Uses a hypothetical case study to examine burnout and drinking problems of alcoholic treatment counselors. Suggests ways of coping with stress and developing goals and strategies for positive change. (JAC)

Discusses teacher burnout and stress management. Describes characteristics of individuals susceptible to burnout, such as charisma, idealism, perfectionism, and goal-orientation. Presents common negative coping strategies for stress. Discusses effective stress management strategies such as changing the situation, taking a proactive role to gain…

Considers some of the issues and concerns that confront academic counseling psychologists during the early professional years (6-10 years post-Ph.D). Tenure, competency, role overload/burnout, and mobility issues are also briefly discussed. Presents strategies or coping techniques for dealing with these issues and concerns where appropriate.…

Defines burnout and its symptoms, examines recommended approaches to dealing with burnout, articulates a generic problem-solving strategy, and describes its trial application to the burnout of an interdisciplinary terminal care team. Enumerates the advantages of applying problem solving to staff burnout in rehabilitation settings. (Author/LLL)

Based upon review of literature regarding burnout among helping professions, discusses organizational, interpersonal, and intrapersonal conditions that may create or exacerbate problems of burnout among school psychologists. Presents suggestions for coping with burnout in school settings. Underscores need for research agenda related to burnout…

Discusses 3 key experiences that confront counseling center psychologists 7-10 years postdoctorate: burnout, feeling overwhelmed by commitments, and aging. Encourages counseling psychologists newly out of graduate school who desire to work in a university setting to carefully assess their needs, talents, and abilities. (Author/ABL)

Examines the empirical evidence on interventions for burnout in the helping professions, published between 1974 and 1986. Looks at research on coping strategies and studies on active interventions, including those evaluating organizational changes and the impact of burnout groups. (Author/NB)

Drawing upon data from teacher surveys, explores reasons that individuals decide to become teachers. Reviews the advantages and disadvantages of the profession and discusses job satisfaction, coping strategies, stress, and burnout among teachers. (GC)

Presents a general model for burnout workshops for alcoholism counselors, designed to involve counselors in a sequence of activities for coping adaptively. Data concerning the level and symptoms of burnout among counselors are provided. Suggestions for planning and leading a workshop are discussed. (JAC)

Discusses the problem of stress in the workplace. Presents the theory that persons whose thinking styles are not in sync with their work responsibilities may suffer from greater stress than their peers. Recommends (1) person-job fitting, (2) early symptom screening, (3) job redesign programs, and (4) training and development. (CH)

Presents to student affairs professionals a process for designing physical activities that can actively and metaphorically communicate a message and that can be implemented as part of staff inservice, retreats, or orientations. Describes rationale for activities, historical overview, and example of burnout prevention metaphor for resident…

Describes a workshop model designed to make participants aware of several important concepts related to stress and stress management. Questions discussed in group format seek to identify sources of stress and methods of coping. Advantages of the workshop model are noted and a team approach is suggested. (RC)

Explores school counselor's role in helping gifted students develop effective strategies to reduce desire to underachieve or overextend. Examines how self-inflicted stress can lead gifted students to invoke either copout behavior (overt reduction in achievement) or burnout behavior (maintaining facade of high achieving while succumbing to physical…

Reviews literature about symptoms and causes of burnout. Most offer little theoretical foundation but assume an energy scarcity model. Offers an alternative model based on the assumption that energy is highly expendable. Marks (1977) argues that the critical variable is commitment, enhanced by loyalty, enjoyment and rewards. (Author/JAC)

Examines the dynamics of unemployment in terms of job loss and job search. Compares job loss to the grieving process and job search to burnout. Describes counseling strategies for people at various stages in the unemployment process. (Author)