Compassion fatigue can be physical, emotional, or spiritual exhaustion that overtakes the otherwise positive and fulfilling experience of helping others when we over-empathize (Figley, 2002a). Often ...
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When progress feels slow: Managing emotional fatigue in therapy careers
Therapists often enter the profession because they believe in healing, growth, and the power of human connection. But when a ...
If you work in a professional setting that deals with other people’s trauma day in and day out — at a hospital, in a psychologist’s office, or at a homeless shelter, for example — you may experience a ...
Self-awareness of your own emotions and attunement with theirs helps with co-regulation, as seen with parents and their children. This helps the caregiver respond rather than react. When this is off, ...
Sandy Bruno, youth and family coordinator at Comfort Zone Camp, a national nonprofit bereavement camp for grieving families, experienced compassion fatigue in the aftermath of her husband's death. She ...
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