Traumatized therapeuten? A review of secondary traumatic stress;Traumatisierte therapeuten? Ein überblick über sekundäre traumatisierung

Zeitschrift fur Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 250-261

  Jurisch, Florentine ^a   Kolassa, Iris Tatjana ^a   Elbert, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compassion fatigue; Secondary trauma; Secondary traumatic stress; Systematic review; Trauma therapy; Vicarious trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350502809     PISSN: 16163443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/1616-3443.38.4.250     Document Type: Article

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