Ethics and Self-Care: Why is professional self-care an ethical practice?
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We discuss why professional self-care is an ethical practice and some strategies you can use in your own self-care routines. Topics covered include:
- Understanding the relationship between counseling codes of ethics and self-care.
- How self-care concepts relate to professional performance, to colleagues within the work setting, and to the ethical provision of rehabilitation counseling services.
- Developing a self-care plan.
The contents of this webinar were developed with support from the Center for Innovative Training in Vocational Rehabilitation (CIT-VR) funded by the US Department of Education, the Rehabilitation Services Administration. The ideas, opinions, and conclusions expressed, however, are those of the authors and do not represent recommendations, endorsements, or policies of the US Department of Education.
This webinar is close captioned and a transcript is available.
Presenters:
Rob Froehlich, Ed.D., LPC, CRC
Associate Professor of Counseling
The George Washington University Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Education (CRCRE)
Dr. Robert J. Froehlich is an Associate Professor of Counseling with the George Washington University’s (GWU) Rehabilitation Counseling Program, and he is on staff at GWU’s Center for Rehabilitation Counseling, Research, and Education (GW CRCRE). He has provided rehabilitation counseling services since the early 1990’s and has been a rehabilitation counselor educator for more than 25 years.
He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) (Virginia and South Carolina) and a nationally Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC). Dr. Froehlich has been Assistant Director of the GW TACE Center, and Project Director of the VR Return on Investment Project and the Virginia Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities Project.
Dr. Froehlich is the immediate past chair of the CRCC Ethics Committee, Secretary of the Virginia Counselors Association and is a member of the Virginia Counselors Association Ethics Committee. He has significant clinical experience in brain injury rehabilitation, State-Federal Vocational Rehabilitation (including the exploration of return on investment), private sector rehabilitation, and general counseling and mental health practice and supervision. His areas of training and research expertise include ethics in the vocational rehabilitation and counseling settings, mental health counseling, career development and counseling, and rehabilitation leadership development. In addition to his training and teaching work, Dr. Froehlich also provides psychotherapy services within a private counseling practice.
He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) (Virginia and South Carolina) and a nationally Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC). Dr. Froehlich has been Assistant Director of the GW TACE Center, and Project Director of the VR Return on Investment Project and the Virginia Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities Project.
Dr. Froehlich is the immediate past chair of the CRCC Ethics Committee, Secretary of the Virginia Counselors Association and is a member of the Virginia Counselors Association Ethics Committee. He has significant clinical experience in brain injury rehabilitation, State-Federal Vocational Rehabilitation (including the exploration of return on investment), private sector rehabilitation, and general counseling and mental health practice and supervision. His areas of training and research expertise include ethics in the vocational rehabilitation and counseling settings, mental health counseling, career development and counseling, and rehabilitation leadership development. In addition to his training and teaching work, Dr. Froehlich also provides psychotherapy services within a private counseling practice.
John Walsh, M.Ed., CRC
Project Director (CIT-VR)
The George Washington University Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Education (CRCRE)
Areas of Expertise Include: Vocational Rehabilitation Program, Organizational Change Management, Partnership and Collaboration, Systems Change, Leadership & Professional Development, and Executive Coaching. John (he/him) serves as the Project Director for the Center for Innovative Training in Vocational Rehabilitation (CIT-VR) and provides training and technical assistance to State VR agencies and their partners via the National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: The Collaborative (NTACT:C) and the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Management (VRTAC-QM). He also is part of the project team for the Vocational Rehabilitation – Return on Investment Project (VR-ROI) funded by a NIDILRR grant. He has close to forty years’ experience working in human services, with a focus on promoting full integration for individuals with disabilities in their communities and the workforce; thirty of those years working for the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired in providing and administering Vocational Rehabilitation services at that agency. He also served as the Project Manager for the VR Technical Assistance Center – Targeted Communities (VRTAC-TC), which provided training and technical assistance to State VR agencies and their partners to address barriers to VR participation and competitive integrated employment of historically underserved groups of individuals with disabilities who are living in economically disadvantaged communities.