Date

5-16-2024

Department

School of Behavioral Sciences

Degree

Doctor of Education in Community Care and Counseling (EdD)

Chair

Jae-Sook Gho

Keywords

burnout, mismanaged stress, self-care, stress

Disciplines

Christianity | Counseling

Abstract

This qualitative transcendental phenomenological study aimed to identify and understand clergy members’ described hindrances to seeking help and implementing self-care for overcoming burnout. The theory guiding this study was transcendentalism from Husserl’s ontological approach to phenomenology. The United Pentecostal Church, International (UPCI) organization was chosen as the site for this study because the participants were clergy members licensed by the UPCI religious organization who had experienced burnout and hindrances to seeking help and implementing self-care. Participants included twelve UPCI clergy members. Data collection involved one-on-one initial interviews with each clergy member and follow-up interviews for clarification where needed. Data analysis was conducted by following the processes of bracketing, horizontalization, clustering, and textualization. The ten main hindrance themes that emerged from data analysis process were (a) unrealistic expectations, (b) lack of trust, (c) lack of motivation, (d) lack of support, (e) stigma, (f) lack of time, (g) inability to disengage, (h) lack of self-awareness, (i) lack of finances, and (j) personal personality type.

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