Reddit reviews Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others

You both should read Trauma Stewardship. Saved my career and relationship.

I can't recommend this book enough for those of us exposed to vicarious trauma.

Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others

Please get this book: Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others
https://www.amazon.com/dp/157675944X/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_odMPAbXM6QPZP

It will help you continue to do this job. Thank you for being there for these kiddos. Don't forget to be there for yourself :)

GROUP THERAPY:
Title: The College Counselor's Guide to Group Psychotherapy
Editors: Michele D. Ribeiro, Josh M. Gross, and Marcee M. Turner
Link: https://www.crcpress.com/The-College-Counselors-Guide-to-Group-Psychotherapy/Ribeiro-Gross-Turner/p/book/9781138681965


Title: Attachment in Group Psychotherapy
Author: Cheri Marmarosh
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Attachment-Group-Psychotherapy-Cheri-Marmarosh/dp/1433813211


Title: The Interpersonal Neurobiology of Group Psychotherapy and Group Process
Editors: Susan P. Gantt, Bonnie Badenoch
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Interpersonal-Neurobiology-Psychotherapy-International-Analysis/dp/1780491778



SUICIDALITY:
Title: Why people die by suicide
Author: Thomas Joiner
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Why-People-Suicide-Thomas-Joiner/dp/0674025490


BURNOUT / SELF-CARE:
Title: Trauma Stewardship
Author: Laura van Dernoot Lipsky and Connie Burk
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Trauma-Stewardship-Everyday-Caring-Others/dp/157675944X/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1527694086&sr=1-1


Title: The Upside of Stress: Why Stress is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It
Author: Kelly McGonigal
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Upside-Stress-Why-Good-You/dp/1101982934/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1527694165&sr=1-1
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I guess what I would do in the moment is to ask the OP (and anyone in a similar line of work): What do you do for self-care? How do you prevent/deal with burnout and vicarious traumatization? How do you decompress when you get home? Do you feel you have good boundaries between your work and the rest of your life? Do you feel you have good support from coworkers and others? If you need more support, help, boundaries, etc. than what you currently have, what can those around you do to help, and if you need to reach beyond them, where can you go, either in person or online?

And, finally, a book recommendation: Trauma Stewardship. It's an excellent guide for those whose capacity for empathy may be deep, but still has limits that can lead to the above problems of burnout and vicarious trauamatization.

With over 1700 comments, this one will probably get buried at this point, but i wanted to put this out here anyway in the hopes someone will see it and be better for it. And it's a reminder to re-read that book to keep myself in good shape to help others as well.

For books you could check out—

https://www.amazon.com/Compassion-Fatigue-Workbook-Transforming-Traumatization/dp/0415897904/ref=nodl_

https://www.amazon.com/Trauma-Stewardship-Everyday-Caring-Others/dp/157675944X/ref=nodl_

Check out the book Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others
https://www.amazon.com/dp/157675944X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_QnurDbTKT84SM

It’s a must have in this field.