When Helping Hurts: Sustaining Trauma Workers
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Charles Figley, PhD
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When Helping Hurts: Sustaining Trauma Workers

Six noted therapists and experts offer their stories and advice on dealing with Compassion Fatigue, and discuss ways of recognizing and addressing this condition in yourself and others.
Video length: 1h 09m
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Produced for trauma workersrelief workers and those exposed to trauma due to their profession or work as volunteers, this video addresses the issue of Secondary Traumatization and Compassion Fatigue. These conditions are  a hazard to the helping professionals that deal with traumatic events and through the voice of six therapists and experts, this video heightens awareness of  symptoms and risks, and provides new information about prevention, resilience and treatment. Specific strategies on awareness, lifestyle balance and connecting with others are given to assist trauma workers. You will hear personal stories and advice from Frank Ochberg, MD, Charles Figley, PhD, John Wilson, PhD, Carl Bell, MD, Atle Dyregrov, PhD, and Angie Panos, PhD. This video is used by the US Army as part of their Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program.

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Charles Figley, PhD
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Charles Figley, PhD

Prof. Charles R. Figley, Ph.D., is the Paul Henry Kurzweg, MD Distinguished Chair in Disaster Mental Health and a Tulane University Graduate School of Social Work Professor since July 2008. He is also director of the Traumatology Institute and the Co-Director of the Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy. In addition to traumatic stress and resilience, Dr. Figley and his research teams have focused on other types of stress including fame-related stress, animal care-related stress, social, and lawyers and law librarians stress.…

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