When we examine vicarious trauma in Latino and other communities of color, we cannot separate individual experience from the ...

Vicarious identity occurs when people actually appropriate others’ stories as their own, as if they happened to them, integrating them as part of their own identity. Psychologists who are exposed to ...

Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CRP, DBH(s), of EFS Supervision Strategies, LLC., discusses key vicarious trauma concepts, how to assess it in the workplace, and strategies and available ...

Ellen Fink-Samnick, discusses how the pandemic is creating trauma among healthcare professionals and what can be done about it. Editor's note: On July 23, Ellen Fink-Samnick MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CRP, ...

Exposure to news and personal stories detailing traumatic events batters our emotional reserves. Whether conversing with a disaster victim or witnessing horrific images on social media or TV, our ...

Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why Trust Us? An elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was the site of the most recent mass ...

The images are graphic, disturbing, and endless, says a former Facebook employee. Her job as a content moderator required that she review and remove disturbing posts. That work, she claimed in a ...

In the wake of the attack on Capitol Hill and in the days before President-Elect Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20th, tensions are high across the country. If you're feeling particularly anxious ...