Vicarious (Secondary) Trauma and Self-Care Resource

2019

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“We can’t avoid vicarious trauma in health and social care work, but we can mitigate the risk and minimise the impacts. This handout has the following sections to facilitate self-help:

  • What is vicarious trauma
  • Signs of vicarious trauma
  • Self-assessment of VT
  • Ways to cope with VT: practice at self‑care
  • Developing a Vicarious Trauma Prevention and Management Toolkit for yourself
  • Reflective practice questions
  • What you might do at work
  • What organisations might do”

 

Access the article here