Affiliation:
1. Department of Counselor Education, Radford University, Radford, VA, USA
Abstract
While providing counseling services, school counselors may experience compassion fatigue and need opportunities for support and supervision. To address the ethical imperative of self-care and provide space for school counselors to connect and renew, one district offered a retreat experience designed to renew school counselors who support K–12 students and their school communities. This practitioner research study investigated the design, delivery, and outcomes of the 1-day retreat. With all participants indicating that the retreat was very to extremely useful to them, worth their time, and applicable to their self-care, the findings suggest the value of retreats designed specifically for school counselors.