Secondary traumatization, burnout, and vicarious traumatization: A review of the literature as it relates to therapists who treat trauma

Smith College Studies in Social Work

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-101

  Canfield, Julie ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Stress; Therapist; Trauma; Vicarious

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644515884     PISSN: 00377317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J497v75n02_06     Document Type: Review

References (38)

1. American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. Washington, DC: Author.
2. Beaton, R.D., & Murphy, S.A. (1995). Working with people in crisis: Research implications. In C.R. Figley (Ed.), Compassion fatigue: Coping with secondary' traumatic stress disorder (pp. 51-81). New York, NY: Brunner/Mazel.
3. Benatar, M. (1999). A qualitative study of the effect of a history of childhood sexual abuse on therapists who treat survivors of sexual abuse. Dissertation Abstracts International 60, 5-A, p. 1765. (University Microfilms No. AEH9932665).
4. Bennett-Baker, A.A. (1999). The resilient psychotherapist: An heuristic inquiry into vicarious traumatization. Dissertation Abstracts International, 60, 1-B, p. 357. (University Microfilms No. AAM9916976).
5. Brady, J.L. (1998). Vicarious traumatization, spirituality and the treatment of adult and child survivors of sexual abuse: A national survey of women psychotherapists. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 9-B, p. 5107. (University Microfilm No. AAM9810883).
6. Brady, J.L., Guy, J.D., Poelstra, P.L., & Brokaw, B.F. (1999). Vicarious traumatiz- ation, spirituality, and the treatment of sexual abuse survivors: A national survey of women psychotherapists. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 30 (4), 386-393.
7. Brandon, J.H. (2000). Working models of self and other in adult attachment and vicarious traumatization. Dissertation Abstracts International, 60(10-B), p. 5219. (University Microfilms No. AAI9949082).
8. Chrestman, K.R. (1999). Secondary exposure to trauma and self-reported distress among therapists. In B.H. Stamm (Ed.), Secondary traumatic stress: Self-care issues for clinicians, researchers, and educators (Rev. ed., pp. 29-36). Baltimore, MD: Sidran Press.
9. Cunningham, M. (1999). The impact of sexual abuse treatment on the social work clinician. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 16 (4), 277-290.
10. Dane, B. (2000). Child welfare workers: An innovative approach for interacting with secondary trauma. Journal of Social Work Education, 36(1), 27-38.
11. Danieli, Y. (1985). The treatment and prevention of long term effects and intergenerational transmission of victimization: A lesson from Holocaust survivors and their children. In C.R. Figley (Ed.), Trauma and its wake: The study and treatment of PTSD (pp. 295-313). New York: Brunner/Mazel.
12. Elder, G.H., & Clipp, E.G. (1988). Wartime losses and social bonding: Influences across 40 years in men's lives. Psychiatry, 51, 177-198.
13. Figley, C.R. (1995). Compassion fatigue as secondary traumatic stress disorder: an overview. In C.R. Figley (Ed.), Compassion fatigue: Coping with secondary traumatic stress disorder (pp. 1-20). New York, NY: Brunner/Mazel.
14. Figley, C.R. (1999). Compassion fatigue: Toward a new understanding of the costs of caring. In B.H. Stamm (Ed.), Secondary traumatic stress: Self-care issues for clinicians, researchers, and educators (Rev. ed., pp. 3-28). Baltimore, MD: Sidran Press.
15. Grosch, W.N., & Olsen, D.C. (1995). Prevention: Avoiding burnout. In M.B. Sussman (Ed.), A perilous calling: The hazards of psychotherapy practice (pp. 275-287). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
16. Harris, C.J. (1995). Sensory-based therapy for crisis counselors. In C.R. Figley (Ed.), Compassion fatigue: Coping with secondary traumatic stress disorder (pp. 101-114). New York, NY: Brunner/Mazel.
17. Herman, J.L. (1992). Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence: From domestic abuse to political terror. New York, NY: Basic Books.
