The Reality of Vicarious Traumatization
Episode 12 of the Playful Parenting Podcast podcast, hosted by Andrew Barnett, titled "The Reality of Vicarious Traumatization" was published on August 12, 2019 and runs 18 minutes.
August 12, 2019 ·18m · Playful Parenting Podcast
Summary
On this episode of Play Time, we cover vicarious traumatization. Vicarious traumatization is when helping professionals take on some of the trauma and pain of the clients they see as they are empathetically connecting with them to help them heal. We explore why this is a particular difficulty for play therapists, and what play therapists can do to ameliorate the effects of working with individuals with trauma. Ideas regarding post-traumatic play were based on reading Eliana Gil's 'Posttrauma...
Episode Description
On this episode of Play Time, we cover vicarious traumatization. Vicarious traumatization is when helping professionals take on some of the trauma and pain of the clients they see as they are empathetically connecting with them to help them heal. We explore why this is a particular difficulty for play therapists, and what play therapists can do to ameliorate the effects of working with individuals with trauma.
Ideas regarding post-traumatic play were based on reading Eliana Gil's 'Posttraumatic Play in Children- What Clinicians Need to Know' which is wonderful. I've left a link to it below:
https://www.guilford.com/books/Posttraumatic-Play-in-Children/Eliana-Gil/9781462528820/reviews
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