Where can I find a book to help counselors to not become emotionally drained?
** Does anyone know the title of a good book?
6 Responses to “Where can I find a book to help counselors to not become emotionally drained?”
Macy Wynn Said:
Barnes and Noble or Amazon.com
Barrett Woodward Said:
I would get them a starbucks gift card rather than yet another book to read! !
Cara Mccutcheon Said:
Probably at the library or a book store. I think it’s important for counselors to seek counseling themselves so they don’t internalize the issues of others.
Andrea Appleby Said:
If you are a counselor and are becomming emotionally drained, then you have too much going on in your life. You may need to have your own counselor to help you sort out everything. Take it from one who has been there / done that and wears the tee shirt…you MUST take care of yourself. The best book I ever read that was helpful was Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff [Richard Carlson]. I did not read this book alone. Our group of counselors got together in a study group with an independant counselor to be our group leader. Have a support group and if you do not, then get your own counselor and do a book review that way. Counselors always do what must be done and our own needs stay on the back burner. We are wired this way. But, you need to keep reminding yourself that if YOU burn out, then anyone who must come onboard suddenly will not know your clients as well as you do. Sometimes putting the problem in that light helps. I do hope you get the support you need.
Take care of YOU !
Note: Richard Carlson died last year and his wife [also an author of help books] continues working to help others while helping herself to adjust to being without her Love.
Ronin Joseph Said:
Emotional intelligence by Daniel Goleman – excellent for learning about emotions and how to control them.
Addyson Ives Said:
The only reason a counselor becomes drained is that the counselor has no idea what he/she is doing. The pressure of working with someone who seriously needs help by someone who has no idea how to effect such help is naturally draining.
As an absolute minimum, a counselor should know what the MIND is, how it operates, and what causes a conflict within the MIND. And of course the basic fact that the brain is not the MIND.
Another factor in being drained is that most counselors unintentionally cause the MINDs of those they work with to more deeply repress misperceptions and thus exacerbate the problems those seeing them need to be removed.
Barnes and Noble or Amazon.com
I would get them a starbucks gift card rather than yet another book to read! !
Probably at the library or a book store. I think it’s important for counselors to seek counseling themselves so they don’t internalize the issues of others.
If you are a counselor and are becomming emotionally drained, then you have too much going on in your life. You may need to have your own counselor to help you sort out everything. Take it from one who has been there / done that and wears the tee shirt…you MUST take care of yourself. The best book I ever read that was helpful was Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff [Richard Carlson]. I did not read this book alone. Our group of counselors got together in a study group with an independant counselor to be our group leader. Have a support group and if you do not, then get your own counselor and do a book review that way. Counselors always do what must be done and our own needs stay on the back burner. We are wired this way. But, you need to keep reminding yourself that if YOU burn out, then anyone who must come onboard suddenly will not know your clients as well as you do. Sometimes putting the problem in that light helps. I do hope you get the support you need.
Take care of YOU !
Note: Richard Carlson died last year and his wife [also an author of help books] continues working to help others while helping herself to adjust to being without her Love.
Emotional intelligence by Daniel Goleman – excellent for learning about emotions and how to control them.
The only reason a counselor becomes drained is that the counselor has no idea what he/she is doing. The pressure of working with someone who seriously needs help by someone who has no idea how to effect such help is naturally draining.
As an absolute minimum, a counselor should know what the MIND is, how it operates, and what causes a conflict within the MIND. And of course the basic fact that the brain is not the MIND.
Another factor in being drained is that most counselors unintentionally cause the MINDs of those they work with to more deeply repress misperceptions and thus exacerbate the problems those seeing them need to be removed.
Peace