Treating Compassion Fatigue

Charles Figley, Ph.D., is a pioneer in the field of trauma studies. He is the Director of the Traumatology Institute and the founding Director of the Green Cross Projects in the School of Social Work at Florida State University. He is the founding president of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, the founding editor of the Journal of Traumatic Stress and editor of Traumatology. Among Dr. Figley's numerous publications are TheTraumatology of Grieving (1998) and the benchmark work, Compassion Fatigue: Coping With Secondary TraumaticStress Disorder in Those Who Treat the Traumatized (1995).

• Section I: Contemporary Views andFindingsIntroduction: Treating Compassion Fatigue, Charles Figley1. Diagnosis and Treatment of Helper Stresses Traumas and Illnesses, Paul Valent2. The Trauma of Working with Traumatized Children, TracyWoodard-Myers and Thomas A. Cornille3. Stress Responses of Mental Health Workers Following Disaster: The Oklahoma City Bombing, David F. Wee and DianeMyers4. Secondary Traumatic Stress in Case Managers Working in Community Mental Health Services, LenoreMeldrum, Robert King, and Darren Spooner5. Measuring Compassion Satisfaction As Well As Fatigue: Developmental History of the Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue Test, B. Hundall StammSection II: Treatment and PreventionInnovations6. The Accelerated Recovery Program for Compassion Fatigue, Eric Gentry, Anna B. Baranowsky andKathleen Dunning7. Humor as a Moderator of Compassion Fatigue, Carmen C. Moran8. The Silencing Response in Clinical Practice: On the Road to Dialogue, Anna B.Baranowsky9. Trauma Treatment Training for Bosnian and Croation Mental Health Workers, Geoffry D.White10. Strategies for Managing Disaster Mental Health Worker Stress Diane Myers and David F.WeeEpilogue, Charles R. FigleyIndex