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Exciting Changes
We have a few changes going into effect here at the Psych Services Group™ (PSG) prior to our next quarterly trainings and wanted to bring you all up-to-date. Many of you know and have participated in classes, debriefings, and perhaps, benefited from one-on-one...
Personal Responses to Crisis
When unexpected, traumatic events occur, it is normal to have strong reactions. Sometimes these appear immediately after the event, and sometimes they don’t evidence themselves for several days, weeks, or even months. While unpleasant, these reactions are normal and...
Taking Charge of Your Stress
While we may not be able to change the events that breed stress in our lives, we can change the way we feel about them, how we think about them, and how we handle them, ultimately reducing and even preventing stress. You can: GET ORGANIZED When we are stressed...
Helping Children Affected by First Responder Related Trauma and Tragedy
By Lauren Brown, M.A., M.F.T. When tragedy and trauma occur, it affects every person differently. Children may have an especially hard time coping with tragedy depending on their age and their cognitive development. There is no textbook way for helping your child...
Common Sense Stress Strategies
When processing our way through the aftermath of a critical incident it may seem simplistic or overly optimistic to believe that small things can make a difference in such an overwhelming impact but, as with so many things in life slow and steady often marks the...
Critical Incident Stress Management
The Standard of Care in Law Enforcement Support Services Reprinted with permission from the California Peace Officer, Winter 2012, pages 24-25 By Elizabeth Dansie, M.A. Preserving and enhancing the law enforcement human resource is a difficult enough task in the face...