Webinar: Ethics and Self-Care - GW Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research & Education

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.

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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 Counselling, 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

Project Director The George Washington University Center for Innovative Training in VR (CIT-VR)

Phone: (267) 961-3148
|Email: jcwalsh@gwu.edu