The First Responder Healing Manual
The First Responder Healing Manual

Author: Chris Adsit

Publisher:

Published: 2014-12-20

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9780967122786

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Every day, first responders immerse themselves in the chaos and confusion of other people's very bad days. Eventually, it takes a toll. How do you handle it? Suck it up and drive on - right? But which is best: to stuff it, employ temporary coping mechanisms and self-medicate in harmful ways, or to experience actual healing and resilience from God - your Creator and Healer? This interactive manual combines best practices from the medical and mental health communities with the timeless principles from the Bible that have addressed the effects of stress and trauma for centuries. In this manual you will find step-by-step principles that will help you: -Understand how the stress and trauma you experience in the line of duty affects you physically, psychologically and spiritually. -Become intentional about creating a healing environment for yourself and your family. -Adopt therapeutic spiritual disciplines. -Process your loss and grief. -Experience the freeing influence of giving and receiving forgiveness - from God and from others. -Rebuild your identity based on what God says about you. -Strengthen yourself spiritually against future stress and trauma. -Connect with those who will support you in positive ways. -Learn how to deal with Secondary Traumatic Stress, Burnout, and Compassion Fatigue. -Understand how to help your family as they respond to your stress and trauma. -Make plans for the future as a strengthened man or woman of God. While this manual is best employed in a small group environment where group members form a cohesive unit to encourage each other along, it can be used "solo" by a motivated individual who is serious about processing their stress and trauma and moving on to strength, stability and resilience for the future.

The Combat Trauma Healing Manual
The Combat Trauma Healing Manual

Author: Christopher B. Adsit

Publisher: Ingram

Published: 2007-09-24

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781419678202

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"This manual offers spiritual solutions for your struggles with PTSD. It combines the latest insights of the medical and counseling communities with the timeless principles of God's Word."--Cover

Treating Ptsd in First Responders
Treating Ptsd in First Responders

Author: Dr Richard A Bryant

Publisher:

Published: 2021-06-22

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781433835599

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Police, firefighters, and paramedics are highly exposed to traumatic events and experience markedly higher rates of PTSD than others in the community, also facing distinct organizational challenges that complicate their stress reactions. Often, this results in needs not addressed in manuals developed for people who have survived single traumatic events. This book provides an overview of theoretical and empirical frameworks for understanding PTSD in first responders and outlines practical, evidence-based approaches to assess and treat PTSD in these populations.

Bulletproof Spirit, Revised Edition
Bulletproof Spirit, Revised Edition

Author: Dan Willis

Publisher: New World Library

Published: 2019-08-27

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1608686329

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Suicide, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance abuse, and many more emotional and stress-related problems plague the first-responder community. Hundreds of thousands of these brave public servants have unwittingly become victims of the professions they once loved. However, the suffering that results from a professional life of sacrifice and service can be prevented and mitigated. As a thirty-year law-enforcement veteran, retired police captain, and police academy instructor, Dan Willis has witnessed the damage of emotional trauma and has made it his personal mission to safeguard and enhance the wellness and wholeness of police officers, firefighters, EMTs, emergency-room personnel, and soldiers. Bulletproof Spirit offers field-tested expertise designed to be used by all first responders — and their families — to heal themselves and continue serving with compassion and strength.

When War Comes Home
When War Comes Home

Author: Marshéle Carter Waddell

Publisher:

Published: 2008-10-16

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781439208908

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When War Comes Home combines spiritual comfort and practical, Christ-centered solutions for wives of combat veterans struggling with the hidden wounds of war including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

POWER
POWER

Author: Konstantinos Papazoglou

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2019-11-14

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 0128178736

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Power: Police Officer Wellness, Ethics, and Resilience collectively presents the numerous psychic wounds experienced by peace officers in the line of duty, including compassion fatigue, moral injury, PTSD, operational stress injury, organizational and operational stress, and loss. Authors describe the negative repercussions of these psychic wounds in law enforcement decision-making, job performance, job satisfaction, and families. The book encompasses evidence-based strategies to assist law enforcement agencies in developing policy programs to promote wellness for their personnel. The evidence-based techniques presented allow officers to get a more tangible and better understanding of the techniques so that they apply those techniques when on and off-duty. With forewords authored by Dr. John Violanti (Distinguished Police Research Professor) and Dr. Tracie Keesee, Vice President of the Center of Policing Equity, this book is an excellent resource for police professionals, police wellness coordinators, early career researchers, mental health professionals who provide services to law enforcement officers and their families, and graduate students in psychology, forensic psychology, and criminal justice. - Platinum Award Winner 2019, Homeland Security Awards - American Security Today - Provides reader with evidence-based strategies to promote officer wellness - Covers compassion fatigue, moral injury, PTSD, operational stress, and more - Written by established scholars and professionals from a law enforcement context

