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Title: Coping Skills for a Stressful World: A Workbook for Counselors and Clients
Title: Counselor Self-Care, Second Edition
Title: Counselor Self-Care: Now More Than Ever
Presenters: Gerald Corey, EdD; Jude T. Austin, PhD; Julius A. Austin, PhD; and Michelle Muratori, PhD
Description: Self-care is an ethical mandate, and not a luxury. If counselors are not practicing self-care, they will be unable to provide competent services. Counselors are generally committed to helping their clients improve their quality of life, yet they all too often neglect taking care of themselves. Counselors of today have many challenges that require them to engage in self-care. It is important to forge a future of counselors who are capable of practicing self-care. The goal of this webinar is to share and discuss useful and practical guide for encouraging counselors to reflect on how well they are taking care of themselves in all aspects of living. The presenters also aim to inspire and motivate counselors at all stages of their career to recognize the crucial role of self-care in their personal and professional lives. The counselor’s personal life is linked to his or her professional life, and in this presentation, there are illustrations of how the personal and professional dimensions are interactive.
Title: Innovate and Adapt: Responding to Findings from the ACA 2024 Counseling Workforce Study
Presenters: Shawn E. Boynes, FASAE, CAE; Illiana Navarra-Bueno, LPC; B. J. Barksdale, M. Ed., NCC, LPC-S, LCCA; and Keith Dempsey, PhD, LPC, NCC
Description: In this town hall-style webinar, we'll explore the results of the ACA 2024 Counseling Workforce Survey and discuss how we can use this data to move the profession forward.?Join us to hear from research firm, McKinley Advisors, along with ACA members and leaders who will address findings from this comprehensive study. Since the last ACA Counseling Workforce Study in 2014, professional counselors have seen the industry grow by about 36%; however, wages have not kept pace with this post-pandemic growth, and student loans are burdening those entering the field. In this town hall-style webinar, we'll explore the results of the ACA 2024 Counseling Workforce Survey and discuss how we can use this data to move the profession forward. Join us to hear from research firm, McKinley Advisors, along with ACA members and leaders who will address findings from this comprehensive study.
Title: Personal Reflections on Counseling