S.O.S. Significant Other Survival

The Counseling Team International has developed this class specifically with the “significant other” in mind. Public safety wellness and job performance depends on the support and connection they experience at home. The more significant others understand about the public safety culture, the stressors of the job, and the effects this career has on personal lives, the BETTER the chance for healthy relationships and reduced stress on everyone. The inverse is true as well. Being a Responder spouse/significant is unique and challenging in many ways and we recognize this. This class is for the significant others of new recruits and seasoned veterans in the field of public safety.

Class Topics

• Phases of a career in public safety
• Dealing with stressors of the job /li>
• Suicide prevention and intervention
• Dealing with different types of stress
• Positive communication skills
• Ways to stay physically and mentally well
• How families can offer support
• Impact on children

This course was designed by a first responder spouse, for the first responder spouse. We do not recommend children, parents or other family members attend this course due to the sensitive and intimate nature of the topics that are discussed in the course.