Self-care practices, professional quality of life and challenges: An exploration among counsellors in Kerala
Title
Self-care practices, professional quality of life and challenges: An exploration among counsellors in Kerala
Subject
Psychology
Description
The profession of counselling continues to prove its importance in today's fastpaced world, where pausing down and listening to someone are becoming an odd and luxurious concern of people. The counsellor may feel as though they are in a marathon, which demands them to continuously offer unconditional positive regard and empathy for their clients. This may leave them incapacitated to look into themselves and to recognize what is happening tothem in this process of caring for others. Though profound discourses take place in the international scenario about the criticality of rendering to the need and wellbeing of counsellors, evidence-based studies, and effective interventions in this regard are still lacking in the Indian context. This study seeks to fill this gap by exploring, how the positive and negative feelings of continuous caring can affect the professional quality of life of counsellors, what are the self-care mechanisms they adopt, and which are the professional issues they find most concerning. To meet these objectives, the present research employs a mixedmethod design in a sequential explanatory fashion. The study encompasses three different phases wherein phase I and II; the sample consisted of counsellors working in various government projects in Kerala selected through dense sampling method and purposive sampling method respectively.
Creator
Tom, Aroline K - 1750074
Publisher
CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Language
English
Type
PhD
Collection
Citation
Tom, Aroline K - 1750074, “Self-care practices, professional quality of life and challenges: An exploration among counsellors in Kerala,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed January 10, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/1718.