This guidebook is written for those individuals who have chosen to dedicate a time in their life to work with abused
women, children and their abusers. It attempts to recognize the unique experience of anti-violence workers in Canada
and to promote individual, professional and organizational solutions to support them. While the material in this guidebook
focuses on vicarious trauma, it briefly covers other issues and disciplines that are relevant and beneficial to the topic. The
vast body of material on stress and burnout, for example, provides resources for identifying individual
