The Resilient Clinician

Robert J. Wicks received his doctorate in psychology from Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital and is Professor Emeritus, Loyola University Maryland. He has published more than 60 books for professionals and the general public, including The Simple Care of a Hopeful Heart; Night Call: Embracing Compassion and Hope in a Troubled World; The Tao of Ordinariness; Perspective: The Calm within the Storm; and Bounce: Living the Resilient Life (all from Oxford University Press) and Riding the Dragon (Sorin Books, 2003/2013).Mary Beth Werdel is an associate professor and director of the MA in Mental Health Counseling & Spiritual Integration in the Graduate School of Religion at Fordham University. She has authored two books: A Primer on Posttraumatic Growth: An Introduction and Guide (Wiley, 2012), co-authored with Robert Wicks and As Faith Matures: Beyond the Sunday God (Ligouri Press, 2012), as well as multiple book chapters and articles. Dr. Werdelis a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York.

• Introduction: Continually Creating New Inner Psychological Space: An Ongoing Process of Mindfulness Ch. 1: Sensing the Dangers: Chronic and Acute Secondary Stress Ch. 2: Enhancing Resiliency: Strengthening One's Own Self-Care Protocol Ch. 3: Replenishing the Self: Solitude, Silence, and Mindfulness Ch. 4: Daily Debriefing: Mindfulness and Positive Psychology as an Integral Part of the Clinician's Ongoing Self-Reflective ProcessCh. 5: Resiliency in the Era of Tele Mental HealthCh. 6: Resilience from a System Perspective Ch. 7: Growing Weary or Wise: Posttraumatic Growth and Meaning Making Towards WisdomEpilogue: Clinician: An Honorable Profession, a Meaningful Life Appendix A: Causes of Burnout Appendix B: A Sampling of Key Signs and Symptoms of BurnoutAppendix C: Steps for Dealing With Daily BurnoutAppendix D: The Basics of Stress ManagementAppendix E: Clinicians' Secondary Stress Self-Awareness QuestionnaireAppendix F: Individual Question Reflection GuideWorks Cited Selected Bibliography Permissions Index