Compassion Fatigue: Caring for Professional Caregivers

Compassion Fatigue: Caring for Professional Caregivers Resource List

Books:

Figley, Charles R. Compassion Fatigue: Coping with Traumatic Stress Disorder in Those Who Treat the Traumatized. New York: Brunner-Routledge, 1995.

Figley, Charles R., Editor. Treating Compassion Fatigue. New York: Brunner-Routledge, 2002.

La Rowe, Karl. Breath of Relief: Transforming Compassion Fatigue Into Flow. Boston: Acanthus Publishing, 2005.

Saakkvitne, Karen and Pearlman, Laurie. Transforming the Pain: A Workbook on Vicarious Traumatization. New York: W.W. Norton and Co, 1996.

Skovholt, Thomas. The Resilient Practitioner: Burnout prevention and Self Care Strategies for Counselors, Therapists, Teachers and Health Professionals. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2001.

Wicks, Robert J. Overcoming Secondary Stress in Medical and Nursing Practice. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Articles:

Costa, Donna M. Compassion Fatigue: Self Care Skills for Practitioners. OT Practice, November 2005, pg. 13-18

Endicott, Lanny. (2006, October) Self-Care of the Professional: Managing Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in One’s Practice. Presented at the North American Association of Christians in Social Work conference, Philedelphia, PA.

Fahy, Annie. (2007) The Unbearable Fatigue of Compassion: Notes from a Substance Abuse Counselor Who Dreams of Working at Starbucks. Clinical Social Work Journal. 35: 199-205.

Figley, Charles. Compassion Fatigue: An Introduction. Florida State University Traumatology Institute. See article in website: ww.giftfromwithin.org/html/articles.html

Gentry, Eric. (2002) Compassion Fatigue: A Crucible of Transformation. Journal of Trauma Practice, 1 (3/4), 37-61.

(continued) Joinson, Carla. (1992) Coping with Compassion Fatigue. Nursing, April, 116-120.

Jones, Sally Hill. (2005) A Self Care Plan for Hospice Workers. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 22 (2), March / April, 125-128.

Pfifferling, John-Henry and Gilley,Kay. (2000) Overcoming Compassion Fatigue. Family Practice Management, April. http://www.aafp.org/fpm/20000400/39over.html

Thompson, Gretchen. Exploring the Relationship between Faith Development and Compassion Fatigue in Hospice Practitioners. Chaplaincy Today, 23 (2), Autum / Winter, 25-31.

Roberts, Stephen. (2003) Compassion Fatigue Among Chaplain, Clergy and Other Respondents after September 11th. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 191, November, 756-758.

Contact:

Cheryl Amrich, Staff Chaplain Caritas Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center 736 Cambridge St. Brighton, MA 02135

617-789-2281 [email protected]