Compassion Trauma Theory
Compassion Fatigue is the latest in an evolving concept that is known in the field of
Traumatology as Secondary traumatic stress. Most often this phenomenon is associated with the "cost of caring" (Figley, 2003) for others in emotional pain.
According to Gentry (2005), one of the earliest references in the scientific literature regarding the cost of caring comes from Carl G. Jung when he discussed the challenges of counter transference— the therapist’s conscious and unconscious reactions to the patient in the therapeutic situation — and the particular counter-transference difficulties analysts encounter when working with psychotic patients. Though Jung refers only to the effects of secondary trauma within a therapeutic setting, this eventually
Traumatology as Secondary traumatic stress. Most often this phenomenon is associated with the "cost of caring" (Figley, 2003) for others in emotional pain.
According to Gentry (2005), one of the earliest references in the scientific literature regarding the cost of caring comes from Carl G. Jung when he discussed the challenges of counter transference— the therapist’s conscious and unconscious reactions to the patient in the therapeutic situation — and the particular counter-transference difficulties analysts encounter when working with psychotic patients. Though Jung refers only to the effects of secondary trauma within a therapeutic setting, this eventually