. Do you find yourself questioning who you are as a counselor, as a man or woman as a parent or human? In what ways? 2. Has your exposure to traumatic life events resulted in changes in the way you view the world, including causality, life philosophy, and moral principles? Have you experienced an emergence of cynical beliefs?
Vicarious Trauma Self-Assessment The following questions were adapted from this source: · Pearlman, L.A., Saakvitne, K.W., (1995). Treating therapists with vicarious traumatization and secondary traumatic stress disorders. In C. R. Figley’s (Ed.) Compassion Fatigue: Coping with Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder. Levittown, PA: Brunner/Mazel. Frame of Reference: identity, Worldview, and Spirituality 1. Do you find yourself questioning who […]


