-as-a-counselor/
