self-care

ISSUP Philippines' Christmas Offering

Manila, Philippines,
ISSUP Philippines would like to invite you to give a gift to yourself this December! Join this workshop to Pause, Reflect and Connect.

Worker wellbeing

Created by
Network of Alcohol & other Drugs Agencies (NADA)

Taking care of your health is important no matter what you do for a living. But when it comes to AOD work it’s all the more important. Working in the AOD sector can be very rewarding but the passion and dedication that drives many who work in AOD sector can potentially lead to stress, burnout and even ‘compassion fatigue’ if not accompanied by solid self-care strategies.

Vicarious Trauma

Created by
American Counselling Association

The term vicarious trauma (Perlman & Saakvitne, 1995), sometimes also called compassion fatigue, is the latest term that describes the phenomenon generally associated with the “cost of caring” for others (Figley, 1982). Other terms used for compassion fatigue are:

  • secondary traumatic stress (Stemm, 1995, 1997)

  • secondary victimization (Figley, 1982)