As a therapist, counselor, coach, or educator, you carry the weight of your clients' stories. This quick check helps you see where you are thriving and where compassion fatigue may be taking a toll. Based on the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL-5), a widely used tool for measuring compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress in helping professionals.
Here is a look at how you are doing across six parts of professional and personal wellness. Lower scores may point to areas where burnout or compassion fatigue is showing up — and where support can help.
Your Social score suggests you process difficult client experiences alone. Isolation is a known risk factor for secondary traumatic stress — connecting with peers is one of the strongest protective steps you can take.
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