Vicarious Trauma Overload

When social workers and mental health care providers are suffering, they can't gauge whether they are "being present" with their clients, or if they're inadvertently causing them harm, according to Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, who is the author of the widely read and well regarded book, Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self while Caring for Others, which describes "being present" as a "radical act." It states: "[I]t's not about what we do, what we say, or how we touch — it's about being present in a way that tells those who are suffering that they are not and never will be alone."

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