18. Iliffe, G., & Steed, L.G. (2000). Exploring the experience of working with perpetrators and survivors of domestic violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 15 (4), 393-412.
19. Janoff-Bulman, R. (1992). Shattered assumptions. New York, NY: Free Press.
20. Kassam-Adams, N. (1999). The risks of treating sexual trauma: Stress and secondary trauma in psychotherapists. In B.H. Stamm (Ed.), Secondary traumatic stress: Self-care issues for clinicians, researchers, and educators (Rev. ed., pp. 37-48). Baltimore, MD: Sidran Press.
21. Lobel, J.A. (1997). The vicarious effects of treating female rape survivors: The therapist's perspective. Dissertation Abstracts International. 57, 11-B, pp. 7230. (University Microfilm No. AAM9712968).
22. Lonergan, B.A. (1999). The development of the trauma therapist: A qualitative study of the therapist's perspective and experience. Dissertation Abstracts International 60, 5-A. (University Microfilms No. AAM9939766).
23. Maslach, C., & Leiter (1997). The truth about burnout. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
24. McCann, I.L., & Pearlman, L.A. (1990). Vicarious traumatization: A framework for understanding the psychological effects of working with victims. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 3 (1), 131-149.
25. Mitchell, J., & Bray, G. (1990). Emergency services stress. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
26. Murphy, S.A., & Beaton, R. (1991). Counteracting effects of trauma in everyday life: Leisure patterns among firefighters. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Washington, DC.
27. O'Halloran. T.M., & Linton, J.M. (2000). Stress on the job: Self-care resources for counselors. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 22, 354-364.
28. Pearlman, L.A., & Mac Ian, P.S. (1995). Vicarious traumatization: An empirical study of the effects of trauma work on trauma therapists. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 26 (6), 558-565.
29. Pearlman, L.A., & Saakvitne, K.W. (1995). Trauma and the therapist: Counteitransference and vicarious traumatization in psychotherapy with incest survivors. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
30. Pickett, G.Y. (1999). Therapists in distress: An integrative look at burnout, secondary traumatic stress and vicarious traumatization. Dissertation Abstracts International, 59, 7-B, p. 3708. (University Microfilm No. AAM9839873).
31. Pierce, R.C. (2000). Secondary trauma from working with Vietnam veterans. Dissertation Abstracts International, 61, 2-B, p. 1093. (University Microfilms No. AAI9962562).
32. Pinsley, O.S. (2000). Bearing witness: An investigation of vicarious traumatization in therapists who treat adult survivors of rape and incest. Dissertation Abstracts International, 61 (4-A), p. 1616. (University Microfilms No. AAI9968483).
33. Rosenbloom, D.J., Pratt, A.C., & Pearlman, L.A. (1999). Helpers' responses to trauma work: Understanding and intervening in an organization. In B.H. Stamm (Ed.), Secondary traumatic stress: Self-care issues for clinicians, researchers, and educators (Rev. ed., pp. 65-79), Baltimore, MD: The Sidran Press.
34. Sexton, L. (1999). Vicarious traumatization of counselors and effects on their workplaces. British Journal of Guidance & Counseling, 27 (3), 393-403.
35. Simonds, S.L. (1997). Vicarious traumatization in therapists treating adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Dissertation Abstracts International, 57, 8-B, p. 5344. (University Microfilm No. AAM9702738).
36. Van der Water, R.C. (1996). Vicarious traumatization of therapists: The impact of working with trauma survivors. Dissertation Abstracts International, 57, 3-B, p. 2168. (University Microfilms No. AAM9622595).
37. Weaks, K.A. (2000). Effects of treating trauma survivors: Vicarious traumatization and style of coping. Dissertation Abstracts International 60, 9-B, p. 4915. (University Microfilms No. AAI9944511).
38. Young, C.M. (2000). Vicarious traumatization in psychotherapists who work with physically or sexually abused children. Dissertation Abstracts International, 60, 9-B, p. 4918. (University Microfilms No. AAI9945867).