Managing Trauma - Survivor's Guilt and Suicide (For Leadership)

Right now, It is an increasingly difficult time to be in law enforcement.  And yet, you stand with a courageous heart and for that we applaud you, and your nation applauds you.  Law enforcement is a calling that is only for a chosen, courageous few. This calling is why we continue to persevere, faced daily with the darkness, the death, the abuse the stress, and the brokenness of humanity that we face on daily basis. 

The incidents and the trauma you are exposed to will affect you, your view of the world, and your beliefs in humanity.

A career in law enforcement will also affect your relationships with others, your marriage, your family, your children.

But be encouraged.  You can survive this career, and you can thrive in it.  But you have to take care of yourself.  You cannot pour from an empty cup.  

In this course, you will hear from Master Police Officer Jonathan Hickory as he tells his story of childhood trauma, combined with the trauma faced while on the job. How it nearly destroyed his life and how he overcame the trauma.

Next, police psychologist Dr. Byron Greenberg presents a class to educate us all on the effects of trauma on the mind and body, and how to deal with trauma in YOUR life.

You will also hear from Adam Linehan, a soldier who faced trauma when a suicide bomber killed 6 of his friends in front of him. That trauma, like many things that police officers have to deal with, can haunt you the rest of your life; if you do not find the courage to get help, and to get your life back from the darkness.