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Wellness and Well-Star. Fidan Korkut Owen, Ph.D. One of the counselor’s roles is to promote clients wellness!. Develop Prevent Remediate. ACA. Support the counseling and development professions’ position as an advocate toward a goal of optimum health and wellness within society.
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Wellness and Well-Star Fidan Korkut Owen, Ph.D
One of the counselor’s roles is to promote clients wellness! Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
Develop • Prevent • Remediate Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
ACA • Support the counseling and development professions’ position as an advocate toward a goal of optimum health and wellness within society Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
OPTIMAL HEALTH • Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (WHO, 1964) • Optimal health is defined as a balance of physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and intellectual health(O'Donnell, 1995) Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
BEYNG HEALTHY AND WELL • Aristotle, fifth century BC, is credited with being the first to write about wellness. • His idea is to avoid the extremes of excess and deficiency for good health. Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
DEFICIT BASED MEDICAL MODEL • Existing models of human functioning based on psychology literature are grounded in the deficit based medical model, in contrast to positive functioning in sub-field of psychology. Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
POSITIVE APPROACHES • Maslow, Jung, Rogers and Erikson depicted healthy adult development as a trajectory of expanded personal growth and fulfillment. Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
POSITIVE CONCEPTS • - Subjective/ Psychological Well-Being, • - Wellness • -Life Satisfaction • - Resilience • - Hardiness,etc. Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
WELLNESS • Dunn, the architect of wellness • Hettler, father of wellness • Ardell, ranking from self responsibility, to global healing • Travis and Ryans, illness/wellness continuum Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
Wellness • Wellness is a choice • Wellness is a way of life • Wellness is a process Wellness is a positive state • Wellness is about balance Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY 13
Wellness Wellnessis a way of life oriented toward optimal health and well-being in which body,mind,and spirit are integrated by the individual to live more fully within the human and natural community (Myers, Sweeney &Witmer, 2000). Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
WELLNESS AND CHANGE • Healthy person and change • For change; 5 stages!! • Change is not easy Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
Precontemplation (Not yet acknowledging that there is a problem behavior that needs to be changed) • Contemplation (Acknowledging that there is a problem but not yet ready or sure of wanting to make a change) • Preparation/Determination (Getting ready to change) • Action/Willpower (Changing behavior) • Maintenance (Maintaining the behavior change) Relapse (Returning to older behaviors and abandoning the new changes Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
Some Wellness Models University of Nebraska-Lincoln Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
WELLNESS FROM COUNSELING PERSPECTIVE • Two comprehensive wellness models • The Wheel of Wellnes (Witmer, Sweeney & Myers ,1998) • Invisible Self Model of Wellness (Myers & Sweeney, 2004) • New model • WELLSTAR (Owen & Korkut-Owen, 2010, Korkut-Owen & Owen, 2011) Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
WHEEL OF WELLNESS • Five life tasks: spirituality, self-direction, work and leisure, friendship, and love. • 12 subtasks of self-direction Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
These modelscan be used for ourselves or for students/clients during counseling sessions! • Myers, J.E. (2000).The Wheel of Wellness Counseling for Wellness: A Holistic Model for Treatment Planning. Journal of Counseling and Development, 78(3), 251-266. Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
Invisible Self Model of Wellness • Creative • Coping • Essential • Social • Physical Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
HOW CAN YOU USE IT? • You (your client) can give yourself (her/himself) scores for each dimention (1-10) • How much you have • How much you are satisfied • Total score also Illness Health Wellness 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
Relationship among components • Importantly, each of the components of the these model interacts with all others to contribute to holistic functioning. • Changes in one area of wellness affect other areas, in both positive and negative directions. Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
WELL-STAR Owen & Korkut- Owen, 2010, Korkut-Owen & Owen, 2011 Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
Dimensions • Social • Emotional / Psychological • Physical • Intellectuel / Occupational • Spiritual Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
Social Wellness • Degree and quality of interactions with others, the community, the environment and nature. • Perception of the quality of support received from family, friends, and significant others. • Connectedness Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
Psychological/Emotional Wellness A secure identity and positive self-view. A realistic self-assessment of the self and the world Relationship where challenges, risks, and conflicts are viewed as opportunities for further development. Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
Physical Wellness Diet Exercise Sleep Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
Intellectual/Occupational Wellness • Intellectual wellness incorporate the idea that individuals actively engage in mentally and intellectually stimulating activities and use knowledge to benefit themselves and society. Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
Intellectual/Occupational Wellness • Occupational wellness is the extent to which one can • Express his or her values and • Gain personal satisfaction and enrichment from paid and non-paid work; • Use one’s skills and abilities to contribute to the community • One’s attitude towards work • Ability to balance several roles Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
Spiritual Wellness Spiritual wellness is an inspirational sense of the meaning of life and can be found in nature, art, music, and social relationships. More than religion….. Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
Using Well-Star to promote wellness Complete WELL-STAR survey 2. Self-score the inventory and generate your own Well-Star 3. Complete your wellness plan Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
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Any questions? • Any discussions? Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY
Thank you for listening korkut@hacettepe.edu.tr Korkut-Owen,11.10 2012, P'burg, KY