Informationen zum Autor Charles R. Figley Klappentext Compassion Fatigue focuses on those individuals who provide therapy to victims of PTSD - crisis and trauma counselors, Red Cross workers, nurses, doctors, and other caregivers who themselves often become victim to secondary traumatic stress disorder (STSD) or "compassion fatigue" as a result of helping or wanting to help a traumatized person. Edited by Charles R. Figley, a renowned pioneer in the field of traumatic stress studies, this book consists of eleven chapters, each written by a different specialist in the field. It addresses such questions as: What are compassion stress and compassion fatigue? What are the unintended, and often unexpected, deleterious effects of providing help to traumatized people? What are some examples of cases in which individuals were traumatized by helping, and how were they traumatized? What are the characteristics of the traumatized caregiver (e.g., race, gender, ethnicity, age, interpersonal competence, experience with psychological trauma) that account for the development, sustenance, preventability, and treatability of secondary traumatization? Is there a way to theoretically account for all these factors? What are the characteristics of effective programs to prevent or ameliorate compassion stress and its unwanted consequences? Zusammenfassung This volume is the latest in a series that focuses on the immediate and long-term consequences of highly stressful events. It focuses on those individuals who provide therapy to victims of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder crisis and trauma counselors, Red Cross workers, nurses, doctors, and other car Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Compassion Fatigue as Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder: An Overview, Charles R.Figley; Chapter 2 Survival Strategies: A Framework for Understanding Secondary Traumatic Stress and Coping in Helpers, PaulValent; Chapter 3 Working with People in Crisis: Research Implications, Randal D.Beaton, Shirley A.Murphy; Chapter 4 Working with People with PTSD: Research Implications, Mary AnnDutton, Francine L.Rubinstein; Chapter 5 Sensory-Based Therapy for Crisis Counselors, Chrys J.Harris; Chapter 6 Debriefing and Treating Emergency Workers, Susan L.McCammon; Chapter 7 Treating the Heroic Treaters, Mary S.Cerney; Chapter 8 Treating Therapists with Vicarious Traumatization and Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorders, Laurie AnnePearlman, Karen W.Saakvitne; Chapter 9 Preventing Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder, JanetYassen; Chapter 10Preventing Compassion Fatigue: A Team Treatment Model, James F.Munroe, JonathanShay, LisaFisher, ChristineMakary, KathrynRapperport, RoseZimering; Chapter 11 Preventing Institutiona I Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder, Don R.Catherall; Epilogue: The Transmission of Trauma, Charles R.Figley; Index; Subject Index;...

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Charles R. Figley

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Compassion Fatigue focuses on those individuals who provide therapy to victims of PTSD - crisis and trauma counselors, Red Cross workers, nurses, doctors, and other caregivers who themselves often become victim to secondary traumatic stress disorder (STSD) or "compassion fatigue" as a result of helping or wanting to help a traumatized person. Edited by Charles R. Figley, a renowned pioneer in the field of traumatic stress studies, this book consists of eleven chapters, each written by a different specialist in the field. It addresses such questions as: What are compassion stress and compassion fatigue? What are the unintended, and often unexpected, deleterious effects of providing help to traumatized people? What are some examples of cases in which individuals were traumatized by helping, and how were they traumatized? What are the characteristics of the traumatized caregiver (e.g., race, gender, ethnicity, age, interpersonal competence, experience with psychological trauma) that account for the development, sustenance, preventability, and treatability of secondary traumatization? Is there a way to theoretically account for all these factors? What are the characteristics of effective programs to prevent or ameliorate compassion stress and its unwanted consequences?

Zusammenfassung
This volume is the latest in a series that focuses on the immediate and long-term consequences of highly stressful events. It focuses on those individuals who provide therapy to victims of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder crisis and trauma counselors, Red Cross workers, nurses, doctors, and other car

Inhalt
Chapter 1 Compassion Fatigue as Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder: An Overview, Charles R.Figley; Chapter 2 Survival Strategies: A Framework for Understanding Secondary Traumatic Stress and Coping in Helpers, PaulValent; Chapter 3 Working with People in Crisis: Research Implications, Randal D.Beaton, Shirley A.Murphy; Chapter 4 Working with People with PTSD: Research Implications, Mary AnnDutton, Francine L.Rubinstein; Chapter 5 Sensory-Based Therapy for Crisis Counselors, Chrys J.Harris; Chapter 6 Debriefing and Treating Emergency Workers, Susan L.McCammon; Chapter 7 Treating the Heroic Treaters, Mary S.Cerney; Chapter 8 Treating Therapists with Vicarious Traumatization and Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorders, Laurie AnnePearlman, Karen W.Saakvitne; Chapter 9 Preventing Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder, JanetYassen; Chapter 10Preventing Compassion Fatigue: A Team Treatment Model, James F.Munroe, JonathanShay, LisaFisher, ChristineMakary, KathrynRapperport, RoseZimering; Chapter 11 Preventing Institutiona I Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder, Don R.Catherall; Epilogue: The Transmission of Trauma, Charles R.Figley; Index; Subject Index;