Self-Care & Practitioner Wellness Flashcards
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A newly certified CLT is excited about their work and voluntarily extends sessions beyond the contracted time regularly. What wellness risk does this pattern represent?
Answer: Early-stage burnout behavior that depletes boundaries and energy over time
Regularly extending sessions beyond contracted time, even from enthusiasm, erodes boundaries and contributes to the boundary diffusion associated with early burnout.
Which self-disclosure practice is appropriate for a CLT managing personal stress during client sessions?
Answer: Keeping personal stress entirely private and maintaining therapeutic presence
Practitioners are responsible for managing personal stress outside the session so they can maintain therapeutic presence without burdening or distracting the client.
In LEAP practitioner wellness, what is the purpose of a 'grounding ritual' before beginning a workday?
Answer: To intentionally transition into a regulated, present state before therapeutic contact
A grounding ritual helps practitioners intentionally enter a regulated, present state before client contact, supporting effective and boundaried therapeutic engagement.
Which factor is most associated with long-term career sustainability for LEAP therapists?
Answer: Perceived meaning and purpose in the therapeutic work
Research consistently identifies perceived meaning and purpose — often called 'calling' — as the strongest predictor of long-term career sustainability in helping professions.
A CLT who avoids thinking about difficult client cases outside of work may be using which coping mechanism that, if overused, becomes problematic?
Answer: Avoidant coping that can delay necessary processing and supervision seeking
While some compartmentalization is healthy, avoidance of processing difficult cases can delay necessary supervision-seeking and allow secondary traumatic stress to accumulate.
What does the term 'resourcing' mean in the context of CLT self-care?
Answer: Intentionally accessing internal or external supports to restore regulation and resilience
Resourcing in LEAP and trauma-informed frameworks refers to intentionally accessing regulatory supports — internal states, people, activities — to restore practitioner resilience.
When a LEAP therapist's caseload consists primarily of clients with complex trauma, which additional support structure is most recommended?
Answer: Regular trauma-informed supervision specific to complex trauma presentations
Specialized, trauma-informed supervision is the most recommended support for practitioners working primarily with complex trauma due to the elevated risk of vicarious trauma.