Vicarious Trauma: What You Need to Know

Welcome to the “Vicarious Trauma: What You Need to Know” video lesson created to inform viewers about how vicarious trauma can impact those in the helping professions. 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 about the relationship between trauma and vicarious trauma as well as the main ideas necessary to understand vicarious trauma. The lesson also covers the symptoms associated with vicarious trauma. (Keywords: secondary trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout, PTSD)