Report
'Feeling heavy': vicarious trauma and other issues facing those who work in the sexual assault field
Publisher
Assault and battery
Sexual assault
Australia
Description
This paper is about vicarious trauma, a normal response to repeated exposure and empathetic engagement with traumatic material. It describes what vicarious trauma is, how it may be experienced, and what may predict it occurring. This paper is about vicarious trauma, a normal response to repeated exposure and empathetic engagement with traumatic material. It describes what vicarious trauma is, how it may be experienced, and what may predict it occurring.
Publication Details
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
18 Sep 2007
