CYC 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Occupational Stress, Emotional Exhaustion, Psychosomatic Medicine
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Casewokers may then become re-exposed to their personal traumatic experience by the second-hand experience. Symptoms of burnout are the same as sts, vicarious traumatization and compassion fatigue, burnout is linked to a worker"s frustration with their job. Sts, vicarious traumatization and compassion fatigue can result by exposure to a single traumatic experience. Past has impacted on the decisions that we have made now. What is normal for one family could be not typical for another. Don"t want to deal with the potential burn out. Cyc"s rely on use of self to form relationships and guide interventions. Listening to and being exposed to traumatic content impacts self and security. But only recently has there been efforts to deal with such challenges to support professionals. Secondary traumatic stress (sts), vicarious traumatization and compassion fatigue all refer to the negative emotional, physical and psychological risks a worker faces by using empathy as a way of supporting and connecting with their clients.
