Teaching Demonstration

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Counselors Practicing Self Care

Counselors Practicing Self Care

On completion of this unit, the student should be able to:

Factual Knowledge

I. Identify personal challenges that hinder self-care in counselors, common problems, fears, and preservations (Dennis & Morris).

II. List the joys, rewards, and gifts of practice. The satisfaction, process, and achievements (Skovholt, & Trotter-Mathison, 2014).

III. Identify elevated stressors affecting the counselors (Skovholt, & Trotter-Mathison, 2014).

IV. State the hazards of practice (Skovholt, & Trotter-Mathison, 2014).

V. Clearly indicate the standard practices and activities involved in maintaining and enhancing a person's health and well-being (Matters, 2017).

VI. Clearly illustrate the self-reflection exercises a counselor can do (Skovholt & Trotter-Mathison, 2014).

Conceptual Knowledge

I. Describe the cycle of caring as the practice essential for counseling, therapy, and teaching practices and clearly summarize the process of practice

II. Compare caring for others versus self-care in counseling practice (Skovholt, & Trotter-Mathison, 2014).

III. Explain the importance of self-care in counseling practice (Dennis & Morris).

IV. Describe and distinguish between creative counseling and expressive arts (Dennis and Morris).

V. Demonstrate the relationship between creativity and self-care (Dennis & Morris).

VI. Explain the importance of creative and expressive self-care (Dennis & Morris).

VII. Suggest the therapeutic value of the process of self-care (Dennis & Morris).

Procedural Knowledge

I. Apply and implement the practical strategies for creativity and self-care by creating a plan to engage in self-care activities (Dennis & Morris) consistently.

II. Employ strategies for burnout prevention by creating a positive work strategy and protective measures (Skovholt, & Trotter-Mathison, 2014).

III. Practice the self-care practices that restore balance in physical health self-care exercises, cognitive self-care activities, emotional self-care practices, or spiritual self-care practices (Matters, 2017).

Metacognitive Knowledge

I. Research other workable practices that can be incorporated into the existing techniques.

II. Compare the different practices that can be implemented into self-care (Dennis & Morris).

III. Question the behavioral practices of the counselors that hinder self-care (Matters, 2017).

IV. Unify the workable strategies helpful in self-care for counselors (Matters, 2017).

V. Criticize harmful practices that hinder self-care for counselors (Skovholt, & Trotter-Mathison, 2014).

VI. Validate self-care routines and practices for counselors (Skovholt, & Trotter-Mathison, 2014).

References

Denis’A, T., & Morris, M. H. Creative Counselor Self-Care.

Matters, K. (2017). The Importance of Self Care. Confident Counselors. Retrieved 11 September 2021, from https://confidentcounselors.com/2017/05/08/importance-practicing-self-care/.

Skovholt, T. M., & Trotter-Mathison, M. (2014). The resilient practitioner: Burnout prevention and self-care strategies for counselors, therapists, teachers, and health professionals. Routledge.