Empathy in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD examines how professionals are psychologically impacted by their work with trauma clients. A national research study provides empirical evidence, documenting the struggle for professionals to maintain therapeutic equilibrium and empathic attunement with their trauma clients. Among the many important findings of this study, all participants reported being emotionally and psychologically affected by the work, often quite profoundly leading to changes in worldview, beliefs about the nature of humankind and the meaning of life.
Key Features
- National research study providing empirical evidence on the impact of trauma work.
- Insights into maintaining therapeutic equilibrium and empathic attunement.
- Conceptual dynamic models for managing empathic strain.
- Focus on preventing vicarious traumatization, burnout, and serious countertransference processes.
Additional Information
John P. Wilson and Rhiannon Thomas set out to understand how to heal those who experience empathic strain in the course of their professional specialization. The data included in the book allows for the development of conceptual dynamic models of effective management of empathic strain.
