Human Services Professionals

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Caring for others often takes "Super Human" efforts, but those who care are not super human characters.  Stress, Burnout, and Compssion Fatigue takes a toll on those who often "care the most".  Compassion Fatigue has been designated as the "the stress of caring too much."  Sounds familiar?  Teachers, Principals, Attorneys, Social Workers, and even, Customer Service Representatives can be impacted.

Academic Teachers and Stress - A great article on Teachers Managing Stress, “From Chaos to Coherence: Managing Teacher Stress”, by Michele Israel, Education World

Attorneys and Stress - A great article on Attorneys and Burnout, "Combating Attorney Burnout, By David M. Bateson & Tim Hart
Attorneys as a rule are not strangers to stress, but employers should take care that the work environment they create is motivating their attorneys to excel and not contributing to attorney burnout.”


Social Workers and Stress - A great article on the ethics of social worker compassion fatigue, Compassion Fatigue: Being an Ethical Social Worker”, Contributed by Tracy C. Wharton, M.Ed., MFT

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