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The Resilient Practitioner: Professional Development

8 CE Hours
98 members have taken this course

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About the Course

One of the greatest strengths of those who help others is the ability to see life from the perspective of the other, to empathize. Yet there is often an unspoken struggle taking place within the helper between altruism and self-preservation. This course encourages practitioners to nurture their own lives by giving clear explanations of practitioner stress and providing remedies that can be implemented. Caring professionals at all career stages can benefit from the rich resources in the book used in this course which is full of real life examples and encouragement for professional development.

This course is based on the book, The Resilient Practitioner: Professional Development created by Thomas M. Skovholt

Publication Details

Journal/Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, A Pearson Education Company
Publication Date: 2001

Course Material Author

Thomas M. Skovholt
Dr. Thomas M. Skovholt is the author of several books on therapist self-care and the counseling process. His main research focus at University of Missouri is practitioner development in the helping, teaching and healing professions with a concentration on counselors and therapists. Topics within this area include mastery and expertise, resiliency development and burnout prevention, struggles of the novice practitioner, clinical supervision, the counseling process and helping skills.

Thomas M. Skovholt authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D.

Target Audience

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about practitioner burnout and self-care. It is appropriate for all levels of participants' knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Determine the optimal balance between "other-care" and "self-care" and demonstrate how one acquires this balance.
  2. 2 Identify the joys and hazards of the work and describe the long road from novice to senior practitioner.
  3. 3 Evaluate the possible causes and essence of practitioner burnout.
  4. 4 Plan ways to maintain the professional and personal self by listing methods experts use to maintain vitality in their work.
  5. 5 Formulate an individual self-care action plan.

Disclosure to Learners

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Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D. – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

$72

Course Details

8 CE Hours
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Course 100912

Availability

This course is retired. It is no longer available.

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