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Public Safety Receives Confidential Mental Health Counseling EAP Services Tailored to Treat First Responders

December 16, 2016

First responders help ordinary citizens in extraordinary ways.

But who helps them?

In a recent article from the San Bernardino Sun, “For San Bernardino terror attack first responders, healing is ongoing,” officers commented on the support they received and the impact on their lives.

Some officers in this article said they appreciated the mental health services provided, on scene or through their EAP, while others said they prefer working with a Peer Support Team.

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Filed Under: Services Tagged With: Confidential counseling, Depression, First responders, Law enforcement, Mental health recovery, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Public safety, San Bernardino Shootings, Terror attack

An unexpected journey with PTSD; A Commentary on One Man’s Story

March 7, 2016

By Nancy Bohl-Penrod, Ph.D., Director of the Counseling Team International (TCTI)

In the summer of 2015, San Diego firefighter/paramedic, Benjamin (Ben) Vernon developed post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) after surviving a violent knife attack while on duty. His personal account of that day and what followed, can be found in Unexpected Nightmares, published February 2016 in JEMS magazine. 1

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Filed Under: Services Tagged With: Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), Employee Assistance Services, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Integrative Psychotherapy, Mental Health Professionals, Nancy Bohl-Penrod, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Public Safety Peer Support Training, San Bernardino Shootings

Police Psychology | EMDR for LEOs

March 1, 2016

By Tammy McCoy-Arballo, Psy. D.
Inside Police Psychology, January 26, 2016

No, it is not hypnosis.

That is how the conversation usually starts when I talk to my clients about treating their trauma with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

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Filed Under: Services Tagged With: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Mental Health Professionals, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), San Bernardino Shootings, Tammy McCoy-Arballo

How To Heal From Psychological Injuries; 7 recommendations following the 2015 San Bernardino Shootings

February 20, 2016

By Nancy Bohl-Penrod, Ph.D., Director of the Counseling Team International (TCTI)

We are trained to respond to traumatic and inconceivably sad situations. On December 2, 2016, our Critical Incident Stress Management Team (CISM) was dispatched to the site of the San Bernardino, Inland Regional Center attacks, just blocks from our Headquarters office. What awaited us was the “active” situation of innocent people being escorted by law enforcement to safety, while other officers were securing the area, looking for victims and conducting a manhunt for the shooters.

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Filed Under: Services Tagged With: Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), Mental Health Professionals, Nancy Bohl-Penrod, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Public Safety Peer Support Training, San Bernardino Shootings

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