Secondary traumatic stress among trauma counsellors: What does the research say?

摘要: Although posttraumatic stress theory has beenextensively developed in the psychological andmedical literature last decade,development of secondary traumatic stresstheory is still its infancy. Thetraumatology reveals a focus on thetraumatized victims and, with few exceptions,excludes those who are secondarily traumatizedthrough their counselling work survivorsof life events. Claims have recentlybeen made that counsellors working fieldof trauma vulnerable and at risk fordeveloping symptoms similar to thoseexperienced by traumatized clients. The authorreviews recent research onsecondary addresses theimplications these findings tocounsellor educators practitioners workingin field trauma.