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The Inventories
Inventories and self-reflection surveys can be tremendously helpful for encouraging honesty and self-awareness. The "Are You Burned Out?" survey focuses specifically on stress and burnout issues, which can be detrimental to overall well-being as well as to one's ability to be helpful to others. The "Emotionally Healthy Church Inventory" is broader in scope, taking into account one's spiritual, emotional, and cognitive states of mind. These states of mind contribute also to personal well-being as well as to one's ability to serve the community. My results of these two inventories show that while there may be some areas of growth necessary, my overall emotional and spiritual states are healthy.
The "Are You Burned Out?" inventory reveals that I am not at risk for developing problems related to burnout. The survey includes several questions related to things like feelings of exhaustion, sleep disorders, feeling frustrated, and feeling empty. There are no areas indicated in this survey that I felt like, "This is totally me." The highest I scored in any single inventory item was a 3, which indicates some stress in those areas. I can use this inventory to remind myself of where I do need some stress relief. Although stress is not "inherently deleterious," stress certainly can be an "occupational hazard" as well as a "significant health problem," (Jennings, n.d., p. 1). Therefore, it can be important to frequently take stock and identify...
Mind-Body-Spirit Moving Forward A spiritual evaluation is an essential habit as people draw close to their dying days. Such an evaluation tends to naturally come from the immense spiritual and psychological transformations that take place at the point of death. Since we share common human conditions, a lot of people with terminal diseases are known to ask themselves these same set of questions. These, are among the questions that people who
Mental Health Counselor Professional History with Integration of Class Activities The ability to inspire trust, respect, and self-confidence, along with a powerful desire to help others are key characteristics of mental health counselors. For someone to be a certified counselor, typically, a Masters Degree is required, but requirements differ from state to state. The job perspective for mental health counselors is positive as more opportunities are available than certified graduates. The mental health
Programs and Services are listed in Appendix C: Table Seven and include: (1) Summer recreation programs; (2) after-school activities; (3) organized sports; and many others. Appendix a Clackamas Parks and Recreation District Source: Our Parks Future Master Plan Appendix B Organizational Structure of North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District Source: Our Parks Future Master Plan Appendix C Fiscal Year/Operating Budget/General Fund Budget and Percent of Total Fiscal Year Operating Budget General Fund Budget of Total 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 Source: Our Parks Future Master
…Occupational Stress and Scientific MonitoringLiterature Review2.1 IntroductionThe definition of the term �occupational stress� is derived from the definition of its two constituent words. In this context, occupational refers to anything that is related to the workplace while stress is defined as a natural body reaction from physical, mental or emotional strain in an individual. Thus, occupational stress can be defined as any mechanism by which the body attempts to adapt
Depression in Adolescents Group Curriculum overview This group aims at aiding participants in modifying their cognitions, maladaptive schemas, and behaviors. Participants acquire a grasp of how to be more relaxed and occupied in more pleasing activities. Such changes to behavior will trigger the succeeding profounder change levels. Participating individuals will be aided in altering their depressogenic and impractical thoughts as well, to thoughts that are more practical, successively decreasing their depression levels.
Chapter 2: Review of Related Literature Chapter Introduction This chapter provides a review of the literature concerning hypnosis, Eastern Meditation, Chi Kung, and Nei Kung and how these methods are used to treat various ailments and improve physical and mental functioning. A summary of the review concludes the chapter. Hypnosis In his study, "Cognitive Hypnotherapy in the Management of Pain," Dowd (2001) reports that, "Several theories have been proposed to account for the effect of
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