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Bowley, J., Cohen, K., Joseph, S., Murray, C., & Splevins, K.A. (2010). Vicarious Posttraumatic Growth Among Interpreters. Qualitative Health Research. 20(12), 1705-1716. Retrieved from SAGE Journals. doi:10.1177/1049732310377457
Clare, Karen, RECOGNISING OUR HUMANNESS, Minimising the impact of interpreting on our professional and personal selves. AUSIT 13th NATIONAL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING JILL BLEWETT MEMORIAL LECTURESaturday 4th November 2000Lennons Hotel Brisbane. Retrieved from: http://ausit.org/AUSIT/Documents/2000_jbl.pdf
Harvey, M.A. (2003). Shielding Yourself From the Perils of Empathy: The Case of Sign Language Interpreters. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 8
(2), 207-213. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/42658653
Harvey, Michael A. (2001). The hazards of empathy: Vicarious trauma of interpreters for the Deaf. http://www.michaelharvey-phd.com/pages/hazards.htm.
Macdonald, Jami L. (2015) "Vicarious Trauma as Applied to the Professional Sign Language Interpreter," Montview Liberty University Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 1: Iss 1, Article 6.
Vigor, J. (2012). Vicarious Trauma and the Professional Interpreter. The Trauma & Mental Health Report. Retrieved from: http://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/2012/01/vicarious-trauma and-the-professional- interpreter
Deliver the news and the reaction
Repeated exposure to oppression
CPC
"no correlation between interpreter's years of experience and the degree of severity in struggling with vicarious trauma"
(Andert & Trites)
WHO?
Hair dressers
Lawyers
Police officers
Social workers
Environmentalists
Healthcare
Doctors
Nurses
Front desk
Custodians
Billing
Interpreters
(-)
Over identification
Reliving trauma
Emotionally intense relationship
(+)
Increased compassion
New perspective
VPTG
Grounding
Support
(Vigor)
"emotional residue from exposure"
cumulative repeated
What do
I control?
HYDRATE
Reduces Cortisol
Vicarious Trauma:
The Aftermath of Empathy
"Walking in someone's shoes"
"Seeing through someone's eyes"
"...not only are interpreters exposed to disturbing events and information, but they channel it..."
(Vigor)
Michelle Clements