Supervisory Impact on Counselor-In-Training Wellness

<p>Counselors being able to engage in self-care practices to establish and maintain their wellness is a well-documented need. The risks of neglecting self-care are also well documented, yet counselors struggle to engage in consistent self-care practices (Baker & Gabriel, 2021; Posluns & Gall, 2020). When demand for counselors is constant (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2020) an examination of how to impact counselor wellness through supervision discussion of self-care is needed. The purpose of the study was to examine supervision discussion of self-care, support of mastery of counselors-in-training’s emotions and any resulting impact on counselor wellness. Data collection included survey of counselors-in-training about supervision paired with implementation of the Five Factor Wellness Inventory (FFWEL; Myers & Sweeney, 2014). The questions regarding supervisor behaviors correlating to CIT wellness resulted in weak correlations between supervisor behaviors and CIT wellness scores. Insight regarding improving counselor wellness through increasing counselor self-care and therefore prolonging and strengthening delivery of quality counseling represents a critical need in the counseling field today.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D. Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - Public Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Counselor Education and Supervision

Year dc:date.available

2023

Author dc:creator

• Brumfield Grima, Erin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Martin Wesley
• Dr. Marguerite Chabau

• Supervision
• Self-Care
• Wellness
• FFWEL
• Counselor Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/775

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.nl.edu:diss-1834