Recently, I had an occasion where I was reunited with some old colleagues. During the get-together, a retired member shared he was on medication because he had blood cancer. This shook me. I asked what symptoms he had to alert him to this, and he said, “I had no symptoms. I still don’t. It was […]

“One of the main symptoms of trauma is avoidance. Avoidance perpetuates a false sense of safety.”

The Good Dad Podcast is hosted by Dr. David Khul, who was instrumental in getting the First Responder Resiliency Program (FRRP) up and running for police and firefighters.

Did you know that several first responders are diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?  Around 20% of first responders show signs of ADHD (Sachs, 1997).

A new treatment technique for healing disorders of stress and trauma. The article is directed to practitioners, however, as a client, I feel it is helpful to know what is out there and working for others.

Dr. Stephen James, an Associate Professor at Washington State University, presented at a conference about first responders and sleep.  One of his slides said that many shift-workers screen positive for sleep disorders.