This week I sat down with Lesly Rodriguez to explore about her very personal story of vicarious trauma.

How her work environment was traumatic, how she knew it was happening, and her journey to overcome it.

She shares exactly what it looks like, gives real stories of her work with people who have mental illness, and actionable things you can do now if this is also your experience and to help someone.

This is a must-know for every competent social worker. We must know how to identify vicarious trauma, work through it, and help others through this experience too.

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Here’s some suggestions for more reading:

Secondary traumatic stress and vicarious trauma: A validational study

Sharon Rae Jenkins, Stephanie Baird

Journal of Traumatic Stress: Official Publication of The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 15 (5), 423-432, 2002

Vicarious traumatization: implications for the mental health of health workers?

Rachel Sabin-Farrell, Graham Turpin

Clinical psychology review 23 (3), 449-480, 2003