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Jay asked in Social ScienceSociology · 7 years ago

Question for social workers, how much stress does it put on you?

I want to go into social work and this is for all social workers, people who work with people near death, child protection, juvinile workers, does it put a lot of stress on you?

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  • 7 years ago

    While it can certainly put some stress on you.....you wouldn't be good if it didn't, you learn to detach a little from your clients or you will crack. In Traumatic Incident Reduction Therapy you learn to build trust with your client but also detaching so you don't absorb their trauma. Kind of like how doctors and police have to detach from their daily lives or they wouldn't last a week.

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