Date of Award

Spring 5-3-2024

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Counseling

Department

Psychology; College of Arts & Sciences

First Advisor

(leec@arcadia.edu) Dr. Hsin-Hua Cathy Lee

Abstract

Burnout is a threat to both graduate and licensed level clinicians (Warlick et al., 2021). Burnout and stress can lead to professional impairment and result in unethical practice (Daly & Gardner, 2020; Warlick et al., 2021). Self-care is described in the literature as a protective factor to cope with burnout and stress (Butler et al., 2017; Callan et al., 2021; Daly & Gardner, 2020; Warlick et al., 2021). The American Counseling Association Code of Ethics reinforces professional’s ethical duties of monitoring sign and symptoms of impairment, which could interfere with their practice (ACA, 2014). The purpose of this study was to conduct a literature review of existing research on self-care and its effect on graduate students to identify commonly used coping strategies to address burnout and stress. The literature review served as the foundation of a workshop proposal to address burnout, stress, and self-care in graduate students enrolled in Arcadia University’s counseling program. The present proposal describes a one-time, 90-minute workshop. The workshop proposal is facilitated by a graduate student. The workshop’s agenda includes four distinct moments: introduction, burnout and stress, coping strategies for self-care, and closing. The workshop proposal aims to incorporate experiential activities to create a collaborative and engaging setting for graduate students in the counseling program. At the end of the workshop, participants will share their feedback through an anonymous feedback form. This form will be analyzed and shared with the faculty in Arcadia University in order to improve the current self-care curriculum.

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