The Thriving Therapist: Sustainable Self-Care to Prevent Burnout and Enhance Well-Being

By: Matthew A. Hersh

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Synopsis: The Thriving Therapist provides an integrative, holistic, and developmentally sensitive path to assist therapists in assessing their unique needs and proactively structuring sustainable self-care practices, in alignment with their values. Self-care shouldn&’t feel like a burden. Professional self-care can be enjoyable, personally meaningful, and sustainably integrated into mental health practitioners&’ lives. Included in this book are diverse and vital resources that help practitioners: Go beyond one-off activities to create a self-caring lifestyle; Strengthen the guiding values by which they live and work, in order to prevent burnout and embody wellness; Cultivate mindful awareness of their needs both personal and professional, with special attention to the alignment of the person-practitioner-work environment; Build powerful inner resources such as gratitude, self-compassion, forgiveness, and humor to soothe in response to threats and bounce back from daily challenges; Implement and sustain healthy lifestyle habits that transform &“simply getting by&” into more easeful and meaningful living, including neurophysiological supports, meditation and subtle energy practices, mindful media consumption, and community-building.