This proposal is for a 1 hour and 50 minute symposium at the 2013 APA convention discussing resilience and compassion fatigue. The symposium will explore resilience skills and approaches that can help with compassion fatigue and posttraumatic stress. It will feature presentations by Drs. Charles and Kathy Figley on compassion fatigue and regeneration, Dr. Stanley Krippner on nightmares from combat, and Dr. Louis Hoffman on existential issues in trauma treatment. The symposium aims to discuss building resilience capabilities in practitioners and clients to counteract trauma.