Graduation Year

2016

Graduation Month

December

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science

School or Department

Social Work

Major

Social Work

Faculty Mentor

Laure Pengelly Drake

Faculty Reader(s)

Laure Pengelly Drake

Keywords

Self-care, social work, secondary trauma

Subject Categories

Social Work

Abstract

Missoula, Montana, is the largest city in western Montana and a social service hub for more than 110,000 residents of the surrounding county and beyond. Whether nonprofit, government agency, or individual provider, each social service offering has its own model of change and form of therapeutic services designed to ensure the best life possible for its clients— but how do the leaders of these organizations also try to make the best lives for themselves and their staff? In this research project, I will investigate this question, analyzing and comparing the self-care practices—formal and informal, public and private, personal and institutional—of five Missoula leaders whose professional settings offer therapeutic services.

Honors College Research Project

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