Resilience and Self-care for Social Work Practice
Books from our Collection
Burnout among Social Workers by Call Number: Stacks HV10.5 .B867 1987ISBN: 9780866566667Publication Date: 1987
Burnout and Self-Care in Social Work : a guidebook for students and those in mental health and related professions by Call Number: Stacks HV40.35 .S598 2015ISBN: 0871014629Publication Date: 2015
Cultivating Professional Resilience in Direct Practice by Call Number: Full-text ElectronicISBN: 9780231544900Publication Date: 2018-09-24
Reflective Practice and Learning from Mistakes in Social Work by Call Number: Stacks HV40.35 .S55 2017ISBN: 9781447325222Publication Date: 2017- Resilience in Action : an information and practice guide by Call Number: BF698.35 .R47 G7424 2017ISBN: 0871015161Publication Date: 2017
The Resilient Clinician by Call Number: Reserve RC451.4 .P79 W53 2008ISBN: 9780195316971Publication Date: 2007- Self-Care in Social Work : a guide for practitioners, supervisors, and administrators by Call Number: Stacks HV40.35 .C683 2013ISBN: 0871014440Publication Date: 2012
Social Work under Pressure : how to overcome stress, fatigue and burnout in the workplace by Call Number: tacks HV40.35 .V36 2011ISBN: 9781849051163Publication Date: 2011
Stories of Pain, Trauma, and Survival : a social worker's experiences and insights from the field by Call Number: Stacks HV40.35 .M45 2009ISBN: 9780871013910Publication Date: 2009
Stress, Trauma, and Decision-Making for Social Workers by Call Number: Stacks HV40.35 .R44 2018ISBN: 9780231180122Publication Date: 2018
The therapist's workbook self-assessment, self-care, and self-improvement exercises for mental health professional by Call Number: Full-text ElectronicISBN: 9786613281159Publication Date: 2012
Self-Leadership and Personal Resilience in Health and Social Care by Call Number: R690 .H65 2015ISBN: 9781473916234Publication Date: 2015
What's the Research Say?
Crowder, R. & Sears, A. (2017). Building Resilience in Social Workers: An Exploratory Study on the Impacts of a Mindfulness-based Intervention. Australian Social Work, 70(1), 17–29.
Dalphon, H. (2019). Self-care techniques for social workers: Achieving an ethical harmony between work and well-being. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 29(1), 85–95.
Deblinger, E., Pollio, E., Cooper, B., & Steer, R. A. (2020). Disseminating trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy with a systematic self-care approach to addressing secondary traumatic stress: Practice what you preach. Community Mental Health Journal, 56, 1531-1543.
Glennon, A., Pruitt, D. K., & Polmanteer, R. S. R. (2019). Integrating self-care into clinical practice with trauma clients. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 29(1), 48–56.
Harker, R., Pidgeon, A. M., Klaassen, F., & King, S. (2016). Exploring resilience and mindfulness as preventative factors for psychological distress burnout and secondary traumatic stress among human service professionals. Work, 54(3), 631–637.
Lee, J. J., & Miller, S. E. (2013). A self-care framework for social workers: Building a strong foundation for practice. Families in Society, 94(2), 96–103.
Mensinga, J. (2021). A narrative inquiry exploring social workers’ understanding of Yoga and its application in professional practice. Australian Social Work, 74(2), 134–145.
O’Neill, M., Yoder Slater, G., & Batt, D. (2019). Social work student self-care and academic stress. Journal of Social Work Education, 55(1), 141–152.
Pyles, L., Cosgrove, D. T., Gardner, E., Raheim, S., Adam, G. J., Chakravarty, S., & Cooke, C. (2021). “Could we just breathe for 30 seconds?”: Social worker experiences of holistic engagement practice training. Social Work, 66(4), 285–296.
Ratzon, A., Farhi, M., Ratzon, N., & Adini, B. (2022). Resilience at Work, Burnout, Secondary Trauma, and Compassion Satisfaction of Social Workers Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(9).
Rhoden-Neita, M.-A., Strickland, J., Riffer, A., & Moreno, D. (2023). Community violence intervention in African American communities: Resilience and coping among outreach workers. Journal of Social Service Research, 49(5), 530–545
Roulston, A., Montgomery, L., Campbell, A., & Davidson, G. (2018). Exploring the impact of mindfulnesss on mental wellbeing, stress and resilience of undergraduate social work students. Social Work Education, 37(2), 157–172.
Rush, E., Redshaw, S., & Short, M. (2023). Philosophical and spiritual worldviews and professional resilience in frontline social work and human services: A scoping literature review. Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, 42(2), 193–210.
Shepherd, M. A., & Newell, J. M. (2020). Stress and health in social workers: Implications for self-care practice. Best Practices in Mental Health: An International Journal, 16(1), 46–65.
Thomas, J. (2013). Association of Personal Distress with Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Compassion Satisfaction Among Clinical Social Workers. Journal of Social Service Research, 39(3), 365–379.
Wagaman, A., Geiger, J. M., & Shockley, C. (2015). The role of empathy in burnout, compassion satisfaction, and secondary traumatic stress among social workers. Social Work, 60(3), 201–209.