Unpacking self-care: The connection between mindfulness, self-compassion, and self-care for counselors

Coleman, Caren and Martensen, Courtney and Scott, Rachel and Indelicato, Natalie Arce (2016) Unpacking self-care: The connection between mindfulness, self-compassion, and self-care for counselors. Counseling & Wellness: A Professional Counseling Journal, 5.

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Abstract

With an escalating need for provision of mental health services to clients with serious and complex mental health concerns, it is vital that professional counselors find ways to prevent and address the adverse effects of working in stressful, emotionally demanding environments (Craig & Sprang, 2010). While self-care has been shown to mitigate compassion fatigue, self-care activities can be vague and difficult to prioritize. In this article, the authors present a review of the literature on mindfulness in mitigating compassion fatigue in counselors and propose a conceptualization of mindfulness as a gateway to self-care through self-compassion. Implications for research, counselor training, and professional development are discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Counseling & Wellness: A Professional Counseling Journal is published annually and dedicated to publishing refereed articles related to professional counseling in general and issues and counseling approaches that focus on wellness and personal adjustment. Publication priority was given to current Masters and Doctoral students from CACREP-accredited Counseling Programs with active Chi Sigma Iota Chapters Counseling & Wellness: A Professional Counseling Journal is the official publication of the Beta Alpha Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota at Northern Arizona University.
Keywords:	wellness, mindfulness, counseling, self-care, self-compassion, compassion fatigue
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Department/Unit:	Journals > Counseling and Wellness Journal
Date Deposited:	08 Feb 2016 21:45
URI:	http://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/2337

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