
Help for the Helper
Preventing Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma in an Ever-Changing World: Updated + Expanded
Babette Rothschild(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 6. January 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-324-03049-2 (ISBN)
Description
Since the publication of the first edition of Help for the Helper in 2006, the world has changed. Significantly. Due to existing and growing threats of war, increasing areas of civil unrest, the COVID-19 pandemic, financial collapse, natural disasters and more, therapists and other helping professionals now often find themselves in a particularly tricky position: They are struggling to personally cope with traumas and massive stresses that are very similar to those experienced by their clients and others they serve.
To address these unique challenges, this revised and expanded edition now includes guidance for helping clients while maintaining therapists' own safety and sanity in crisis situations, managing the usual stresses and challenges during normal times, and tips for dealing with trauma when that is not a therapist's specialty. Topics include the neurophysiology and regulation of arousal, self-care during shared community/world crises, maintaining balance and strength, countertransference, somatic empathy, mirroring and mimicry.
To address these unique challenges, this revised and expanded edition now includes guidance for helping clients while maintaining therapists' own safety and sanity in crisis situations, managing the usual stresses and challenges during normal times, and tips for dealing with trauma when that is not a therapist's specialty. Topics include the neurophysiology and regulation of arousal, self-care during shared community/world crises, maintaining balance and strength, countertransference, somatic empathy, mirroring and mimicry.
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Edition
Second
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
1 photograph; 10 figures; 1 color insert
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-324-03049-2 (9781324030492)
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Additional editions

Babette Rothschild
Help for the Helper
Preventing Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma in an Ever-Changing World: Updated + Expanded
E-Book
12/2022
2nd Edition
W. W. Norton & Company
€26.99
Available for download
Previous edition

Babette Rothschild | Marjorie Rand
Help for the Helper
The Psychophysiology of Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma
Book
03/2006
WW Norton & Co
€50.95
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Person
Babette Rothschild, MSW, LCSW, is an internationally recognized PTSD specialist and best-selling author of seven books translated into twenty languages. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California.