Effective self-care and resilience in clinical practice : dealing with stress, compassion fatigue and burnout

Contributor(s):

Parry, Sarah [editor]

Publication details: London : Jessica Kingsley, 2017Description: 174pISBN:

9781785920707
9781784503314

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

WM 172

Summary: Hope and resilience are essential throughout therapeutic practice as clinicians encounter a number of challenges that can lead to compassion fatigue and burnout. Through a collection of reflective practitioner accounts, this book explores how practitioners can achieve their best work through a framework of compassion.Combining a number of examples from a variety of practices, including clinical psychology, consultancy, and nursing, each chapter explores how compassion can influence therapeutic work and improve practitioner wellbeing. Topics include stress-resilience, the nature of self-care, self-compassion or self-criticism and supervision in therapeutic practice. These stories offer guidance and ideas for practitioners to prioritise their wellbeing in order to develop a compassionate engagement with clients contributing to a greater therapeutic outcome.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Barcode
Book	Queen's Hospital Jackie Blanks Library Shelves	WX150 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	T11231
Book	South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves	WM 172 EFF (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	023039
Book 14-day loan	Whittington Health Library Shelves	WLM 228 PAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00012432

Foreword by Paul Gilbert.

Hope and resilience are essential throughout therapeutic practice as clinicians encounter a number of challenges that can lead to compassion fatigue and burnout. Through a collection of reflective practitioner accounts, this book explores how practitioners can achieve their best work through a framework of compassion.Combining a number of examples from a variety of practices, including clinical psychology, consultancy, and nursing, each chapter explores how compassion can influence therapeutic work and improve practitioner wellbeing. Topics include stress-resilience, the nature of self-care, self-compassion or self-criticism and supervision in therapeutic practice. These stories offer guidance and ideas for practitioners to prioritise their wellbeing in order to develop a compassionate engagement with clients contributing to a greater therapeutic outcome.

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