Recently, researchers have begun to reach beyond burnout and explore the impact of Vicarious Trauma on professionals in the field of human service. What is Vicarious Trauma? The technical definition of Vicarious Trauma is a permanent transformation in the helper’s inner experience resulting ... Views: 12251
A career in the helping professions can be very gratifying, but over time the helper can become affected by Vicarious Trauma. Vicarious Trauma has the capacity to impact our cognitive schema or how we tend to construct our thoughts. This challenge can set the helper up to become judgmental of ... Views: 1222
Every one of us, at some time in our career has faced the challenge of working with a bully: be it a client or a colleague. Webster defines a bully as a ‘noisy, overbearing person who tyrannizes the weak.” Even though we don’t start out as weak, being on the receiving end of hostile treatment ... Views: 1264