Care and Self-Care for Psychologists
Recognizing personal signs of stress or difficulties in a colleague's performance is important to the well-being of the individual and the professional. Psychologists are encouraged to take care of themselves so that they do not become stressed or progress further along the continuum to distress or impairment. The circumstances that foster professional impairment, and the typical progression to impairment, are ones that could befall most psychologists. As such, it is helpful to think of professional impairment as a condition that falls near one end of a continuum. That continuum begins with stress and ends with improper professional behavior and the resulting consequences of that behavior for the practitioner and the consumer.
Strategies to Maintain Professional Well-Being
Ways to stay healthy as a psychologist.
Occupational Vulnerabilities
Information about occupational hazards and challenges facing professional psychologists and strategies for addressing these hazards and challenges.
Intervening When Someone Is Stressed, Distressed or Impaired
How to intervene with an impaired colleague.
