Title: Fidan Korkut Owen, Ph.D
1Wellness and Well-Star
2- One of the counselors roles is to promote
clients wellness!
3- Develop
- Prevent
- Remediate
4ACA
- Support the counseling and development
professions position as an advocate toward a
goal of optimum health and wellness within
society
5OPTIMAL 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)
6BEYNG 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.
7DEFICIT 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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9POSITIVE APPROACHES
- Maslow, Jung, Rogers and Erikson depicted healthy
adult development as a trajectory of expanded
personal growth and fulfillment.
10POSITIVE CONCEPTS
- - Subjective/ Psychological Well- Being,
- - Wellness
- - Life Satisfaction
- - Resilience
- - Hardiness,etc.
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12WELLNESS
- Dunn, the architect of wellness
- Hettler, father of wellness
- Ardell, ranking from self responsibility, to
global healing - Travis and Ryans, illness/wellness continuum
13Wellness
- 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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14Wellness
- 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).
15WELLNESS AND CHANGE
- Healthy person and change
- For change 5 stages!!
- Change is not easy?
16- 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
17Some Wellness Models
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
18WELLNESS 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)
19WHEEL OF WELLNESS
- Five life tasks spirituality, self-direction,
work and leisure, friendship, and love. - 12 subtasks of self-direction
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), 251-266.
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22Invisible Self Model of Wellness
- Creative
- Coping
- Essential
- Social
- Physical
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24HOW 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
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26Relationship 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.
27- WELL-STAR
- Owen Korkut- Owen, 2010, Korkut-Owen Owen,
2011
28Dimensions
- Social
- Emotional / Psychological
- Physical
- Intellectuel / Occupational
- Spiritual
29Social 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
30Psychological/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.
31Physical Wellness
Diet Exercise Sleep
32Intellectual/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. -
33Intellectual/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 ones skills and abilities to contribute to
the community - Ones attitude towards work
- Ability to balance several roles
34Spiritual 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..
35Using 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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37- Any questions?
- Any discussions?
38- Thank you for listening
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- korkut_at_hacettepe.edu.tr
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