The recent tsunami in Asia and major earthquake in Pakistan have highlighted problems long recognized in the helping professions. Caregivers have known well the potentially draining experiences of compassion fatigue from experiences of policemen, firefighters, paramedics and other emergency and rescue personnel, through doctors, nurses, psychotherapists and counselors, and not to overlook the family members and volunteers who come forward to help in individual challenges and collective disasters (Figley 1989a; 1989b; 1997; Figley and McCubbin 1983; Rosenheck and Thomson 1986)