Burnout: Counselling for burnout. An exploratory study into how integrative counsellors work with clients presenting with chronic stress and burnout

My name is Caroline Moore and I am a qualified Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counsellor working in private practice. I am currently working towards completing my MA research at Leeds Beckett University.

I am interested in how Integrative Counsellors / Psychotherapists / Psychotherapeutic Counsellors work successfully with clients presenting with burnout.

Although there is a lot of research on the impact of burnout and how organisations may solve this issue, there is less research on what is working in the counselling room and particularly how integrative therapy is helping this client group.

Participants are invited to be part of a small focus group of 4-6 Integrative counselling, professionals. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss where prompted how they assess for burnout in their clients, the various ways they respond to clients with burnout presentations and how they define success in working with them. The insight and data gained from the research aims to contribute to informing and encouraging reflection to improve the practice of other counselling professionals working with this client group.

Participants must be:

  • Registered members of the BACP with over one year post post-qualified experience
  • Align with a therapeutic approach describing themselves as an integrative counsellor/psychotherapist or psychotherapeutic counsellor.
  • Specialise in working with clients suffering from burnout or have experience working with this client group.
  • Be willing and feel comfortable to have a professional discussion on this topic within a small focus group online having access to MS Teams.
  • Acknowledge your self-care and possible sensitivity of this topic. If you feel you are experiencing or have experienced professional burnout in the last 12 months, BACP it is not recommended to participate in this research.

For more information please contact me:

Caroline Moore

C.Willis7282@student.leedsbeckett.ac.uk

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