The below resources can help you overcome compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress. It is essential that caregivers also care for themselves!

Graham, L. (2013). Bouncing back. Novato, California: New World Library. Also by Linda Graham: Resilience: Powerful Practices for Bouncing Back from Disappointment, Difficulty, and Even Disaster.

Mathieu, F. (2011). The compassion fatigue workbook: Creative tools for transforming compassion fatigue and vicarious traumatization. New York: Routledge.

Rambo, S. (2010). Spirit and trauma: A theology of remaining. Louisville, KY: John Knox Press.

Rothschild, B. (2006). Help for the helper: The psychophysiology of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. New York: W.W. Norton.

Schwartz, J. (2012). You are not your brain: The 4-step solution for changing bad habits, ending unhealthy thinking, and taking control of your life. New York:Avery.

Van der Kolk, B. (2014).The body keeps the score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma.New York: Penguin.
