There has been growing research interest in what we term empathy-based stress, a process
of traumatic stressor exposure, empathic experience, and adverse reactions among …

Background The negative impact of trauma work has been well documented in mental
health professionals. There are three main phenomena used to describe these effects …

This study applied transactional stress and coping theory to explore the contributions of
counselor gender, years of experience, perceived working conditions, personal resources of …

Social relationships are one of the most important facets of well-being and one of the
strongest links with both physical and psychological health. Romantic relationships …

The aim of the present study was to investigate the factors that help therapists maintain their
resilience to work stressors. Participants were Greek mental health practitioners (N= 163) …

In the past 20 years, research suggests that social workers and counselors are at risk of
developing secondary traumatic stress from working with traumatized client populations …

Given the intimate and emotional nature of counseling, counselors are often highly
susceptible to counselor burnout. Scholars have reported on how important it is for …

Over the course of psychotherapy supervision history, the supervisor-supervisee alliance
has increasingly emerged as a variable of preeminent importance in the conceptualization …

Due to the increasing number of clients seeking counseling who have experienced trauma,
counselors are at a greater risk for developing vicarious traumatization and becoming …

Frontline workers in homeless services work in a high‐intensity, emotionally consuming
environment, with frequent exposure to traumatic material with potentially significant …