The experience of absorbing trauma, second hand, is much the same as inhaling second-hand smoke. Helping people in trauma day after day is a contaminant that, if left unaddressed, can kill you. Bearing witness to someone else’s trauma is dangerous. SECOND-HAND SHOCK: SURVIVING & OVERCOMING ...
Trauma and addiction have a two way relationship: people who have experienced trauma in the past are more apt to abuse drugs and alcohol as a means to cope with emotional stress; while people who abuse drugs and/or alcohol are more likely to experience a traumatic event due to their addicti...
Helping professionals, such as social workers, who work with refugees and asylum seekers are exposed to their clients’ trauma on a regular basis; in some cases, they are exposed every day. As noted in: (1)Secondary Traumatic Stress and Burnout among Refugee Resettlement Workers: The Role of...
Vicarious traumaself-carepost-traumatic growthC-PTSDart therapyBackground Research shows that indirect trauma can negatively affect professionals in helping professions, with students and young professionals at greater risk, particularly if they have a personal history of trauma. Research suggests that ...
As will be discussed, Secondary Traumatization may affect any individual in the helping professions including, but not limited to, clinicians, caseworkers, teachers, doctors, firefighters, and first responders to disasters. Participants included those who responded to a self- constructed online, ...