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Biggest take away

vedwards1020 — 2024-10-27 16:50:11 UTC

The most profound thing that I learned from reviewing the resources regarding self-care is that counselors are ethically required to self-reflect to ensure that they are not burnt out when working with clients. This surprised me because I knew that self-care was important but I did not know that it was something mandated by ASCA Ethical Standards.

Importance of self-care

vedwards1020 — 2024-10-27 16:50:33 UTC

Self-care is crucial in the helping profession because in order to ethically practice counseling, we have to ensure that we are mentally capable of doing so. Being that the counseling field is demanding and adding on personal life stress, it is essential that counselors practice some form of self-care to ethically and effectively counsel others.

Self-care strategies

vedwards1020 — 2024-10-27 16:51:04 UTC

One of the self-care strategies that I plan to use is journaling. This is something that I can do at a set time in my day, most likely at night to reflect on my day. Another strategy that I can practice is going on daily walks outside. I currently practice this and prefer to go in the morning. I use this time to reflect and think about what I need to do for the day.

vedwards1020 — 2024-10-27 16:54:12 UTC

vedwards1020 — 2024-10-27 16:55:13 UTC