No matter your role, being part of the foster care system can be very stressful. This applies to the foster families, social workers, CASA’s, and state/agency staff. Both chronic and discrete, extreme stress can take a toll. “Self-care” is a new catchphrase in today’s society. But what does it really mean? It is much more than a massage, lunch date, or movie night, which are all great treatment strategies. Instead, we should approach self-care from a prevention standpoint.
Five aspects of self-care are:
PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL & SPIRITUAL.
In future newsletters, we will examine these five aspects and offer ideas
and tools for creating a personalized self-care plan.
Stay tuned!!!