This study aims to deeply explore the essential meaning of burnout experienced by staff members in organizations supporting victims of gender-based violence (women's violence). This burnout occurs during the process of intervening in victims' traumati...
This study aims to deeply explore the essential meaning of burnout experienced by staff members in organizations supporting victims of gender-based violence (women's violence). This burnout occurs during the process of intervening in victims' traumatic crises and providing them with emotional support and practical assistance.
For this purpose, in-depth interviews were conducted with four staff members who had worked for more than three years in a women's violence support organization and had experienced both burnout and recovery. The data were analyzed using Giorgi's phenomenological research method. The analysis resulted in the extraction of 102 meaning units, 16 sub-categories, and 5 super-ordinate categories.
The five super-ordinate categories identified are: 'The Overture to a Collapsing Balance', 'The Temperature of Exhausted Body and Heart', 'Facing the Shattered Self', 'Steps Toward Recovery', and 'Re-examining the Reason for Being'.
This study provides a profound understanding of the burnout experience among staff in women's violence support organizations and suggests practical implications for developing prevention and recovery support measures based on these findings.