one of the strategies for promoting wellness - beware of one way caring relationships.
"an advanced practitioner will turn to other sources for understanding human behaviour"

Career sustaining behaviours:
- spend time with partner/family
- maintain sense of humour
- maintain balance between professional and personal lives
- maintain self awareness
- reflect on positive experiences
- engage in quiet leisure activities
- try to main objectivity about clients
- maintain professional identity
- discuss work frustrations with spouse/partner/family
- engage in formal relaxation activities
- receive regular clinical supervision
- participate in personal therapy
- discuss work frustrations with friends
- participate in peer support groups

Areas of counsellor vulnerability:
- client's readiness to change
- living in an ocean of emotional stress
- elusive measures of success
- the covert nature of the work
- elevated sense of anxiety
- cognitive deprivation and boredom
- complexities of the school system

i'm experiencing 5 of the above 7 D: