A therapist meets with a client. Source: NoSystem Images/iStock For most caregivers and others in the mental health profession who work with suffering individuals, it is a calling to do this work, not ...

In professions requiring emotional investment and exposure to others’ struggles, terms like compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma often come up. While these conditions share some similarities, they ...

The 20th-century French philosopher Simone Weil once said that compassion was an impossibility. She said it is "a more ...

In the field of palliative of care, there is ever-increasing interest in the concept of compassion fatigue. Related topics include stress, burnout, self-care, and work-life balance. Little attention ...

designed by Charles R. Figley, founder of the International Traumatology Institute, measures levels of compassion fatigue, burnout, and satisfaction and can give those who take the test an indication ...

Sandy Bruno, youth and family coordinator at Comfort Zone Camp, a national nonprofit bereavement camp for grieving families, experienced compassion fatigue in the aftermath of her husband's death. She ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The stress of working in animal welfare can be overwhelming at times. Compassion fatigue describes the physical, emotional, and psychological impact of helping others, ...

In most Western countries, professional standards dictate that physicians should practice medicine with compassion. Patients also expect compassionate care from physicians because it represents a ...

Therapists often enter the profession because they believe in healing, growth, and the power of human connection. But when a patient’s progress feels slow or uncertain, that same compassion can become ...

Carolina Pulido Ariza does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

We're all tired and could do with a four-day working week... and have a lot going on in our personal lives. But, while you may have heard of burnout (where prolonged stress affects our wellbeing), ...