What is Provider Trauma

If your organization employs medical professionals,
teachers, first responders, therapists or social workers, you need
a way to help them deal with Provider Trauma.

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Recognizing And Managing Vicarious
Trauma And Compassion Fatigue In Providers

Consulting and training to help you create a trauma-effective workplace

Frontline professionals are highly skilled  at helping people who have experienced trauma.

But their difficult and complex work can result in its own form of trauma in the provider. For example, if a counselor is treating soldiers who suffer from PTSD, she too may eventually develop symptoms of PTSD from the trauma she is exposed to while providing therapy. Some call it Secondary Traumatic Stress, Vicarious Trauma or Compassion Fatigue.

Provider Trauma:
A collective term for the consequent symptoms a
professional may have from helping others who have experienced trauma.

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And if it is not addressed in the workplace it can wreak havoc.

If your organization employs medical professionals, teachers, first responders, therapists or social workers, you need a way to help them deal with Provider Trauma. In addition to individual impact, your organization can experience negative impact as well.

Provider Trauma can result in:

  1. Decreased employee satisfaction
  2. Decreased productivity
  3. Low staff morale
  4. High turnover
  5. Professional burnout
  6. Poorer client outcomes

Create A Support System For Staff Members Dealing With Provider Trauma

As an organizational leader, you are responsible for addressing the impact of Provider Trauma. In professions like therapy, teaching, medical care and first responders, this is a significant issue and is rarely consistently or comprehensively addressed by company leaders.

The first step is recognizing that your team members may be impacted by vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and secondary traumatic stress. The next step is to create a supportive, trauma-effective workplace that helps them get the help they need in working through this Provider Trauma.

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