Coping Strategies for Job Burnout among Part-Time University Counselors

职业倦怠对高校兼职心理咨询师的心理健康构成威胁，且可能致使咨询工作质量下滑，降低学生获取有效心理支持的概率。高校兼职心理咨询师面临压力过大、角色适应不良、工作过量以及社会支持度过低等问题，这些均可能引发职业倦怠。此外，年龄、经验不足和过度投入来访者问题等个人因素，也会提升职业倦怠的风险。职业倦怠对高校兼职心理咨询师的身心健康、咨询效果、离职风险和生活质量均产生负面影响。为应对这一状况，本文提出正念训练、提高心理灵活性、增强心理授权以及运用幽默等多种策略。这些策略有助于缓解职业倦怠，提升心理咨询师的工作投入与成效。通过实施这些措施，能够降低心理咨询师的职业倦怠程度，提高其工作满意度与生活质量。Job burnout poses a threat to the mental health of part-time university counselors and may lead to a decline in the quality of counseling services, reducing the probability of students receiving effective psychological support. Part-time university counselors face issues such as excessive stress, role maladjustment, overwork, and low social support, all of which may trigger job burnout. Additionally, personal factors like age, inexperience, and over-involvement in clients’ problems can increase the risk of burnout. Job burnout has negative impacts on counselors’ physical and mental health, counseling effectiveness, turnover risk, and quality of life. To address this, this paper proposes strategies including mindfulness training, enhancing psychological flexibility, strengthening psychological empowerment, and using humor. These strategies help alleviate job burnout and improve counselors’ work engagement and effectiveness. Implementing these measures can reduce the level of job burnout among counselors, enhancing their job satisfaction and quality of life.