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Secondary Traumatic Stress & Self-Care for Practitioners Flashcards

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  1. What does 'resourcing' mean as a self-care strategy for CDT practitioners?

    Answer: Intentionally drawing on internal strengths and external supports to build resilience against occupational trauma exposure

    Resourcing — a somatic and trauma-informed concept — involves deliberately activating personal strengths, memories, and supports to build regulatory capacity.

  2. What is the relationship between a practitioner's own trauma history and their risk for STS in CDT work?

    Answer: Unresolved personal trauma can increase STS vulnerability, while worked-through trauma may increase empathy and effectiveness

    Unresolved personal trauma creates additional vulnerability to STS through resonance with client material, making personal therapy and self-awareness important for CDT practitioners.

  3. Which type of clinical setting has been associated with highest rates of STS among disability trauma practitioners?

    Answer: Residential or institutional settings with high caseloads and limited supervision

    Institutional and residential settings often combine high trauma exposure, heavy caseloads, systemic dysfunction, and inadequate clinical oversight — maximizing STS risk.

  4. What is the purpose of a practitioner self-care plan in CDT professional development?

    Answer: To proactively identify personal warning signs of STS and establish strategies before distress impairs functioning

    A proactive self-care plan creates structured awareness of one's own STS warning signs and established responses, preventing impairment from reaching the point of harming clients.

  5. What ethical duty does a CDT practitioner have regarding their own mental health and STS?

    Answer: To seek help and reduce or modify practice when STS is impairing professional functioning

    Impaired practitioners pose an ethical risk to clients — the duty to maintain competence includes addressing personal mental health conditions including STS.

  6. Which concept describes the transformation of STS into a source of professional growth and increased empathy when properly processed?

    Answer: Vicarious resilience

    Vicarious resilience, described by Hernández et al., occurs when practitioners witness client resilience in the face of trauma and are transformed positively by that witness.