MFT-8509: Ethical Challenges and Moral Injuries Across Military and Veteran Populations

Chen, R., Austin, J. P., Sutton, J. P., Fussell, C., & Twiford, T. (2019). MFTs’ burnout prevention and coping: What can clinicians, supervisors, training programs, and agencies do? Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 30(3), 204–220.
This resource explores strategies for MFTs to prevent and cope with burnout.

Gutierrez, D., & Mullen, P. R. (2016). Emotional intelligence and the counselor: Examining the relationship of trait emotional intelligence to counselor burnout. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 3, 187-200.
This resource describes some ways that emotional intelligence can be a preventative factor for burnout.

Hou, J.-M., & Skovholt, T. M. (2020). Characteristics of highly resilient therapists. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 67(3), 386–400.
This resource explores characteristics that sustain therapists’ resilience over years of clinical practice.

Kissil, K., & Niño, A. (2017). Does the person-of-the-therapist training (POTT) promote self-care? Personal gains of MFT trainees following POTT: A retrospective thematic analysis. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 43(3), 526–536.
This resource explores how person-of-the-therapist training promotes self-care in MFT trainees.

Lakioti, A., Stalikas, A., & Pezirkianidis, C. (2020). The role of personal, professional, and psychological factors in therapists’ resilience. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 51(6), 560–570.
This resource investigated factors that help therapist maintain resilience to work stressors and described how these factors might play a role in improving mental health and functioning.