Professionals working in the fields of trauma, victim assistance, mental health, law
enforcement, fire response, emergency medical services, and other professions are …

The emotional and psychological risks associated with providing direct social work services
to vulnerable populations have been largely overlooked in social work educational …

Social workers are at risk for experiencing burnout and secondary traumatic stress (STS) as
a result of the nature of their work and the contexts within which they work. Little attention …

Incorporating material on professional self-care into social work course content is valuable
to the education of neophyte social work practitioners. This article presents a review of the …

This study explored vicarious trauma in the legal profession. A random sample of male and
female criminal law (n= 50) and noncriminal law (n= 50) solicitors completed a research …

Objective: Mental health recovery narratives are often shared in peer support work and
antistigma campaigns. Internet technology provides access to an almost unlimited number of …

In South Africa the incidence of violent crime is an everyday occurrence that affects the
majority of the population directly and/or indirectly. Research reveals that counselling victims …

Similar to human services professionals working with traumatized individuals, animal care
workers also report experiences of secondary trauma. For animal care workers, the literature …

Aim: Supporting clients who have experienced trauma can lead to trauma symptoms in
those working with them; workers in the sexual violence field are at heightened risks of …

Background: Humanitarian aid workers (HAWs) who aid traumatized populations
experience emotional, cognitive, and physical consequences. This study documents the …