Shelter From the Storm: Addressing Vicarious Traumatization Through Wellness-Based Clinical Supervision

Counselors continually encounter clients who have experienced emotional and psychological trauma. Repeated vicarious exposure to clients' trauma can affect counselors' personal and professional wellness. Vicarious traumatization can impair counselors' current and future clinical work...

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Published in:The Professional Counselor (Greensboro, N.C.) N.C.), 2015-12, Vol.5 (4), p.529-542
Main Authors: Hayden, Seth C. W, Williams, Derick J, Canto, Angela I, Finklea, Tyler
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Care and treatment
Case studies
Counselor supervision
Counselors
Health aspects
Methods
Psychological aspects
Secondary traumatic stress
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Summary:Counselors continually encounter clients who have experienced emotional and psychological trauma. Repeated vicarious exposure to clients' trauma can affect counselors' personal and professional wellness. Vicarious traumatization can impair counselors' current and future clinical work and lead to significant distress. Clinical supervisors can play an important role in assessing and supporting counselors' wellness related to vicarious traumatization. The purpose of this article is to introduce a framework and related strategies for counseling supervisors based on wellness theory to address vicarious traumatization in counselors. A case study is provided to illustrate an integrated wellness approach to supervision. Keywords: vicarious traumatization, counselor wellness, clinical supervision, emotional trauma, psychological trauma
ISSN:2164-3989
2164-3989
DOI:10.15241/scwh.5.4.529