The thriving therapist : sustainable self-care to prevent burnout and enhance well-being / by Matthew A. Hersh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hersh, Matthew A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Counselors--Job stress.

Counselors.

Counselors--Mental health.

Clinical psychologists--Job stress.

Clinical psychologists.

Clinical psychologists--Mental health.

Self-care, Health.

Psychology, Clinical.

Counselors--psychology.

Self Care.

Medical Subjects:

Psychology, Clinical.

Counselors--psychology.

Self Care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 557 p.))

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2022]

Summary:

"Over the last several years, major social media platforms have begun to attract highly specialized groups of mental health practitioners searching for community, support, and sharing of self-care resources to build their resilience and reduce occupational stress. Therapists now can benefit from podcasts and both online and live programs designed specifically for prevention of practitioners' burnout, management of stress, and cultivation of well-being. There is good reason for such increased attention to psychotherapist self-care. This book invites the reader to be self-caring across the lifespan and career development rather than to "do self-care". Doing self-care is too often a reactive and piecemeal endeavor, whereas being self-caring is a proactive lifestyle for more sustainable well-being inside and out of the therapy room. The book is an exploration of a self-evolutionary model of self-care in which growth in self-understanding begets a more fine-tuned sense of how to sustainably take care of ourselves professionally and personally and to the mutual benefit of our work and personal lives. It is dialectically oriented, with a focus on knowing ourselves more deeply and embodying and practicing self-care in alignment with that deeper knowing. The book focuses primarily on two ways to approach self-care, risk prevention, and growth: (a) to ponder, pique curiosity, reflect, explore, discuss, invite, and give permission and (b) to experiment, practice, try out, try on, enact, decide, activate, and execute. With this dialectical framework, we can think, feel, and act our way into sustainable self-caring."--Preface. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

Introduction / Matthew A. Hersh

I. Nourishing the roots of self-care

Exploring professional self-care: Myths, mistaken identities, and meanings / Matthew A. Hersh

Our unique stressors, pressures, and challenges / Matthew A. Hersh

The "Big Four" occupational hazards / Matthew A. Hersh

Our ethical imperative toward sustainable self-care / Matthew A. Hersh

Why we become psychotherapists and what sustains us / Matthew A. Hersh

Mapping our self-care values / Matthew A. Hersh

Identifying and addressing the blocks to being our own best allies / Matthew A. Hersh

II. Flexibly grounded: Mindful awareness of habits, patterns, and needs

Developmental and career stage realities / Matthew A. Hersh

Listening to our bodies / Matthew A. Hersh

Knowing our habits of mind and emotion / Matthew A. Hersh

Relational patterns and fulfillment of needs / Matthew A. Hersh

How's your frontal lobe doing? And other executive functioning questions / Matthew A. Hersh

Money: Our unspoken needs, beliefs, and habits / Matthew A. Hersh

Spiritual and religious beliefs and needs / Matthew A. Hersh

Cultural influences on self-care and well-being / Matthew A. Hersh

Person-therapist-work alignment / Matthew A. Hersh

III. Intrinsic self-care: Soft strength, hidden resilience

Cultivating mindful awareness and intentionality / Matthew A. Hersh

Fostering acceptance, equanimity, and acknowledgment of impermanence / Matthew A. Hersh

Nurturing compassion / Matthew A. Hersh

Encouraging forgiveness / Matthew A. Hersh

Gifting gratitude / Matthew A. Hersh

Inspiring laughter, humor, joy, and playfulness / Matthew A. Hersh

Learning optimism / Matthew A. Hersh

IV. Extrinsic self-care: Powerful practices, transformational habits

Biological foundations of self-care I: Sleep and breath / Matthew A. Hersh

Biological foundations of self-care II: Movement and nutrition / Matthew A. Hersh

Meditation / Matthew A. Hersh

Subtle energy practices / Matthew A. Hersh

Rest, time off, and recharging our batteries / Matthew A. Hersh

Supportive connections and healthy boundaries / Matthew A. Hersh

Supporting our frontal lobe for sustainable self-care and well-being / Matthew A. Hersh

Mindful use of technology and media / Matthew A. Hersh

Personal grounding and growth: Making space for creative endeavors, self-growth, and pursuing our own therapy / Matthew A. Hersh

Professional grounding and growth: Seeking professional development, diversity of experience, and consultation/supervision / Matthew A. Hersh

Navigating our work environment / Matthew A. Hersh

Enhancing our work space for better health / Matthew A. Hersh

V. Thriving: Creating sustainability of self-care and well-being

Willingness, readiness, and motivation to integrate self-care / Matthew A. Hersh

Integration and embodiment of self-caring into everyday life / Matthew A. Hersh

The gifts of stewardship and paying it forward: A communitarian approach to helping our fellow helpers / Matthew A. Hersh

Appendix A: Mindful Self-Care Scale

Clinical Version

Appendix B: Selected resources for psychotherapists' professional development and well-being

Appendix C: Addressing our blocks, barriers, and objections to being our own best allies

Appendix D: Selected resources for psychotherapists with a highly sensitive temperament

Appendix E: Mindful check-in

Appendix F: Selected mindfulness and meditation resources

Appendix G: Selected subtle energy resources and practices

Appendix H: The rapid relief energy sweep

Appendix I: Selected self-care practices to integrate throughout the (work) day

Appendix J: Mindful self-caring plan and calendar

Appendix K: Selected resources for healthy habit formation and building a meaningful life

References

Index

About the author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2022.

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Other Format:

Print version: Thriving therapist

ISBN:

1433837846

9781433837845

1433840243

9781433840241

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