Professional Quality of Life and Trauma Therapists

Trauma, Recovery, and Growth: Positive Psychological Perspectives on Posttraumatic Stress

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 275-293

  Larsen, Debra ^a   Stamm, Beth Hudnall ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health workers; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Professional quality of life; Trauma therapists; Vicarious traumatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888717525     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118269718.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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