Title: Defining Compassion Fatigue, Vicarious Trauma and Burnout
Headings: What is Compassion Fatigue?
What is Compassion Fatigue?
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What is the difference between compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma and burnout?
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What are some of the signs of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma?
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What factors contribute to CF/VT and Burnout?
The Individual:
The Situation:
What can be done?
Working in a Healthy Organization:
Personal Strategies:
What if those strategies aren’t enough?
What if I think that someone close to me is suffering from CF?
I am a manager, how can I help support my staff?
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Content: These symptoms can negatively affect the workplace and create a toxic work environment. Difficulty concentrating
Intrusive imagery
Feeling discouraged about the world
Hopelessness
Exhaustion and irritability
High attrition (helpers leaving the field)
Negative outcomes (dispirited, cynical workers remaining in the field, boundary violations)
For more information, check out this article Warning signs of Vicarious Trauma/Secondary Traumatic Stress and Compassion Fatigue
What factors contribute to CF/VT and Burnout? There are many reasons for which helping professionals can develop compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. These are described in Saakvitne and Pearlman’s book “Transforming the Pain” (1996): The Individual: Your current life circumstances, your history, your coping style and your personality type all affect how compassion fatigue may impact you. Most helpers also have other life stressors to deal with. Many are in the “sandwich generation” – meaning that they take care of both young children and aging parents in addition to managing a heavy and complex workload. Helpers are not immune to pain in their own lives and, in fact, some studies show that they are more vulnerable to life changes (such as divorce and addictions) than people who do less stressful work. The Situation: