Course One
The Caregiver-Client Relationship and Self-Care
- Introduction (Part 1)
- The Caregiver-Client Relationship (Part 2)
- The caregiver-client relationship as the basis of everything
- Some first principles in working with people
- Some points about language and getting to know the client
- Creating the right atmosphere
- Persistence Patience Insistence Discipline
- Identification and maintaining Self-identity
- Tolerance and Individualization
- Responsibility, Control, Giving Permission
- Giving Time and Space; Listening vs. Preaching
- Gaining and maintaining trust
- Ethics
- Preparation, Flexibility and Adaptation
- Religion, Belief and Hope
- Time and closeness revisited
- Final remarks and activities
- Self-Care (Part 3)
- Final remarks and activities (Part 4)
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Many, if not most caregivers care for themselves badly. We tend to regard our clients as more important than we are and give them a great deal of our time and emotional and physical energy, frequently exceeding our limits. In the end, that kind of strategy backfires, as we reach a point, known as burnout, in which we cannot function for the client or for ourselves. We thus need to be aware of this and take measures to prevent it from happening.
In this section of this course, we will look at some of the ways that we can prevent or soften burnout such as
- setting limits;
- self-reflection;
- creating a balance between our professional life and our private life and
- supervision and intervision.
At the end of this section, we will ask you to make a new plan for self-care.
Activities
- Describe how you care for yourself now.
- What are your greatest issues with self-care?
- What issues have you observed with colleagues?
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