Self-Care by Lee Hunter

TAKE-AWAYS

lhunter9_1 — 2024-10-27 02:58:35 UTC

Secondary trauma often contributes to both burnout and compassion fatigue in professional school counselors. Compassion fatigue is caused by repeated exposure to the students' trauma and can ultimately lead to overwhelming exhaustion that further leads to burnout in the profession. This reinforces the importance of self-care in the school counseling field.

IMPORTANCE OF SELF-CARE

lhunter9_1 — 2024-10-27 03:06:23 UTC

Self-care is critical for school counselors. When these professionals do not take the time to prevent, recognize, and treat emotional exhaustion, compassion fatigue is almost certain to occur, followed closely by burnout. The upside is that self-care can be as simple as performing breathing exercises or taking time to read a good book.

IDENTIFICATION & DESCRIPTION OF MY SELF-CARE STRATEGIES

lhunter9_1 — 2024-10-27 03:16:08 UTC

During this term and in my future career, I intend to utilize specific self-care strategies . First, I will practice meditation each morning before I leave for work. In addition, I will get back into the habit of walking each evening after dinner. Both of these self-care plans have served to reduce my stress in the past, and I recognize that this will become even more critical moving forward.

MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION

lhunter9_1 — 2024-10-27 03:18:25 UTC