Helping the Helpers

June 16, 2017 by Shannon O'Neill, Psychotherapist

Mr. Rogers Helping Others — Photographer Jim Judkis captured the photo in 1978 at The Children’s Institute in Pittsburgh, then known as the Memorial Home for Crippled Children. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/fred-rogers-post-goes-viral/ – 2017 Copyright PBS.org

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would always say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of ‘disaster,’ I remember my mother’s words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.” Mister Rogers

I am honored to be facilitating a training today at the VA for staff on vicarious trauma. In a World, so riddled with bad news and heartbreak, it means the World to me to help the helpers.