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Preventing Vicarious Trauma: What Counselors Should Know When Working With Trauma Survivors
Author(s) -
Trippany Robyn L.,
Kress Victoria E. White,
Wilcoxon S. Allen
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2004.tb00283.x
Subject(s) - compassion fatigue , psychology , psychotherapist , construct (python library) , emotional trauma , psychological trauma , clinical psychology , burnout , computer science , programming language
Counselors in all settings work with clients who are survivors of trauma. Vicarious trauma, or counselors developing trauma reactions secondary to exposure to clients' traumatic experiences, is not uncommon. The purpose of this article is to describe vicarious trauma and summarize the recent research literature related to this construct. The Constructivist Self‐Development Theory (CSDT) is applied to vicarious trauma, and the implications CSDT has for counselors in preventing and managing vicarious trauma are explored.