NCACES16

Wellness is continually touted as a pertinent component of counseling and essential to keeping counselors efficient, mentally/physically healthy and productive (Smith, et al., 2007). Counselor supervisors/educators train supervisees in self-care modalities but as noted by literature licensed counselors demonstrate considerable danger for career burnout, empathy fatigue and indirect trauma (Lawson, 2007). These issues inspire the query, What do we do through supervisory relationships to foster effective wellness strategies? Participants will gain knowledge about wellness within supervision along with suggestions to integrate wellness into sessions.  Supervisor modeling, wellness/self-care interventions and culturally-competent practice will be discussed.