Elizabeth Dansie is Owner and Director of The Psychological Services Group™ located in Concord, California.  She has provided a variety of psychological support services to numerous law enforcement and fire agencies since 1989.  Beth holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from St. Mary’s College and a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from San Francisco State University.  She is a certified trainer with the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, a United Nations Chartered organization whose focus is on emergency services stress.  She is a frequent trainer with the California Highway Patrol and holds Diplomat status with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. Elizabeth is a nationally recognized subject matter expert in Critical Incident Trauma and Stress Management and teaches at local, state and national levels on subjects regarding Resiliency, Critical Incident Stress, Peer Support, Emergency Services Psychology, Line of Duty Death, and many others. She authored and developed the “Not One More” program of suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention for the California Highway Patrol, as well as a course in first responder resilience titled “Kevlar For the Mind”.   Members of the CHP Peer Support Team presented these training programs throughout California.  In addition, she has provided thousands of hours of counseling services to emergency services personnel and their family members. Beth has responded to several hundred critical ….. [Read More]