Navigating the Challenges of Trauma Counselling
How Counsellors Thrive and Sustain Their Engagement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11956963 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joycelyn Ling (University of New England, corresponding author), Sally V Hunter (University of New England), Myfanwy Maple (0000-0001-9398-4886, University of New England) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 297-310 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0312-407X • E-ISSN: 1447-0748 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0312407x.2013.837188 |
| OpenAlex | W2063070632 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 25 |
This qualitative study explored the factors that help counsellors exposed to indirect trauma thrive personally and professionally, and sustain their engagement in trauma counselling work. The existing literature details the challenges of indirect trauma exposure in trauma work. However, the ways in which counsellors are able to derive rewards and maintain their engagement in trauma counselling work are less well recognised. The study used a grounded theory approach, with semistructured interviews conducted with 18 therapists. The study found four main interrelating themes: thriving in trauma work; navigating the empathic journey; empathic stamina and engaging in self-reflexivity; and sustaining interest and commitment. Important factors included attending to both the adverse and rewarding aspects of trauma work, having access to appropriate support structures, and incorporating variability and diversity in the work. This study extends the current understanding of the processes, practices, and strategies that promote the rewarding and sustaining aspects of trauma counselling work
Burnout · Compassion fatigue · Diversity (politics · Empathy · Grounded theory · Medical education · Psychological trauma · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Reflexivity · Sociology · Thriving · Work (physics · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Social Psychology
Basics of qualitative research
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR)
Trauma & Transformation
The Value of Positive Emotions
Measuring Compassion Fatigue
Positive change following trauma and adversity
Vicarious traumatization
Compassion fatigue
Exploring the Counselor's Experience of Working With Perpetrators and Survivors of Domestic Violence
Treating compassion fatigue.
Organizational Prevention of Vicarious Trauma
Vicarious traumatization
Grounded Theory
Target Article
Positive psychology
Positive psychology
What Good Are Positive Emotions
The salutogenic model as a theory to guide health promotion
The structure and properties of the sense of coherence scale
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |