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Report

'Feeling heavy': vicarious trauma and other issues facing those who work in the sexual assault field

Publisher
Assault and battery Sexual assault Australia
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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.

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