Main description:

Self-care for Clinicians in Training: A Guide to Psychological Wellness for Graduate Students in Psychology assists readers in recognizing the challenges and stressors common to being a graduate student and instructs them in maintaining a career-long lifestyle of self-care. Successfully navigating graduate school requires much more than completing coursework and clinical experiences; graduate students in psychology make countless sacrifices and dedicate what
may feel like a never-ending amount of time and energy in the pursuit of professional training. As such, many students put their own needs and well-being on hold or overlook them entirely. This can negatively impact coursework, clinical work, as well as one's relationships and health. This book teaches how
to recognize risk factors that contribute to problems with psychological and emotional functioning and highlights preventative and reparative strategies that foster a lifestyle of self-care. The authors also encourage readers to consider self-care and psychological wellness beyond themselves, expanding to monitoring the well-being of peers and establishing cultures of self-care within their training programs. This book will be an essential resource to students in psychology graduate programs as
well as those across the mental health professions

Contents:

Introduction ; Part I: Beginning the Self-Care Journey: Tuning in and Assessing for Symptoms, Risk Factors, and Warning Signs ; Chapter 1: Exploring Your Sources of Distress ; Chapter 2:Recognizing and Addressing Problems with Professional Competence ; Chapter 3: Are You at Risk of Burnout? ; Chapter 4: Risks of Clinical Work with Trauma ; Part II: Establishing Lifestyles of Self-Care: Practices, Strategies, and Plans ; Chapter 5: The Great Juggling Act: Learning to Strike a Balance Between Your Professional and Personal Lives ; Chapter 6: Get a Great Mentor Now! ; Chapter 7: The Graduate School Marathon: Goal Setting, Time Management, and Creating Realistic Expectations for Success ; Chapter 8: Developing Your Self-Care Plan ; Chapter 9: Ready, Set, Go! Getting Started with Self-Care Now ; Chapter 10: An Inside Look at Self-Care Practices of Graduate Students ; Part III: From Individual to Community and Beyond: Fostering Networks of Self-Care ; Chapter 11: Caring for Ourselves and One Another ; Chapter 12: Creating a Culture of Self-Care in Your Graduate Program ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Resources ; References ; About the Authors