Assignment: Self Care Plan
As counselors, working clients can affect your health and well-being. It is important to understand the signs of burnout and being personally affected by the trauma you are treating.
Create a 700 to 1,050 words personal care plan, and ensure you:
a) Describe a situation in which you may experience counselor burnout. What factors might contribute to a burnout?
b) Explain how burnout differs from compassion fatigue. How would you work through burnout or compassion fatigue as a counselor?
c) Define vicarious traumatization. Describe some situations that may make you vulnerable to vicarious traumatization. How will you overcome this as a counselor?
Identify what you will do if you are triggered by the trauma your client has reported. What steps will you take?
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.