Vicarious Trauma: What You Can Do About It

Welcome to the “Vicarious Trauma: What You Can Do About It” video lesson created to show that there are always steps to take in order to reduce the risk of vicarious traumatization in the workplace. This lesson is part of a mini-series on vicarious trauma, which focuses on explaining what this trauma entails and what people can do about it in their workplace. In this lesson, viewers will learn what they can do to reduce their own risk of vicarious trauma and to help coworkers who may be struggling. Also, they’ll learn what supervisors and the organization at large should be doing to help them. (Keywords: secondary trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout, PTSD)