Simple Self-Care for Therapists: Restorative Practices to Weave Through Your Workday

by Ashley Davis Bush

Book Overview

For mental health professionals who must regularly guard against compassion fatigue and secondary traumatization, intentional self-care isn't just essential; it's a survival tool. If therapists don't take proper care of themselves, they can't do their work effectively.

Taking up an exercise program, going on a vacation, turning to supportive social networks, while helpful remedies to the stresses of the job, are not always feasible and the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393708373
• ISBN13: 9780393708370
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 4.5" x 7.3"