Vicarious Trauma in the Legal Profession: a practical guide to trauma, burnout and collective care
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Vicarious Trauma in the Legal Profession is a practical guide to trauma, burnout and collective care. Using case studies from lawyers in their own words, it provides the individual with tools for self-reflection and provides organisations with an understanding of trauma-informed working practices and guidance towards implementing collective care, training and support in the workplace.
Vicarious Trauma in the Legal Profession is essential reading for social justice lawyers across many areas of law and should be required reading for organisational leaders, HR managers, practice managers, representational and membership associations and those in charge of regulation of the professions.
Lawyers working in legal aid, social justice or with survivors of injury regularly work with traumatic and emotionally potent caseloads and often draw on skills for which they have had no formal training. They bear witness to the pain of clients, to the suffering that humans inflict upon each other, and to the incredible strength of survivors of violence, torture and abuse. They do this while dealing with the financial pressure of poor rates of pay, constantly overstretched resources and a relentlessly hostile political environment.
While there has been a growing conversation within the legal profession about the mental health of lawyers, much of it looks at mental health as a primarily personal issue: the individual s work/life balance and stress as a personal response. Vicarious Trauma in the Legal Profession draws focus to the impact of traumatic casework for lawyers and how collectively change can be made.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Legal Action Group (18 Feb. 2021) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 210 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1913648109 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1913648107 |
| Dimensions | 21.1 x 1.5 x 14.8 cm |
by Kindle Customer
As a male legal aid solicitor of around 20 years call I feel somewhat shut out of the conversation this book starts. This is a shame as the authors should not assume only women and newly qualified lawyers are affected by trauma.
by Virginia
This book addresses the topic of vicarious trauma with great success.
The authors have researched this subject extensively and drawn on case studies of legal professionals highlighting their perspectives.
An invaluable book for those seeking a better understanding of the effect of vicarious trauma in the legal profession and most importantly in helping those who have had or are experiencing such trauma.