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Webinar: Ethics and Self-Care

Claudio MoyaFEB. 20, 2020Ethics, Events, Self-Care, Training - Telecounseling, Webinars - CIT-VR

Ethics and Self-Care: Why is professional self-care an ethical practice?

Recorded: Thursday, February 20, 2020 Create an Account or Login to watch the recorded version and complete the evaluation. CRC credit is available for viewing this training and completing the evaluation. Cost: Free, Registration is Required

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These are all of the links and resources referenced in the presentation:

  • Your Self-Care Plan
  • CRCC Ethics Resources
  • Therapist Aid Self-Care Assessment
  • University of Buffalo - School of Social Work Self-Care Assessment
  • NAMI Why You Struggle with Self-Care
  • UMatter - Princeton University Initiative
  • UMatter Wellness Self-Assessment
  • ReachOut.com
  • ReachOut.com Self-Care Plan

Reading list referenced in the presentation:

  • Alarcon, G. M. (2011). A meta-analysis of burnout with job demands, resources, and attitudes. Journal of vocational behavior, 79(2), 549-562.
  • Bradley, N., Whisenhunt, J., Adamson, N., & Kress, V. E. (2013). Creative approaches for promoting counselor self-care. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health. 8(4), 456-469. Includes discussion of ACA Code of Ethics (earlier version) as relates to self-care
  • Hendricks, B., Bradley, L. J., Brogan, W. C., & Brogan, C. (2009). Shelly: A case study focusing on ethics and counselor wellness. The Family Journal, 17(4), 355-359.
  • O’Sullivan, D., & Bates, J. K. (2014). The relationship among personal and work experiences: Implications for rehabilitation counselor well-being and service provision. Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 28(1), 45-60.
  • Posluns, K., & Gall, T. L. (2019). Dear mental health practitioners, take care of yourselves: A literature review on self-care. International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling, 1-20.
  • Richards, K., Campenni, C., & Muse-Burke, J. (2010). Self-care and well-being in mental health professionals: The mediating effects of self-awareness and mindfulness. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 32(3), 247-264.
  • Tabaj, A., Pastirk, S., Bitenc, Č., & Masten, R. (2015). Work-related stress, burnout, compassion, and work satisfaction of professional workers in vocational rehabilitation. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 58(2), 113-123.
  • Warren, J., Morgan, M. M., Morris, L. N. B., & Morris, T. M. (2010). Breathing words slowly: Creative writing and counselor self-care—the writing workout. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 5(2), 109-124.

More About this Training

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:

Dr. Rob Froehlich, Ed.D., LPC, CRC

Associate Professor The George Washington University Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Education (CRCRE)
Phone: (804) 794-6667
|Email: rfro@gwu.edu

John Walsh, M.Ed., CRC

Project Director (CIT-VR) The George Washington University Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Education (CRCRE)
Phone: (267) 961-3148
|Email: jcwalsh@gwu.edu
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.

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