Who is at-risk for Compassion Fatigue?
Compassion fatigue may occur in a wide range of persons involved in providing aid to others (Jay, 1995). We have found that it is most prevalent among professionals and personal family members, friends, and associates of trauma survivors (Baranowsky, Gentry & Dunning, 1997; Beaton & Murphy, 1995). Psychologists, social workers, lawyers, disaster relief workers, nurses, psychiatrists, medical doctors, emergency service professionals, police, crisis phone-line attendants and shelter workers among others, are all susceptible to Compassion Fatigue. When the therapist has encountered trauma through first-hand exposure this further heightens vulnerability to Compassion Fatigue (Baranowsky, Gentry & Dunning, 1997; Pearlman & McCann, 1995). Yet, in the emerging field of traumatology many of the therapists have such experience. Just as it is not uncommon to find ex-substance abusers counseling those currently trying to break away from addictions, likewise, it is not uncommon to find those who a
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