Counselor Self-Care

by Gerald Corey, Michelle Muratori, Jude T. Austin

This highly anticipated second edition written for students, clinicians, educators, and supervisors offers practical perspectives on the lifelong quest for personal wellness. Through conversational and deeply personal narratives, the authors reveal their self-care journeys at different stages of their careers, and 39 guest contributors—ranging from graduate students to counseling veterans—share how they overcome setbacks and prioritize self-care to maintain competent, ethical practice.

Topics include practicing self-care throughout your career, strategies for managing stress, establishing personal and professional boundaries, enhancing relationships, finding meaning in life, and creating a realistic self-care plan. Firsthand accounts throughout the book have been updated, and new narratives have been added on self-care practices for healing from grief, self-care for grief counselors, staying committed to self-care, global self-care practices, permission to be, creating balance among chaos, making self-care nonnegotiable, contemplations at midcareer, and self-care planning.

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Genres: Counselling, Psychology, Grad School

286 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 8, 2023

About the author

Gerald Corey is an author, consultant, counselor, and educator. He is a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Counseling at the University of Holy Cross.

Reviews

[Gari Beidner]

A great reflective book that provided insightful personal stories!

[Claire]

Most of the content feels a bit repetitive, perhaps because I have heard most of it before, though even some of the sentences within paragraphs seems repetitive like they were just restating exactly what was said sentences ago. Regardless, the real gift of this book was the stories from a wide variety of practitioners sharing about their self-care experiences. Especially in the grad school chapter (since I'm in grad school), my experience felt validated, and I felt better able to accept my experience becuase of it. If I knew what I know now after reading the entire book, I probably would have skimmed the content but read through all the stories.

[Nick Kondyles]

Great resource for counselors. Might call if required reading. All good reminders and a fresh look at what individualized self care might look like in a rapidly changing world and constantly stressful, albeit rewarding, profession.

[Cassie]

Well written book. Good information for someone who needs it. There was nothing new or groundbreaking in here for me, but still helpful reminders.