Series Editor's Foreword |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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About the Authors |
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Skovholt Practitioner Professional Resiliency and Self-Care Inventory |
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Part One |
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1 Caring for Others Versus Self-Care: The Great Human Drama |
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Self-Reflection Exercises |
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7 | (2) |
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2 Joys, Rewards, and Gifts of Practice |
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9 | (8) |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (2) |
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14 | (1) |
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Self-Reflection Exercises |
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15 | (2) |
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3 The Cycle of Caring as the Practice Essential |
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Caring as Central in Counseling, Therapy, Teaching, and Health Careers |
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17 | (3) |
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20 | (15) |
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35 | (1) |
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Self-Reflection Exercises |
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36 | (3) |
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4 The Long, Textured Path From Novice to Senior Practitioner |
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Themes in Professional Development |
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40 | (15) |
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Phases of Practitioner Development |
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55 | (24) |
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5 The Elevated Stressors of the Novice Practitioner |
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The Ambiguity of Human Interaction |
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79 | (1) |
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Trekking With a Crude Map |
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80 | (7) |
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Acute Need for Positive Mentoring |
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87 | (4) |
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91 | (4) |
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Intense Evaluation and Illuminated Scrutiny by Professional Gatekeepers |
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95 | (2) |
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Porous Emotional Boundaries |
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97 | (2) |
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Ethical and Legal Confusion |
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99 | (1) |
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Acute Performance Anxiety and Fear |
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100 | (1) |
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The Fragile and Incomplete Practitioner Self |
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101 | (2) |
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103 | (1) |
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Self-Reflection Exercises |
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103 | (2) |
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105 | (40) |
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The Difficult Nature of the Work With Clients, Students, and Patients |
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106 | (8) |
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Managing Major Professional Stressors |
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114 | (24) |
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138 | (1) |
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Self-Reflection Exercises |
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139 | (6) |
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7 Burnout: A Hemorrhaging of the Self |
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145 | (14) |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (3) |
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Meaning and Caring Burnout |
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152 | (2) |
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Self-Reflection Exercises |
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154 | (5) |
Part Two |
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8 Balancing Caring for Others and Caring for Self |
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159 | (10) |
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Losing One's Innocence About the Assertive Need for Self-Care |
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159 | (3) |
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The Need for More Self-Care at Times of Personal Crisis or Excessive Stress |
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162 | (2) |
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Codependency and Self-Care |
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164 | (2) |
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Psychological Wellness as an Ethical Imperative |
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166 | (1) |
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Self-Reflection Exercises |
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166 | (3) |
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9 Sustaining the Professional Self |
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169 | (26) |
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Sustained by Meaningful Work |
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169 | (2) |
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Maximizing the Experience of Professional Success |
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171 | (4) |
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Avoid the Grandiosity Impulse and Relish Small "I Made a Difference" Victories |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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Creating and Sustaining an Active, Individually Designed Development Method |
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176 | (2) |
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Professional Self-Understanding |
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178 | (3) |
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Creating a Professional Greenhouse at Work |
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181 | (3) |
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Using Professional Venting and Expressive Writing to Release Distress Emotions |
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184 | (1) |
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The "Good Enough Practitioner" |
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185 | (2) |
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Understanding the Reality of Pervasive Early Professional Anxiety |
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187 | (1) |
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Increasing Intellectual Excitement and Decreasing Boredom by Reinventing Oneself |
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188 | (2) |
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Minimizing Ambiguous Professional Loss |
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190 | (1) |
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Learning to Set Boundaries, Create Limits, and Say No to Unreasonable Helping Requests |
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191 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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Self-Reflection Exercises |
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191 | (4) |
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10 Sustaining the Personal Self |
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195 | (24) |
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Constant Investment in a Personal Renewal Process |
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196 | (1) |
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Awareness of the Danger of One-Way Caring Relationships in One's Personal Life |
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196 | (1) |
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Summary: Keeping in Focus One's Own Need for Balanced WellnessPhysical, Spiritual, Emotional, and Social |
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215 | (1) |
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Self: Reflection Exercises |
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216 | (3) |
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11 Burnout Prevention and Self-Care Strategies of Expert Practitioners |
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219 | (26) |
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Category A: Professional Stressors |
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220 | (5) |
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Category B: Emergence of the Expert Practitioner |
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225 | (4) |
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Category C: Creating a Positive Work Structure |
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229 | (5) |
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Category D: Protective Factors |
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234 | (3) |
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Category E: Nurturing Self Through Solitude and Relationships |
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237 | (4) |
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241 | (1) |
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Self-Reflection Exercises |
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242 | (3) |
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245 | (4) |
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245 | (1) |
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Self-Reflection Exercises |
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246 | (3) |
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249 | (12) |
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Part 1: Assess Your Own Other-Care vs. Self-Care Balance |
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249 | (9) |
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Part 2: Action Plan for Change |
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258 | (3) |
References |
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261 | (14) |
Index |
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