Beyond Burnout - Helping Teachers, Nurses, Therapists and Lawyers Recover From Stress and Disillusionment

Why are so many in the helping professions perceived as lacking idealism or commitment? Beyond Burnout, based on a unique, in-depth, longitudinal study, explores the source of this problem. Professionals describe in their own words what happened to them when their idealism collided with the realities of their work.

List of contents

Part One: Setting the Stage: 1. The First Year: "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Hell"; 2. From Stress to Burnout; Part Two: The Next Decade: 3. The Flight from Public Service; 4. More Compassion-For Those Who Deserve It; 5. More Open to change-On Their Terms; 6. Why Work? Shifting Priorities; 7. Fulfillment and Regret; Part Three: HowSome Overcame Burnout: 8. Five Who Prevailed; 9. Antidotes to Burnout: Finding Meaningful Work; 10. Antidotes to Burnout: Finding Greater Professional Autonomy and Support; 11. Antidotes to Burnout: What the Individual Brings to Work; 12. Some Implications for Policy and Practice; 13. What's Missing? The Quest for Meaning.

About the author

Cary Cherniss is Professor of Applied Psychology at Rutgers University. He is the author of ProfessionalBurnout in Human Service Organizations and Staff Burnout:Job Stress in the Human Services as well as numerous articles on burnout.

Summary

Why are so many in the helping professions perceived as lacking idealism or commitment? Beyond Burnout, based on a unique, in-depth, longitudinal study, explores the source of this problem. Professionals describe in their own words what happened to them when their idealism collided with the realities of their work.

Product details

• Authors: Cary Cherniss, Cherniss Cary
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.08.1995
• EAN: 9780415912068
• ISBN: 978-0-415-91206-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Weight: 340 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychology, SELF-HELP / Self-Management / Stress Management, Occupational and industrial psychology, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Coping with / advice about stress