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A review of self-compassion and psychological well-being among counselors in Malaysia
Voon, Siok Ping1, Lau, Poh Li2, Leong, Kwan Eu3.
Counseling has been recognized as both challenging and rewarding. Malaysia, as a
developing country has placed more emphasis on the mental health of the population. Thus,
one could foresee the growing demand for counselors in Malaysia and their professionalism in
the future seeing that counselors appear to be one of the professionals needed in helping people
with many different mental health conditions. Counselor psychological well-being is important
to the therapeutic relationship, process and treatment effectiveness. Thus, having a sense of
psychological well-being is crucial for professional competency. Self-compassion has emerged
as a healthy and positive attitude in enhancing counselors’ psychological well-being. However,
these essential concepts have not been given much attention in Malaysia. Therefore, this paper
reviews the concepts of psychological well-being and self-compassion, especially their
relevance to counselors. Also, this paper highlights the significance of future research on selfcompassion
and psychological well-being among counselors in Malaysia.
Affiliation:
- University of Malaya, Malaysia
- University of Malaya, Malaysia
- University of Malaya, Malaysia
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