Trauma Informed Support and Supervision for Child Protection Professionals

This book examines the impact of vicarious trauma on legal professionals, integrating research on causes, responses, and protective strategies recognized across human services. It highlights how common conditions such as burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary traumatic stress are exacerbated in law by stigma around mental health, poor leadership, weak supervision, and an adversarial “law-as-business” culture. The text offers evidence-based strategies to help lawyers, law firms, and legal educators build trauma-informed practices, enhance self-awareness, and maintain wellbeing, fostering resilience and professional thriving.

Key Features:

• Explores vicarious trauma, burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary traumatic stress in legal professionals.
• Discusses workplace factors that increase vulnerability, including stigma, poor leadership, and adversarial culture.
• Offers practical strategies and evidence-based tools for managing stress and trauma in legal practice.
• Provides guidance for legal education and practice management to promote resilience and self-awareness.
• Serves as a resource for lawyers, law firm managers, supervisors, educators, and students seeking trauma-informed approaches.
• Emphasizes the importance of wellbeing, mental health, and professional thriving in the legal profession.