Compassion fatigue is common in caring professions – from GPs to unpaid carers.
Supporting and understanding each other through difficult times is vital, writes Adam Birch, Carers WA Manager Counselling Team.
One of the greatest challenges we face working in a caring profession is what we do with the build-up of emotional fatigue engendered by exposure to other peoples’ emotional pain and suffering.
How does one handle the compassion fatigue as we see client after client? Some say that’s what we are remunerated for, others encourage the need for regular breaks and attending to a...
Supporting and understanding each other through difficult times is vital, writes Adam Birch, Carers WA Manager Counselling Team.
One of the greatest challenges we face working in a caring profession is what we do with the build-up of emotional fatigue engendered by exposure to other peoples’ emotional pain and suffering.
How does one handle the compassion fatigue as we see client after client? Some say that’s what we are remunerated for, others encourage the need for regular breaks and attending to a...
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