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The COVID-19 era: How therapists can diminish burnout symptoms through self-care
- Source :
- Current Psychology (New Brunswick, N.j.), Current Psychology
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer US, 2020.
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Abstract
- COVID-19 is a frightening, stress-inducing, and unchartered territory for all. It is suggested that stress, loneliness, and the emotional toll of the pandemic will result in increased numbers of those who will seek psychological intervention, need support, and guidance on how to cope with a time period that none of us were prepared for. Psychologists, in general, are trained in and know how to help others. They are less effective in taking care of themselves, so that they can be their best in helping others. The article, which aims to heighten clinicians' awareness of the need for self-care, especially now in the post-pandemic era, describes the demanding nature of psychotherapy and the initial resistance by therapists to engage in self-care, and outlines the consequences of neglecting to care for themselves. We covered the demanding nature of psychotherapy and its grinding trajectory, the loneliness and isolation felt by clinicians in private practice, the professional hazards faced by those caring for others, and the creative and insightful ways that mental health practitioners can care for themselves for the good of their clients, their families, and obviously, themselves.
- Subjects :
- Psychotherapist
Mindfulness
Isolation (health care)
05 social sciences
Psychologist
Occupational hazards
Psychological intervention
050109 social psychology
Resistance (psychoanalysis)
Loneliness
Burnout
Mental health
050105 experimental psychology
Article
Private practice
medicine
Competence constellation
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
medicine.symptom
Self-care
Psychology
General Psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19364733 and 10461310
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Current Psychology (New Brunswick, N.j.)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....80ab7a52d13064b903292566e13bf816