Capella PSYC2320 2022 November Week 5 Discussion Latest

PSYC2320 Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy

Week 5 Discussion

Caring for Your Counselor Self

Taking care of oneself as a person and a professional counselor or therapist is a good way to not only continue doing the work you love to do, but to role model self-care to others, including clients. After reading the studies for this week, think about how you will take care of yourself as a future counselor or therapist. There are many ways to care for oneself that include activities that are personally enriching (that is, hobbies, vacations, meditation, exercise, etc.) and those that are professionally enriching (that is, socializing or peer supervision in reviewing cases with colleagues, attending conferences, etc.).

With that in mind, begin a conversation with your course community related to the following:

Describe a clear plan for your self-care. Include ideas that that you can reasonably follow through with.

Use professional literature (either from this week’s readings or other resources) to support your plan. As always, if you are relying on someone else’s ideas when presenting yours, you should reference their paper, article, or other related work. This includes sharing references to your fellow students’ ideas!