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veryroundbird's review
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
This was one of my best reads of 2023—not that I read that many books since it turned out to be a challenging year. Primarily oriented at care workers, but a useful read for people who find themselves being a caretaker friend as well.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Medical trauma
vireogirl's review
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Many things I appreciated about this book. The thoughtful perspective on being present and deliberate to handle exposure to suffering. The diagrams on the inside covers. The funny illustrations bringing humor to a tough topic. The profiles giving first-person examples of the principles. The “try this” suggestions. Highly recommend if you are near people who are suffering and find yourself struggling or distancing.
Content Warnings
Minor: Addiction, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Grief, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury
nkugler's review
5.0
I feel that this book is great for people in the field of social work counselor and should be a book that people read in their first year of social work so they are prepare for their future.
tophat8855's review
3.0
I added this to my to-read list over 11 years ago, but I only just now got to listening to it. In the middle of a pandemic with climate change rearing it’s head, this book is just really ideal for anyone who works with people dealing with trauma, and for people who take on secondary trauma. I know we think of doctors and nurses and social workers and community organizers when we think of secondary trauma, but this book expands that to the scientists studying the changes to the climate and their despair about doing species and other losses.
There isn’t anything novel here, but I think That it would be useful as a reference. Talks about identifying and attending to burn out. Would recommend. 3 stars mostly because I’m not the target audience, but I guess that’s not the book’s fault, huh?
Listened to the author read it via Hoopla.
There isn’t anything novel here, but I think That it would be useful as a reference. Talks about identifying and attending to burn out. Would recommend. 3 stars mostly because I’m not the target audience, but I guess that’s not the book’s fault, huh?
Listened to the author read it via Hoopla.
joannabren's review
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
4.75
It took me awhile to finish this book, I think largely because I saw so much of my experience in the first half and I spent a lot of time thinking about all of the ways in which our society continues to fail those in need and those supporting them. This book is required reading for anyone doing this kind of work. It feels healing just to be seen. And the second half of the book contains concrete steps and exercises, which I appreciated.
lsparrow's review
5.0
a definite recommendation to everyone who does care work. I love that this book includes a broad definition including care of the planet.
One to come back to
I love the four directions model.
One to come back to
I love the four directions model.