Känslor smittar : En studie om att hantera känslor och förebygga sekundär traumatisering bland socialarbetare ur professionella handledares perspektiv

Sammanfattning: The aim of this study is to reach a deeper understanding of which feelings counsellors encounter among social workers and how they deal with these, as well as how counsellors can prevent secondary trauma among social workers. This study is based on six semi-structured interviews with professional counsellors who are counselling social workers in the social services, who work with children and adolescents. The data is analyzed by using a thematic analysis. The analysis of the result is interpreted with the theory of emotional labor.This study indicates that counsellors face strong emotions among social workers, something the counsellors need to manage. Counsellors also need to manage their own feelings,something the majority do by taking support of colleagues. To prevent secondary traumaamong social workers, it is important to talk about it, to have knowledge about it and that thesocial workers harbor each other’s feelings. However, the counselling cannot prevent secondary trauma by itself. The findings are in line with previous research, but this study focuses on the counsellor’s perspective, something that is absent in the current research field.