Self-Care & Practitioner Wellness Flashcards
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A LEAP therapist begins to feel cynical about whether their clients can actually change. This attitude is characteristic of which burnout dimension?
Answer: Depersonalization or cynicism
Cynicism or depersonalization — developing a detached or negative attitude toward clients — is a core dimension of burnout as described in Maslach's framework.
What role does regular physical exercise play in practitioner wellness for CLTs?
Answer: It reduces cortisol levels and supports emotional regulation capacity
Regular exercise reduces cortisol and supports the emotional regulation capacity that LEAP practitioners need to maintain effective therapeutic presence.
When a LEAP therapist notices countertransference arising in a session, the recommended immediate response is to:
Answer: Internally acknowledge it and refocus on the client without acting on it
Acknowledging countertransference internally without acting on it allows the practitioner to remain therapeutically effective while preserving the client's process.
Which scheduling practice best supports a LEAP practitioner's sustained wellness over a long career?
Answer: Integrating intentional transition time between sessions for self-regulation
Intentional transition time between sessions allows practitioners to reset their nervous system and maintain consistent therapeutic quality across a full day.
A LEAP therapist who consistently gives more than clients can receive and feels resentful afterward may be experiencing:
Answer: Empathy imbalance leading to compassion fatigue
Consistently over-giving beyond what clients can receive, followed by resentment, is a hallmark pattern of empathy imbalance associated with compassion fatigue.
Why is maintaining personal therapy or coaching recommended for practicing CLTs?
Answer: To model the value of the therapeutic process and address personal reactive patterns
Personal therapy helps CLTs model the therapeutic process, address their own reactive patterns, and maintain the self-awareness needed for effective practice.
Which ethical principle most directly underlies the expectation that CLTs maintain their own wellness?
Answer: Beneficence — the obligation to act in the client's best interest
Beneficence requires practitioners to act in clients' best interests, and an impaired or burned-out therapist cannot reliably do so, making self-care an ethical imperative.