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?
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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?
Continue reading: Warning Signs of Vicarious Trauma, Secondary Traumatic Stress and Compassion Fatigue
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Hoping to address your Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma in person? Check out our live events! Compassion fatigue has been described as the “cost of caring” for others in emotional pain (Figley, 1982). The helping field has gradually begun to recognize that workers are profoundly affected by the work they do. Whether it is by direct exposure to traumatic events (for example, working as a paramedic, police officer, emergency hospital worker); secondary exposure (hearing clients talk about trauma they have experienced, helping people who have just been victimized, working as child protection workers);