A components-based practice and supervision model for reducing compassion fatigue by affecting clinician experience.
Abstract
Published approaches to compassion fatigue in psychotherapists typically emphasize clinician self-care strategies. Implicit in the self-care emphasis is the assumption that trauma therapy encounters are inherently fatiguing, and that recovery occurs during the clinician’s off-duty time. In contrast,
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Miller and Sprang (2016) suggest that fatigue is a result of avoiding intense feelings that come up for the counselor as a result of working with traumatized clients.
“They suggest that fatigue is a result of avoiding intense feelings that come up for the counselor as a result of working with traumatized clients, and encourage counselors to acknowledge and fully allow themselves to experience the feelings that come up during their work.”
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Miller and Sprang (2016) assert that working with traumatized clients does not have to be inherently draining, and that recovering from emotionally exhausting encounters with clients does not have to happen outside of the counselling experience.
“Miller and Sprang (2016) assert that working with traumatized clients does not have to be inherently draining, and that recovering from emotionally exhausting encounters with clients does not have to happen outside of the counselling experience.”
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There have been notable exceptions to the theory that counselor self-care is best practice for avoiding burnout.
“There have been notable exceptions to the theory that counselor self-care is best practice for avoiding burnout.”
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- Authors
- Miller, B., & Sprang, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Kentucky (US)
- Venue
- Traumatology
- Published
- 2017-06
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 153-164
- ISSN
- 1085-9373 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2726102767
- Cited by
- 60
- References
- 18
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 7.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Traumatology An International Journal (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Keywords
- compassion fatigue, psychotherapists, clinician experience, supervision models, trauma treatment, clinician self-care, occupational burnout
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