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A colleague from a large metro office recently reached out asking how to help one of their leaders who is an empathic listener but struggling to keep fuel in her own tank. He wrote: “Do you have any guidance on how to train supervisors on how to deal with their colleagues’ issues? Employees see their […]

Missoula’s County Attorney says helping victims of violent crime is deeply rewarding work. But Kirsten Pabst adds there’s also a dark side to the job that’s not talked about enough.

In the wake of a number of brutal and vicious crimes in Missoula County that deeply affected law enforcement and prosecutors, Missoula County Attorney Kirsten Pabst developed a program that deals with what she termed ‘secondary trauma’ to help them deal with and recover from the effects of such prosecutions.