Assignment:
Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Vicarious Traumatization Paper
The purpose of this assignment is to learn more about counselor burnout, vicarious traumatization, and compassion fatigue. You will be responsible for conducting an in-depth literature review about the Causation of counselor burnout, vicarious traumatization, and compassion fatigue. Below is the option chosen for you to write about. You are to write a 5 to 7 page literature review (title/reference page not included in number of pages) with a minimum of 5 peer-reviewed sources: The paper must be written in APA 6th Edition format.
Option One - Causation: Conduct a literature review of research related to the definitions and causes of counselor burnout, vicarious traumatization, and compassion fatigue.
The following headings must be included in your paper:
- Introduction
- Causation
- Literature Review
- Conclusion
Readings:
1. Personal and Contextual Predictors of Mental Health Counselors' Compassion Fatigue and Burnout
By Isabel A. Thompson, Ellen S. Amatea, Eric S. Thompson
2. Factor Structure of the Counselor Burnout Inventory in a Sample of Professional School Counselors
By Philip B. Gnilka, Aryn C. Karpinski, and Heather J. Smith
3. An Examination of Burnout Among School Counselors Guided by Stress-Strain-Coping Theory
By Kevin Wilkerson
4. Secondary traumatic stress, vicarious posttraumatic growth, and coping among health professionals; A comparison study.
By Shekinah Manning-Jones, Ian de Terte