1. Wellness and Well-Star
Fidan Korkut Owen, Ph.D

2. One of the counselor’s roles is to promote clients wellness!
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3. Develop
Prevent
Remediate
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4. 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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5. 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)
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6. 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.
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7. 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.
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9. POSITIVE APPROACHES
Maslow, Jung, Rogers and Erikson depicted healthy adult development as a trajectory of expanded personal growth and fulfillment.
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10. POSITIVE CONCEPTS - Subjective/ Psychological Well- Being, - Wellness
- Life Satisfaction
- Resilience
- Hardiness,etc.
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12. WELLNESS Dunn, the architect of wellness Hettler, father of wellness
Ardell, ranking from self responsibility, to global healing
Travis and Ryans, illness/wellness continuum
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13. Wellness Wellness is about balance Wellness is a choice
Wellness is a way of life
Wellness is a process
Wellness is a positive state
Wellness is about balance
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14. Wellness
Wellness is 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).
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15. WELLNESS AND CHANGE Healthy person and change For change; 5 stages!!
Change is not easy
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16. Preparation/Determination (Getting ready to change)
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
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17. Some Wellness Models University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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18. 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)
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19. WHEEL OF WELLNESS
Five life tasks: spirituality, self-direction, work and leisure, friendship, and love.
12 subtasks of self-direction
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20. These models can 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),
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22. Invisible Self Model of Wellness
Creative
Coping
Essential
Social
Physical
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24. HOW CAN YOU USE IT? Illness Health Wellness
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
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26. 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.
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27. WELL-STAR Owen & Korkut- Owen, 2010, Korkut-Owen & Owen, 2011
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28. Dimensions Social Emotional / Psychological Physical
Intellectuel / Occupational
Spiritual
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29. 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
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30. 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.
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31. Physical Wellness Diet Exercise Sleep
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32. 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.
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33. 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
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34. Spiritual Wellness More than religion…..
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…..
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35. 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
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I/O 7
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37. Any questions?
Any discussions?
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38. Thank you for listening
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