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Section 21
Preventing Vicarious Trauma:
Working With Trauma Survivors

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-Trippany, R. L., White Kress, V. E., & Wilcoxon, S. A. (2004). Preventing Vicarious Trauma:What Counselors Should Know When Working With Trauma Survivors. Journal of Counseling & Development, 82, 31-37.

Update
A Scoping Review of Vicarious
Trauma Interventions for Service
Providers Working With People
Who Have Experienced Traumatic Events

- Kim, J., Chesworth, B., Franchino-Olsen, H., & Macy, R. J. (2022). A Scoping Review of Vicarious Trauma Interventions for Service Providers Working With People Who Have Experienced Traumatic Events. Trauma, violence & abuse, 23(5), 1437–1460.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Boulanger, G. (2018). When is vicarious trauma a necessary therapeutic tool? Psychoanalytic Psychology, 35(1), 60–69.

Leung, T., Schmidt, F., & Mushquash, C. (2022). A personal history of trauma and experience of secondary traumatic stress, vicarious trauma, and burnout in mental health workers: A systematic literature review. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

Pirelli, G., Formon, D. L., & Maloney, K. (2020). Preventing vicarious trauma (VT), compassion fatigue (CF), and burnout (BO) in forensic mental health: Forensic psychology as exemplar. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 51(5), 454–466.

QUESTION 21
"Trust needs" include "self-trust" and "other trust" and reflect an individual’s ability to trust her or his own perceptions and beliefs, as well as to trust others’ ability to meet his or her emotional, psychological, and physical needs. What is the reason a professional’s inherent trust needs make him or her vulnerable to vicarious trauma? To select and enter your answer go to Test.