Self Care Padlet by Averie Ruiz

Resources for Self-Care

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This website provides a series of links and articles to support counselors in their self-care.

Signs, symptoms, and strategies to manage Compassion Fatigue

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This website provides identifies for Compassion Fatigue. It also provides resources to address and navigate it. This if geared towards Criss Counselors.

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Self-Care as a Therapist

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A therapist takes us through his self-care routine and what it looks like while addressing the more popular understanding of self-care. He discusses practical routines.

Self-Care in Private Practice Work Life Balance for Counselors

aruiz511 — 2023-11-05 19:17:07 UTC

This video discusses a routine for a therapist to take care of themselves. She addresses being intentional with self-care, especially when the job is emotionally taxing.

Healthy Minds Innovations

aruiz511 — 2023-11-05 19:18:32 UTC

This is a link to the youtube channel that provides guided meditations with different focuses. It also has a Spanish resource.

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Counselor Self Care Book

aruiz511 — 2023-11-05 19:28:21 UTC

This book contains accessible self-care strategies for all individuals, but the other gears this more towards counselors because she has 30 years of experience being a teacher, a counselor, and a supervisor.

Take Away

aruiz511 — 2023-11-05 23:12:47 UTC

After reviewing the resources, I am encouraged to see that is not only a well-known phenomenon but also one that has research and resources dedicated to it. My biggest takeaway was how much Compassion Fatigue can impact one's health. It impacts all areas of the counselor's life from health to social well-being.

Self-Care in the Helping Profession

aruiz511 — 2023-11-05 23:16:27 UTC

Self-care is crucial because it fuels the ability to continue to care for others and be passionate about doing so. The saying "You can't pour from an empty cup" is one that I feel resonates for counselors and others in the helping profession. A person has to be able to refresh and reset emotionally to be able to take on emotional weight for a client.

Personal Self-Care Strategies

aruiz511 — 2023-11-05 23:38:41 UTC

I currently utilize strength training as an outlet for my self-care plan, and I would like to incorporate more mindfulness. I plan to start incorporating this by using the 4:7:8 ratio breathing technique mentioned in Beyond the Breaking Point Examining the Pieces of Counselor Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Secondhand Depression and journaling weekly.