Sustaining the Helper: Nutrition and Physical Health for Counselors

Counseling work is metabolically expensive — even when you are not moving. This Grand Rounds at The Family Institute at Northwestern University translates current evidence on prolonged occupational sitting, cognitive nutrition, and practitioner wellness into strategies counselors can apply between sessions and across the clinical week. Grounded in sport psychology, exercise science, and counselor ethics, the session reframes self-care as a professional competence requirement — and provides a practical framework for meeting it.