Secondary traumatic stress among trauma counsellors: What does the research say?

By M. Arvay. 2001

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Vicarious Trauma in Social Workers: The Role of Trauma History, Social Support, and Years of Experience (2012, background): “Research has, in fact, indicated social support among trauma therapists, specifically is a protective factor against the development of vicarious trauma ( Arvay, 2001 ; Pearlman & Mac Ian, 1995 ; VanDeusen & Way, 2006 ; Way et al, 2004 ).”
Healing, Reconciliation, Forgiving and the Prevention of Violence after Genocide or Mass Killing: An Intervention and Its Experimental Evaluation in Rwanda (2005, background): “There is a considerable research literature suggesting that trauma workers may experience negative effects, parallel to, although less intense than, those of survivors themselves (Arvay, 2001).”
The practice of self-compassion in counseling: A narrative inquiry. (2011, background): “Constructs such as burnout (Skovholt, 2001), work-related stress (Varma, 1996), vicarious trauma (Pearlman & Saakvitne, 1995), and secondary traumatic stress (Arvay, 2001) have been researched extensively resulting in a plethora of literature on the importance of therapist self-care.”