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Compassion fatigue: Psychotherapists’ chronic lack of self care.
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Psychotherapists who work with the chronic illness tend to disregard their own self-care needs when focusing on the needs of clients. The article discusses the concept of compassion fatigue, a form of caregiver burnout among psychotherapists and contrasts it with simple burnout and countertransference. It includes a multi-factor model of compassion fatigue that emphasizes the costs of caring, empathy, and emotional investment in helping the suffering. The model suggests that psychotherapists that limiting compassion stress, dealing with traumatic memories, and more effectively managing case loads are effective ways of avoiding compassion fatigue. The model also suggests that, to limit compassion stress, psychotherapists with chronic illness need to development methods for both enhancing satisfaction and learning to separate from the work emotionally and physically in order to feel renewed. A case study illustrates how to help someone with compassion fatigue.
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“Because of the emotional strain involved in caring for others, people in helping professions can often experience counselor burnout, compassion fatigue, and even Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder (STSD) as a result of setting aside their own self-care needs when helping others (Figley 2002; Collins and Long 2003; Linton and O'Halloran 2000; Bruns et al. 2014).”
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“Therapists suffering from compassion fatigue tend to make more mistakes with their clients (Figley 2002)”
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“52 According to this model, compassion fatigue causes a wide-spread decrease in a caregiver ’ s desire to empathize and care, as well as their skill and energy.”
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“Vicarious trauma refers to the cumulative psychological impact of empathetically engaging with trauma survivors ’ experiences (Figley, 2002).”
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“These two concepts seem to be mutually intertwined, as supportive relationships with others increase self-care (Sebern and Riegel, 2009) and self-care increases care for others (Figley, 2002).”
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“The importance of self-care and self-awareness seems crucial for the benefits of therapists (Figley, 2002; Willemsen et al. , 2023).”
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“It consists of three factors, namely, compassion fatigue (also known as secondary traumatic stress [STS]), burnout (negative responses), and compassion satisfaction (a positive response) [32, 34].”
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“Unlike burnout, which is more diffuse and cumulative, STS has a specific clinical profile rooted in secondary exposure to trauma (Bride et al., 2007; Figley, 2002).”
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“Even though many counselor-advocates feel the suffering of others, counselors may not recognize these same emotions in themselves ( Figley, 2002 ).”
Background
Metadata
- Authors
- Figley, C. R.
- Affiliations
- Florida State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Figley, Charles R.
- ORCID
- Figley, Charles R.
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2002-10-29
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1433-1441
- ISSN
- 0021-9762 (ISSN-L)
- 1097-4679
- OpenAlex
- W2093609854
- Cited by
- 1,614
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 155 · 2025: 138 · 2024: 108 · 2023: 157 · 2022: 115 · 2021: 153 · 2020: 112 · 2019: 94 · 2018: 76 · 2017: 82 · 2016: 74 · 2015: 53 · 2014: 63 · 2013: 62 · 2012: 42
- FWCI
- 5.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Occupational Health and Burnout
- Keywords
- compassion fatigue, psychotherapists, self-care, caregiver burnout, countertransference, chronic disease, traumatic memory, empathy, burnout
- MeSH terms
- Burnout, Professional, Chronic Disease, Countertransference, Empathy, Fatigue, Humans, Models, Psychological, Psychotherapy, Self Care
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