Close contact with trauma survivors is an element of employment that court employees experience regularly. However, most employees, and even court managers, give little thought to the effects this contact may have on their personal and professional lives. Until recently, the fact that this secondhand connection to trauma could be a professional hazard for those working in the court system was rarely acknowledged, but it can indeed lead to symptoms that become overwhelming and possibly career threatening to the employee.…
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