Animal shelter workers cope with ‘compassion fatigue’ Animal shelter workers in the Sacramento area are learning how to cope with “compassion fatigue,” a condition associated with the emotionally draining task of caring for abused and unwanted pets. The stress can take its toll, according to experts, in the form of “compassion fatigue. The phrase – more typically used to describe a condition common among nurses and doctors who treat trauma patients – increasingly is being applied to people who care for animals. “Animal care professionals are some of the most pain-saturated people I have ever worked with,” said J. Eric Gentry, a Florida psychotherapist and leader in the study of traumatic stress and compassion fatigue. “The very thing that makes them great at their work – their empathy and dedication and love for animals – makes them vulnerable.” BY CYNTHIA HUBERT sco.lt/60I8rR
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 03:05:12 +0000
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