
Are you experiencing compassion fatigue?
Jun 11, 2020 · Burnout can result in depression and anxiety, physical and emotional exhaustion, less enjoyment of work, and more arguing. Another component of compassion fatigue is secondary …
Addressing compassion fatigue
Aug 27, 2025 · Vannucci was suffering from compassion fatigue, or the burnout and stress-related symptoms experienced by helping professionals in reaction to working with traumatized people over …
Secondary Traumatic Stress, Compassion Fatigue, and Vicarious Trauma
Special issue of the APA journal Traumatology, Vol. 23, No. 2, June 2017. Includes articles about secondary traumatic stress and compassion fatigue among mental heath, medical, and first …
Practice what you profess: Faculty mental health, compassion fatigue ...
Nov 27, 2023 · The burnout component of compassion fatigue is an occupational hazard, too. Unlike secondary traumatic stress, burnout tends to build gradually and insidiously. With burnout, we may …
Burnout and stress are everywhere - American Psychological …
Jan 1, 2022 · Burnout and stress are at all-time highs across professions, and among already strained health care workers, they are exacerbated by the politicization of mask-wearing and other …
Are you burned out? - American Psychological Association (APA)
Feb 1, 2018 · That's because burnout can lead to compassion fatigue, a condition Johnson equates with a compromised capacity for empathy. "In my experience, the more empathic a caregiver is and the …
Compassion fatigue: A side effect of the immigration crisis
Oct 15, 2019 · “I thought, ‘This isn't burnout,' ” Raymond said. “ ‘This is secondary post-traumatic stress disorder.' “ At that moment, Raymond identified a little-talked-about component of the nation's …
The benefits of better boundaries in clinical practice
Jul 2, 2025 · Top takeaways Healthy boundaries are a form of self-care that reduces the risk of workplace burnout. Setting boundaries early in the therapeutic relationship helps patients learn how …
Seven types of rest to help restore your body’s energy
May 6, 2025 · Along with preventing fatigue and burnout, rest can play a role in improving resilience to everyday challenges. “Without rest, we are like elastic bands stretched almost all the way to …
The ethical imperative of self-care
Apr 1, 2021 · Establish work boundaries In a national survey of psychologists, Bridgeman and clinical psychologist Daniel Galper, PhD, found that 72% of psychologists reported that their number one …