Secondary Traumatic Stress: A Key Piece of the Conversation

• By: Amy Petersen, LCSW Vibrant Emotional Health
• July 2nd, 2021
• mental health, secondary traumatic stress, self-care, staff, stress, Summer 2021 Issue, trauma
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The personal impact of being in the helping profession never crossed my mind when I was in graduate school on my way to becoming a social worker. My focus was on gleaning what I could from my professors and building what I hoped would be the most complete set of clinical skills. I was unaware at...