{"product_id":"the-sum-of-light-preventing-and-healing-trauma-moral-injury-and-burnout-in-the-helping-professions-paperback","title":"The Sum of Light: Preventing and Healing Trauma, Moral Injury, and Burnout in the Helping Professions - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLara Palay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBurnout is not a personal failure. It is an occupational hazard.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Sum of Light\u003c\/i\u003e, trauma therapist and educator \u003cb\u003eLara Palay\u003c\/b\u003e explores the hidden costs of caring: empathetic distress, moral injury, and burnout. Drawing on decades of clinical experience, neuroscience, trauma theory, and lived experience, Palay speaks directly to those in the helping professions who encounter and endure trauma every day.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough vivid stories, memorable metaphors, and practical wisdom, this book illuminates how trauma can affect helpers even when they are not the ones directly harmed-and how it can slowly erode meaning, hope, and connection if left unaddressed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sum of Light\u003c\/i\u003e offers ways forward: tools for emotional regulation, reconnection, ritual, and self-compassion that make sustained, humane work possible.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten for clinicians, caregivers, educators, first responders, and anyone who serves on the front lines of human suffering, \u003ci\u003eThe Sum of Light\u003c\/i\u003e affirms a simple truth: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThose who give care also deserve care.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And tending to that truth might be the most important work of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLara Palay, MSW, LISW-S, is a psychotherapist with nearly 30 years in private practice specializing in trauma and loss. A co-founder of Aldridge Palay Consulting, Ms. Palay started her career as an hourly worker in the mental health field and went on to be a supervisor and clinical director for multiple mental health agencies. In addition to clinical practice, she has taught social work graduate students for more than a decade. Ms. Palay served as the project manager for the Mental Illness and Developmental Disabilities Coordinating Center of Excellence for the state of Ohio, helping to advance trauma awareness in dual diagnosis. She is the author of The Way Through: Trauma Responsive Care for Intellectual and Developmental Disability Professionals. Ms. Palay lives with her husband and a random assortment of spoiled pets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377575846195,"sku":"9798994234501","price":41.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/hIxGKehYcZ9798994234501.webp?v=1779325923","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-sum-of-light-preventing-and-healing-trauma-moral-injury-and-burnout-in-the-helping-professions-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}