Vicarious Trauma And Burnout In Law Managing Psychological Stress To Promote Safety Performance And Wellbeing In Legal Practice | Mental Health

This book integrates research on the causes responses and protective strategies for vicarious trauma that are recognised in a range of human services and argues their relevance to the legal profession. Examining related conditions that are common among lawyers - including burnout compassion fatigue and secondary trauma stress – the text reveals how lawyers’ vulnerability to trauma is aggravated by stigma against mental health concerns in workplaces with poor leadership weak supervision and an adversarial “law-as-business” approach. The author proposes adaptions to legal education and practice management to help lawyers cope with stress and trauma use their work experiences to improve their self-awareness maintain their wellbeing and ultimately to thrive in their work. Rich in evidence-based practices strategies and tools this book serves to help individuals workplaces and law schools become trauma-informed. An indispensable guide for lawyers law firm managers and supervisors as well as legal educators and students seeking to enhance their resilience self-awareness and wellbeing in readiness for legal practice. |Vicarious Trauma and Burnout in Law Managing Psychological Stress to Promote Safety Performance and Wellbeing in Legal Practice | Mental Health