Compassion Fatigue is the cost of caring for others, or for their emotional pain, resulting from the desire to help relieve the suffering of others. It is also known as vicarious or secondary trauma, referencing the way that other people’s trauma can become their own. Caregivers in the addiction and mental health field in meeting and providing for the needs and resources of their clients are in danger of becoming emotionally depleted by the intense needs of clients, and the workplace. This can result in a reduction in sense of accomplishment and feelings of inadequacy when clients do not respond, to efforts to help.