Compassion Fatigue Of Counselors

The mental health problems of counselors in our country are lacking attention.As a helper,counselors are sometimes in a state of compassion fatigue.When the counselor undergo compassion fatigue,their ability and interest of being empathic is reduced.Under the framework of the SOME model,we can analyze the differences between the counselor with different levels of compassion fatigue when they empathize pain.In this study,the subjects are required to fill in the Chinese Version of Compassion Fatigue-Short Scale and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index Scale,to finish the emotional empathy scale and the self-made questionnaire after watching the video and to answer the question of Faux Pas Recognition after listening audio.Based on the researches,some conclusions can be drawn:1.Among the counselors surveyed,the compassion fatigue has a significant positive correlation with empathy ability.2.There is no significant difference for counselors with different levels of compassion fatigue in the ability of emotional contagion and cognitive judgement.3.The Self-Other Switch of the counselors with high levels of compassion fatigue is less flexible.Therefore,they may handle more pressure when the situation is ever-changing.4.Faced with people in pain,the counselors with high levels of compassion fatigue have difficult to develop new emotions which are positive and nonisomorphic.5.The counselors with high compassion fatigue would pay more attention to"problems","responsibilities" and individual "with negative emotions".Personal preferences,values and life philosophies may influence the state of compassion fatigue.This study helps researchers to understand the mental health status of counselors.The counselors can understand the phenomenon of compassion fatigue and make corresponding adjustments to help themselves.Meanwhile,the results can provide evidence for further intervention studies.