Clarissa Cigrand

Healing the Healers: The Role of Contemplative Practice in Mitigating Counselor Burnout and Empathy Fatigue

Clarissa Cigrand, Jordan T. Quaglia, Claire Bailey

Abstract Empathy fatigue and burnout are at an all-time high within the mental health professions, and there remains a need to understand protective factors that can address these conditions. The current qualitative study investigated how contemplative practice, such as mindfulness meditation and …

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Caring for you, me, and us: The lived experience of compassion in counselors.

Jordan T. Quaglia, Clarissa Cigrand, Hannah Sallmann

There is growing interest in compassion within the context of counseling, given its potential to support the well-being of both clients and counselors. For counselors, compassion may improve self-care and protect against various empathy-related stressors, such as empathic distress. Compassion is commonly …

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Contemplative Practice: A Proposal in Reducing Novice Counselor’s Performance Anxiety and Excessive Self-Focus

Clarissa Cigrand

Contemplative Pedagogy: A Grounded Theory of the Integration of Contemplative Practices and Perspectives Within Counselor Training

Clarissa Cigrand

While there is a growing evidence on the value of contemplative practice within counselor preparation (Christopher & Maris, 2010; Leppma & Young, 2016; McCollum & Gehart, 2010), research to date has focused on studying specific contemplative practices and their benefits to clients …