Cultivating Professional Resilience in Direct Practice

Jason M. Newell

Jason M. Newell

Cultivating Professional Resilience in Direct Practice

A Guide for Human Service Professionals

Columbia University Press | 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7312/newe17658

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Overwhelming empirical evidence indicates that new social workers going into child welfare or other trauma-related care discover emotional challenges. However, the revised CSWE Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) does not mandate the inclusion of content related to self-care in social work curricula. In a textbook that bridges the gap between theoretical and pragmatic approaches, Jason M. Newell provides a solution by conceptualizing self-care as the key to professional resilience. By examining four key constructs—stress, empathy, resilience, and self-care—from different theoretical dimensions, Newell offers an extensive, competency-based model. He describes a framework grounded in the ecological systems perspective conceptualizing self-care as a broader set of practice behaviors pertaining to the whole person. This comprehensive approach to self-care can help practitioners remain resilient and committed to social work in the face of trauma.

Overwhelming evidence indicates that new social workers going into child welfare or other trauma-related care discover emotional challenges. In a textbook that bridges the gap between theoretical and pragmatic approaches, Jason M. Newell provides a solution by conceptualizing self-care as the key to professional resilience.

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Jason M. Newell is associate professor and director of the social work program at the University of Montevallo.

Reviews

Cheryl Lanktree, University of Southern California:
Newell provides a timely resource that supports therapist resilience in four key areas: stress, empathy, resilience, and self-care. Case studies and end-of-chapter discussion guidelines complement a thorough review of the literature. I highly recommend this book for students and practitioners alike, especially those who work with traumatized clients.

Brian Bride, Georgia State University:
Comprehensive in scope yet accessible to the busy professional, Newell’s book is an invaluable resource to both new and experienced practitioners. In it he seamlessly weaves together theory and research on the hazards of a career in human services, yet provides creative strategies to not just overcome these challenges but thrive in the face of them. A must read for students, professionals, and faculty!

Charles R. Figley, Tulane University:
Jason M. Newell’s important book is a wake-up call to the field of social work and its accrediting body: self-care is the key to professional resilience. Awake and read this book!

Carolyn Szafran, Washburn University:
Newell emphasizes the importance of professional self-care as it relates to providing ethical and quality services to others who are vulnerable and needing help. Clearly, if as helping professionals we do not take the first breath of oxygen, how is it possible to help others breathe?

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	i
CONTENTS Free access PDF PDF	vii
Preface Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	xiii
1. AN INTRODUCTION TO CULTIVATING PROFESSIONAL RESILIENCE IN DIRECT PRACTICE Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	1
SECTION 1: THEORY, CONCEPTUALIZATION, AND MEASUREMENT
2. UNDERSTANDING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN STRESS AND TRAUMA Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	17
3. CHRONIC EMPATHY AND TRAUMA IN HUMAN SERVICE WORK: IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONALS Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	38
4. UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING THE EFFECTS OF PROFESSIONAL BURNOUT AND INDIRECT TRAUMA: AN INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGE Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	56
5. ASSESSMENT AND MEASUREMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND TRAUMA Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	72
SECTION 2: A HOLISTIC FRAMEWORK FOR THE APPLICATION OF SELF-CARE PRACTICES
6. THE ESSENTIAL PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL SELF-CARE: CULTIVATING AND SUSTAINING PROFESSIONAL RESILIENCE Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	87
7. PRESERVING PROFESSIONAL RESILIENCE: THE ONGOING PRACTICE OF HOLISTIC SELF-CARE Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	102
8. THE ETHICAL OBLIGATION OF PROFESSIONAL SELF-CARE Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	120
9. TRAUMA-INFORMED EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	142
10. THE USE OF MINDFULNESS PRACTICE AS A FUNCTION OF SELF-CARE Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	159
EPILOGUE: FINDING BALANCE IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE: SELF-CARE AS PRACTICE WISDOM Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	173
WORKSHEETS
PERSONAL REFLECTION EXERCISE: RESILIENCE AND SELF-APPRECIATION Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	181
SELF-REFLECTION EXERCISE: ENGAGING GROUP DISCUSSION ON TRAUMA Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	183
SAMPLE ASSIGNMENT: DEEP BREATHING EXERCISE Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	185
SAMPLE ASSESSMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGES Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	187
SELF-CARE PROCESS: SETTING ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	189
SELF-CARE PROCESS: SETTING PERSONAL GOALS Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	191
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSIGNMENT: CONSTRUCT A PLAN OF PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SELF-CARE Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	193
SUGGESTIONS FOR DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF SELF-CARE Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	195
SAMPLE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR A PLAN OF SELF-CARE Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	197
BLANK TEMPLATE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF SELF-CARE Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	199
SAMPLE SELF-CARE PLAN: PERSONAL TABLE Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	201
SAMPLE ASSIGNMENT: JOURNALING MINDFULLY Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	203
Bibliography of Recommended Readings Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	205
Bibliography of Suggested Internet Resources Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	209
Glossary Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	215
References Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	227
Index Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	247

Cultivating Professional Resilience in Direct Practice

A Guide for Human Service Professionals

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