Breaking down Vicarious Trauma: Supporting Trauma Workers Who Work among Survivors of Sex Trafficking in India
subject: Empowerment; trauma workers; vicarious trauma
description: Trauma workers who work at the grassroots levels of sex trafficking rehabilitation are face to face with the survivors struggle. Their roles are essential to lay the foundations of recovery and reintegration for the survivors. This article focuses on what vicarious trauma means and how acknowledging its presence as an occupational hazard will help shape organization policies and structures in a way that empowers trauma workers to continue to bring quality work from an intentional, supported, and grounded space. 2025 Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry.
creator: Zachariah, Anne; George, Tony Sam
source: Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry;Volume;41;Issue;4;pp.428-432
publisher: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
date: 01-01-2025
rights: All Open Access; Gold Open Access
relation: ISSN: 9719962; CODEN: ISPSE
format: online
language: English
type: Article
coverage: Zachariah A., Department of Psychological Sciences, Christ University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; George T.S., Department of Psychological Sciences, Christ University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India