As an attorney, how often do you think about how a case impacts you mentally and emotionally? Do you take time to move beyond the outcome to consider how you may have internalized all that happened during the case?

From my experience, lawyers are focused on their clients and don’t often see the traumatic impact a case can have on their lives too.

This is called vicarious trauma. Vicarious trauma is the experience of absorbing others’ pain in times of distress so deeply that it affects your well-being. People come to lawyers at some of the lowest points in…

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