Originally featured in the Summer 2026 issue of Corrections Today, “Secondary Trauma and the Corrections Chaplain: Why Whole-Person Self-Care Is Not Optional” addresses the hidden occupational hazards faced by those who minister in correctional facilities. Written by Sheridan Correa, the article examines how constant exposure to human suffering, grief, and crisis puts correctional chaplains at high risk for secondary traumatic stress and vicarious trauma. Correa introduces the CARE framework—a practical, trauma-informed self-care model designed to help chaplains establish healthy boundaries, maintain whole-person wellness, and sustain their vital calling without losing themselves in the process.

Article reprinted courtesy of Corrections Today.