Category Archives: Secondary Traumatic Stress

How Challenging Work Changes Us

On-Demand Course

What can we learn from those who retain their compassion and their health in the face of demanding work? In this on-demand course, Francoise Mathieu explores the impact of trauma-exposed work and offers insight, strategies, and tools to help you sustain a rewarding and fulfilling career.

July 2024

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“The Other Wet Floor”

The Emotional Risks of Working in a Helping Profession

In this CARE4YOU 2024 session, JD Gilmour explores the “other” occupational risks of working in a helping profession: empathic strain, secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and moral distress.

June 2024

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Identifying Your Warning Signs

Reflecting on Your Physical, Behavioural, & Emotional Signs of Overwhelm

This downloadable PDF helps you identify your top three warning signs of empathic strain and secondary traumatic stress.

August 2023

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Screeners for Health & Behavioral Health Professionals

Screening for STS, moral distress, stress, burnout, compassion satisfaction, & self-compassion

Screeners for health and behavioral health professionals to self-identify areas that may be an issue for them including secondary traumatic stress, moral distress, stress, burnout, compassion satisfaction, and self-compassion.

August 2023

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The Secondary Traumatic Stress Informed Organization Assessment (STSI-­OA)

Assessment Tool for Organizations

The STSI-OA is an assessment tool that can be used to evaluate the degree to which an organization is secondary traumatic stress informed.

April 2023

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The Professional Quality of Life Measure (ProQOL)

Self-Test for Compassion Satisfaction, Burnout, & Compassion Fatigue

The Professional Quality of Life Measure (ProQOL) is a free 30 question self-assessment test designed by Dr. Beth Stamm to evaluate burnout, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction.

April 2023

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Contributing Factors

Identifying Work-Related Stress

This model can help you to identify sources of work-related stress that may lead to burnout, secondary traumatic stress, empathic strain, or moral distress.

February 2023

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Reducing Secondary Traumatic Stress

Skills for Sustaining a Career in the Helping Professions

In this book, Dr. Brian MIller offers evidence-informed skills and strategies to regulate distressing emotions and to foster increased empathy for those suffering from trauma.

December 2022

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Help for the Helper

Preventing Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma in an Ever-Changing World

In this book. Babette Rothschild examines the literature to explain how therapists suffer from an excess of empathy for their clients and presents strategies for dealing with burnout and stress.

December 2022

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It’s Not Just Bovines Who Chew the Cud

Understanding Rumination

Rumination can be destructive to our work and life when we feel helpless to escape this cycle of repetitive thoughts. In this discussion, Françoise Mathieu, Diana TIkasz, and Dr. Jennifer Russel explore the concept of rumination and share strategies to interrupt the cycle.

August 2022

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Coming Home to Secondary Traumatic Stress

The Impact of Trauma-Exposed Work On Our Loved Ones

In this article, Françoise Mathieu reflects on the impact of secondary traumatic stress on our loved ones and the importance of transitions for those who work in trauma-exposed professions.

March 2022

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compassion fatigue 101

Compassion Fatigue 101

On-Demand Course

Repeated and chronic exposure to large volumes of difficult stories can erode our sense of empathy for others. In this on-demand course, we will explore the "costs of caring" and learn strategies to identify and address compassion fatigue.

October 2021

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