That's a good question. Indeed, if we want to recruit more psychologists, we want to make sure that they are able to treat soldiers and victims without becoming affected themselves. Of course, when I go home at night, I don't rush to put on the movie Full Metal Jacket. I've been exposed to that kind of thing enough during the day. Obviously, we want to be careful with our human resources, I'm talking about people who work with soldiers and victims.
During training, psychologists and interveners learn how to remain vigilant to ward off professional fatigue, what is commonly known as compassion fatigue. I talked about this earlier. One has to ask oneself how one can decompress during the weekend, talk about other things, or in my case come to Parliament rather than listen to my clients' horror stories. By diversifying one's activities, one can remain in a profession for a long time.
What I say to the people I train is that this job is like a marathon and not a sprint. One has to pace oneself in order to remaining the profession for a long time. To remain empathetic towards victims and open to their distress, one must be available, and learn how to take care of oneself. Usually, this is rather effective.