A new documentary called “Portraits of Professional Caregivers” explores the secondary traumatic stress that caregivers such as doctors, therapists, and first responders experience on a daily basis.
It’s a look into the people whose line of work gives them what’s called secondary traumatic stress – the kind of toxic stress you experience from caring for people with PTSD. That includes social workers, police officers, doctors, therapists – anyone who is a professional caregiver to traumatized people.
The documentary was made by Vic Compher, a social worker and filmmaker, and his coproducer Rodney Whittenberg, a professional film score composer.
Whittenberg says it’s important to distinguish between PTSD and secondary traumatic stress. Caregivers may have a very different experience dealing with trauma than the people they care for.
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