First Responder Psychology

04/25/2026

Virtual Training Announcement: Dispatchers: Getting Unstuck from Trauma While Stuck at the Console. July 10 11a-1p (PDT). $75

Dispatcher/ call-takers often can't use typical strategies recommended to other first responders since they're stuck at the console. Join me for a 2-hour live webinar offers proactive & responsive steps to lessen the impact of stress and trauma while AT the console. It begins with a plain-language discussion of the neurobiology of trauma to lay the groundwork for the recommended strategies that follow. You'll be given tools for managing distress and promoting adaptive processing that can be performed pre-emptively outside of work and in the moments of distressing calls while remaining at the console. Register Here:
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/ruxrxxp

04/25/2026

Do you feel Wired but Tired? Keyed up but exhausted? This is a common complaint of first responders. In this 2-hour on-demand training video, you'll learn multiple strategies to reset your nervous system for improved sleep, energy, and balance. Get access for $75 here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/qgme6g5

04/24/2026

There's lots of confusion about how to start and maintain effective peer support teams. This 2-hour on-demand video offers recommendations based on decades of experience from a peer supporter turned first responder psychologist/ clinical advisor to peer teams. Watch on your schedule for only $75. Get access here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/97bc5yr

04/24/2026

I had a great time teaching Foundations of Peer Support this week. From mental health, addictions, ethics, communication strategies, resources and compassion fatigue-satisfaction. We covered A LOT!

04/23/2026

First Responder Peer Teams need better, trauma-informed strategies for supporting peers with acute and chronic trauma exposure. Join me for a 2-hour virtual course on May 15, 2026 1-3pm (PDT) to develop more effective responses. Register Here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/tgy35gf

04/22/2026

04/21/2026

First responders often have terrible sleep- difficulty FALLING asleep, STAYING asleep, and more. This 2-hour live webinar offers practical strategies for the reality of first responder work. May 13th 3-5pm (PDT). Register Here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/mke5rs9

04/10/2026

First responders get terrible sleep. I know I did when I was a cop. This live webinar tackles this vital issue with practical strategies that have helped my first responder clients. Join me May 13, 2026, 3-5 (PDT). Sleep Shouldn't Be a Nightmare: Details & Register Here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/mke5rs9

04/10/2026

Peer teams often go without training support due to shiftwork and budgetary limits. For these reasons, I'm offering a Peer Support Training Series of virtual (live) & on-demand 2-hour courses. $75 each. (Re)Building Effective Peer Support Teams. https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/97bc5yr Trauma-Informed Peer Support. Details & Registration: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/tgy35gf & How to Hug a Cactus: Peer Strategies with a Difficult Peer. Details & Registration: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/52s69ze

04/04/2026

On-Demand 2-Hour Virtual Seminar: Wired but Tired: Recalibrating the First Responder Nervous System. First responder work demands constant vigilance, rapid decision-making, and exposure to chronic stress and trauma. Over time, these demands reshape the nervous system—often in ways that are adaptive on the job but costly to health and performance. What begins as an occupational necessity can become a health hazard. I explain how and why the nervous system changes, causing insomnia, impaired focus and decision-making, hypervigilance, and difficulty being still. You'll learn strategies to reset and optimize nervous system functioning for improved performance, health, and career longevity. Register here:
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/qgme6g5