Self-care for Mental Healthcare Providers Working with Trauma Survivors

​Our lab is currently in the planning stage of an exciting project focusing on psychologists, social workers, counselors, and other mental health and helping professionals who work frequently with survivors of trauma. We plan to sample these helping professionals from within the Veterans Affairs systems of Illinois and, if possible, other states, with the goals of identifying aspects of self-care that may be most important for these providers who may be at greatest risk for compassion fatigue, vicarious traumatization, and other possible consequences of working closely with survivors of trauma.