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What's on your mind?????

Self -reflection is extremely valuable to the counseling profession and most often begins with personal reflection. (Schmidt & Adkins 2012)

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I can not make wise decisions unless I have the ability self-reflect from a honest perspective.

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Balancing self-care and other care is an ongoing challenge that many counselors have to navigate.... (Skovholt, Grier, & Hanson, 2001).

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Am I willing to use creative methods of self-care to maintain positive health and emotions as a counselor?

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1 method of creative self-care

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Creative therapy for counselors...

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Not only can creativity facilitate expression (Ahmed & Siddiqi, 2006;

Malchiodi, 1998, 2005) and serve as a coping mechanism (Charyton et al.,

2009; Malchiodi, 2005), but it also can produce increased self-awareness

(Rao et al., 2009) and assist in problem solving

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counselors need to take care of themselves like plants need water