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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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Caring for Others Versus Self-Care: The Great Human Drama | |
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Self-Reflection Exercises | |
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Joys, Rewards, and Gifts of Practice | |
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Joys of Practice | |
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Rewards of Practice | |
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Gifts of Practice | |
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Self-Reflection Exercises | |
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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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The Cycle of Caring | |
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The Cycle in Summary | |
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Self-ReflectionExercises | |
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The Long, Textured Path From Novice to Senior Practitioner | |
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Themes in Professional Development | |
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Phases of Practitioner Development | |
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The Elevated Stressors of the Novice Practitioner | |
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The Ambiguity of Human Interaction | |
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Trekking With a Crude Map | |
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Acute Need for Positive Mentoring | |
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Glamorized Expectations | |
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Intense Evaluation and Illuminated Scrutiny by Professional Gatekeepers | |
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Porous Emotional Boundaries | |
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Ethical and Legal Confusion | |
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Acute Performance Anxiety and Fear | |
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The Fragile and Incomplete Practitioner Self | |
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Summary | |
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Self-Reflection Exercises | |
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Hazards of Practice | |
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The Difficult Nature of the Work With Clients, Students, and Patients | |
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Managing Major Professional Stressors | |
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Hazards Summary | |
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Self-Reflection Exercises | |
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Burnout: A Hemorrhaging of the Self | |
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Compassion Fatigue | |
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Lack of Clarity | |
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Work of Maslach | |
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Seven Sources of Burnout | |
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Meaning and Caring Burnout | |
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Self-Reflection Exercises | |
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Balancing Caring for Others and Caring for Self | |
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Losing One's Innocence About the Assertive Need for Self-Care | |
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The Need for More Self-Care at Times of Personal Crisis or Excessive Stress | |
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Codependency and Self-Care | |
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Psychological Wellness as an Ethical Imperative | |
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Self-Reflection Exercises | |
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Sustaining the Professional Self | |
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Sustained by Meaningful Work | |
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Maximizing the Experience of Professional Success | |
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Avoid the Grandiosity Impulse and Relish Small I Made a Difference" Victories | |
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Think Long Term | |
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Creating and Sustaining an Active, Individually Designed Development Method | |
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Professional Self-Understanding | |
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Creating a Professional Greenhouse at Work | |
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Using Professional Venting and Expressive Writing to Release Distress Emotions | |
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The "Good Enough Practitioner" | |
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Understanding the Reality of Pervasive Early Professional Anxiety | |
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Increasing Intellectual Excitement and Decreasing Boredom by Reinventing Oneself | |
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Minimizing Ambiguous Professional Loss | |
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Learning to Set Boundaries, Create Limits, and Say No to Unreasonable Helping Requests | |
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Summary | |
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Self-Reflection Exercises | |
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Sustaining the Personal Self | |
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Constant Investment in a Personal Renewal Process | |
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Awareness of the Danger of One-Way Caring Relationships in One�s Personal Life | |
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Nurturing One's Self | |
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Summary: Keeping in Focus One's Own Need for Balanced Wellness�Physical, Spiritual, Emotional, and Social | |
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Self-Reflection Exercises | |
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Burnout Prevention and Self-Care Strategies of Expert Practitioners | |
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Professional Stressors | |
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Emergence of the Expert Practitioner | |
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Creating a Positive Work Structure | |
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Protective Factors | |
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Nurturing Self Through Solitude and Relationships | |
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Conclusion | |
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Self-Reflection Exercises | |
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Epilogue | |
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magery Exercise | |
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Self-Reflection Exercises | |
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Self-Care Action Plan | |
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Assess Your Own Other-Care vs. Self-Care Balance | |
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Action Plan for Change | |
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References | |
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Index | |