Trauma-Informed Supervision and Related Predictors of Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Prelicensed Counsellors During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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2023
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In the current study, we examined individual factors, organizational factors, COVID-19 anxiety, and trauma-informed supervision as predictors of prelicensed counsellor burnout and secondary traumatic stress (STS). In a sample of 282 prelicensed counsellors, we conducted two hierarchical regression analyses for counsellor burnout and STS. The variables of interest accounted for 38% of the variance in counsellor burnout and 32% of the variance in counsellor STS. In the model of counsellor burnout, statistically significant variables included age, caseload, setting, COVID-19 anxiety, and trauma-informed supervision. For STS, statistically significant predictor variables were age, caseload, COVID-19 anxiety, and trauma-informed supervision. Implications of the findings for prelicensed counsellors, supervisors, and counselling researchers are discussed.

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burnout, secondary traumatic stress, COVID-19 anxiety, trauma-informed supervision, hierarchical regression, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, EXPERIENCES, ANTECEDENTS, VALIDATION, WELLNESS, Psychology, Applied
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Cook, R. M., & Fye, H. J. (2022). Trauma-Informed Supervision and Related Predictors of Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Prelicensed Counsellors During the COVID-19 Pandemic. In International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling (Vol. 45, Issue 2, pp. 310–329). Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-022-09493-x