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This year's theme, set by the World Federation for Mental Health, is 鈥榤ental health in the workplace鈥�. This gives us an excellent opportunity to explore how counselling professionals look after themselves in their day-to-day work and to give you the opportunity to share your self-care tips with fellow counsellors.听

Our members work in a diverse range of environments, from schools and universities to clinics and private therapy rooms. Many of you have 鈥榩ortfolio careers鈥� in which you combine a number of different roles in very different workplaces. Wherever you work, there are common challenges and self-care is vital in maintaining your own wellbeing.听听

Over the last few weeks, we鈥檝e been reaching out over social media to get your tips on how you look after yourself. What one piece of self-care guidance would you like to share with other counselling professionals? Take a look at the nuggets of advice below, contributed by members of the association.听听

鈥淚 try to walk daily at least 20 mins and hike up mountains on a weekend, also doing something creative.鈥�
Heather Coppell, Wrexham, Student Member听

鈥淎 great way to manage stress at the end of work is to make note of what you are going to do and when, or an appointment for support, then let it go.鈥�
, Liverpool, Registered Member (M香港六合彩精准资料 - Accred)听

鈥淜now my early warning signs that there are unmet needs or feelings. Work four days a week only. Hoover (weird but true). Time alone. Cats.鈥�
Sara Matthews, Registered Member (M香港六合彩精准资料 - Accred)听

鈥淧acing myself and planning my day and working week carefully. Trying to get outside even just for 10 mins a day!鈥�
Jo Allen, Derby, Student Member听

Thank you to all of you who鈥檝e joined the conversation so far. There鈥檚 still time to take part and support other counselling professionals by sharing your self-care tips. Tweet us using the hashtag #WMHD2017 with your advice.听

We鈥檙e in the process of putting together some guidance on self-care to support you in this area. This resource is ready for review and we鈥檙e looking for a focus group of our members to have a look at a preview and give us some feedback on how it might be improved. If you鈥檇 like to be involved, drop us an email at susan.dale@bacp.co.uk. We expect to publish the guidance on our website towards the end of the year 鈥� we鈥檒l let you know when it鈥檚 available.听

In the meantime, your Therapy Today journal has a regular monthly column on self-care in which counsellors explore their approach to maintaining their own wellbeing. In this month鈥檚 Therapy Today, Ajay Khandelwal talks about how he tunes out of the stresses of work by running, an activity he describes as 鈥渢he perfect antidote to hours of listening, talking and sitting.鈥� As well as picking up self-care tips from these articles, you also have the opportunity to contribute your own story.

We wish all of our members a happy and healthy World Mental Health Day. The work you do to improve your client鈥檚 lives through counselling makes an important contribution to the overall wellbeing of people in the UK. As you鈥檙e doing this work, make sure you take time out to look after your own wellbeing in a way that works for you.听

Find out more about World Mental Health Day on the website.

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