Staff Wellness and Self-Care: One Agency’s Model

• By: Benjamin R. Sher, MA, LMSW Institute for Community Living (ICL)
• July 1st, 2010
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A rather unsettling fact about American society is that within it there exists a high rate of violence and abuse. According to Kessler et al (1995), 60.7% of men and 51.2% of women will experience at least one traumatic event in their lifetime. Given this fact, Kessler et al also state that of this...