Breaking down Vicarious Trauma: Supporting Trauma Workers Who Work among Survivors of Sex Trafficking in India

Trauma workers who work at the grassroots levels of sex trafficking rehabilitation are face to face with the survivor’s struggle. Their roles are essential to lay the foundations of recovery and reintegration for the survivors. This article focuses on what vicarious trauma means and how acknowledging its presence as an occupational hazard will help shape organization policies and structures in a way that empowers trauma workers to continue to bring quality work from an intentional, supported, and grounded space.