EMDR with First Responders
EMDR with First Responders

Author: Marilyn Luber, PhD

Publisher: Springer Publishing

Published: 2015-09-23

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 0826132227

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In eBook Format! Praise for Implementing EMDR Early Mental Health Interventions for Man-Made and Natural Disasters, from which this eBook is compiled: "In this latest insightful volume gathered and edited by Marilyn Luber, the authors have combined the lessons learned with personal accounts of how they proceeded. There is still much to be done to integrate mental health care effectively into disaster response worldwide, but this volume will help to point the way to best practices." -Robert Gelbach, PhD Past Executive Director at EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs EMDR Therapy is a psychotherapy approach based on standard procedures and protocols. Using these standard procedures and protocols as its template, this book presents step-by-step scripts that enable new practitioners and seasoned EMDR clinicians, trainers, and consultants alike to incorporate EMDR Therapy into their case conceptualizations and treatment plans when working with first responders who have suffered acute stress injuries during man-made and natural disasters. These scripts can be put to use immediately and retain the complete integrity of EMDR Therapy by presenting the three-prong protocol (past memories, present triggers, and future templates) and the 11-step procedure essential to the standard practice of EMDR Therapy. They reinforce the specific parts, sequence, and language used to create an effective outcome, and illustrate how clinicians are using this framework to work with a variety of therapeutic difficulties and modalities while maintaining the integrity of the AIP model. The eBook illuminates early intervention procedures for first responders and protective service workers who must assist populations in the aftermaths of catastrophic events. It includes information and summary sheets created specifically for different types of first responders including firefighters and EMS professionals, the police, and the military. It also includes an underground trauma protocol designed for trauma related to mining disasters, and a “Blind to Therapist Protocol.” Key Features: Provides protocols for practicing EMDR with first responders to man-made and natural disasters Includes concise summary sheets for quick information retrieval in perilous circumstances Presents specific protocols for use with firefighters, EMS responders, the police, the military, and first responders to mining disasters Offers step-by-step scripts that enable practitioners to enhance their expertise more quickly Highlights international perspectives

Bulletproof Spirit, 3rd Edition
Bulletproof Spirit, 3rd Edition

Author: Willis Dan Captain

Publisher:

Published: 2025-03-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781955831048

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A state-of-the-profession update of the pioneering guide for peace officers and other first responders -- and those who care about them Post-traumatic stress, suicide, and various emotionally distressing psychological symptoms plague the first responder professions. The daily work traumas experienced by these public servants can injure the brain's normal functioning and ultimately can become crippling, impairing their ability to professionally serve and to remain well and at peace. This book has given hope to thousands of peace officers, firefighters, EMTs, healthcare professionals, and military personnel by offering a path toward wholeness to recover, heal, and enhance resilience and physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness. Retired police captain Dan Willis, with forty years in the profession (thirty as an officer and ten training first responders), presents more than forty evidence-based wellness and resilience strategies in this book. Bulletproof Spirit provides a proven survival and wellness blueprint that offers peace officers and other first responders the best chance to heal and thrive throughout their careers.

Spiritual First Responder Training Manual
Spiritual First Responder Training Manual

Author: Michael J. Politoski

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-09-29

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9781977826169

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This manual was written as a how-to guide for ministering to people in need of healing. Within the pages of this book, you will find helpful methods that were used when Jesus Christ walked the Earth healing the sick. Many are surprised to learn that Jesus still heals today. His miraculous power is readily available to those who desire to learn how to use it. The concepts presented in this book are backed up with scripture references, showing you exactly what the Bible says about this exciting subject. The author, Michael Politoski, has spent thousands of hours researching what works, and what doesn't work when it comes to healing. Here, he puts his vast knowledge and personal ministry experience into written form, in a light, conversational manner. It takes no special anointing or calling to minister to the sick, only a willingness to do what Jesus has commanded us to do. You can learn to heal the sick with the Spiritual First Responder Training Manual.

Addiction and Recovery for First Responders
Addiction and Recovery for First Responders

Author: Drew Prochniak

Publisher:

Published: 2019-06-19

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780578519159

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Addiction & Recovery for First Responders is the first book of its kind to address the unique culture of public safety professionals and the problems they face related to substance abuse. This concise book includes self assessments, practical information for seeking help, navigating recovery and so much more. This resource is intended to provide useful information to emergency service personnel, their families, co-workers and supervisors.