Reducing Secondary Traumatic Stress

<p><em>Reducing Secondary Traumatic Stress</em> presents a model for supporting emotional well-being in workers who are exposed to the effects of secondary trauma. The book provides helping professionals with a portfolio of skills that supports emotion regulation and recovery from secondary trauma exposure and also that enhances the experience of the helping encounter. Each chapter presents evidence-informed skills that allow readers to regulate distressing emotions and to foster increased empathy for those suffering from trauma. <i>Reducing Secondary Traumatic Stress</i> goes beyond the usual discussion of burnout to talk in specific terms about what we do about the very real stress that is produced by this work. </p>