Individuals' reactions to working with survivors of trauma are multiple and diverse. The present paper aims to pinpoint common reactions to trauma work and to elaborate the ways in which these might manifest It outlines experiential exercises aimed at helping workers: to reexamine their own original reasons for engaging with trauma survivors; and to identify both their initial and current reactions to such work. Further exercises are outlined that aim at eliciting solutions to the more negative responses which trauma elicits and in promoting and capitalising upon responses at individual and organisational levels.
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