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This text was subsequently adapted and expanded for two publications: Mathieu, F. New York: Routledge. What is Compassion Fatigue? What is the difference between compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma and burnout? These three terms are complementary and yet different from one another. Read through the examples below and notice if you recognize elements of these scenarios in yourself: If my job as an administrative assistant to a parole officer is to read the files of violent sex offenders, I may be secondarily traumatized and deeply disturbed by the content of what I read.
What are some of the signs of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma? What can be done? This includes: Access to a supportive, flexible manager who is open to regular workload assessments in order to reduce trauma exposure Leadership from a manager who encourages staff to attend ongoing professional education and who provides timely and good quality supervision as needed.
Employees who had more control over their schedule reported a higher rate of job satisfaction overall. Reducing hours spent working directly with traumatized individuals was the single most effective way of reducing VT. Personal Strategies: The top personal strategies identified includes: Developing and maintaining a strong social support both at home and at work Increased self-awareness through mindfulness meditation and narrative work such as journaling Regular self care which is unfortunately often an afterthought for busy helping professionals Remember that compassion fatigue is a process that develops over time and so is healing from its effects.
What if I think that someone close to me is suffering from CF? I am a manager, how can I help support my staff? Introduce the topic of Compassion Fatigue at a staff meeting: Discuss it as an occupational hazard, something that happens to those who do their jobs well, and have a group discussion about ways to deal with it around the workplace such as peer supervision and clinical debriefings.
Your staff may have other great suggestions. These three terms are complementary and yet different from one another. Burnout is a term that has been used since the early s to describe the physical and emotional exhaustion that workers can experience when they have low job satisfaction and feel powerless and overwhelmed at work.
However, burnout does not necessarily mean that our view of the world has been damaged or that we have lost the ability to feel compassion for others. Compassion Fatigue symptoms are normal displays of stress resulting from the care giving work a person preforms on a regular basis.
While the symptoms are often disruptive, depressive, and irritating, an awareness of the symptoms and their negative effect on your life can lead to positive change, personal transformation, and a new resiliency. Everyone has multiple demands and energy drains in their lives — some positive, some negative — which all require a great deal of emotional and physical attention.
There are, however, many hands-on things a person can do to mitigate the feelings of compassion fatigue. She was currently undertaking Cert IV and she was really enjoying it. There was a new young woman in the ….
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