Experiences of Burnout, Self-Care, and Recovery of Female University Counsellors in Taiwan

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  • Yii-Nii Lin Center for Teacher Education Graduate Insitute of Learning Sciences National Tsing Hua University

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burnout##common.commaListSeparator## self-care##common.commaListSeparator## female university counselor

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The purpose of this study was to describe the burnout, self-care, and recovery experiences of female university counsellors working at a university counselling centre in Taiwan. The 9 participants had an average age of 42.44 years and had worked at the centre for an average of 11.3 years. A qualitative method of phenomenology with in-depth interviews was adopted. Themes that emerged from the data analysis included (a) burnout is influenced by conflicts between work environment and family; (b) burnout is influenced by changes on campus and in the counselling profession; (c) self-awareness, self-assessment, and action are keys to self-care; and (d) recovery requires the right balance between self, life, and work.

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    Yii-Nii Lin, Associate Professor, Center for Teacher Education, National Tsing Hua University

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2012-06-19

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##issue.vol## 46 ##issue.no## 3 (2012): Regular Issue

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Copyright is retained by the Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

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Experiences of Burnout, Self-Care, and Recovery of Female University Counsellors in Taiwan. (2012). Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 46(3). https://dev.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/rcc/article/view/59270