Providing Mental Health Services to First Responders and Public Safety Professionals
Treating First Responders & Public Safety Professionals with EMDR therapy is key to reduce risk of long-term line-of-duty exposure issues.
Firefighters and EMDR
Firefighters and other first responders are resilient, yet many suffer in silence from witnessing human tragedy. Learn how to help.
The Use of EMDR within a Police Population
Police officers have a lot in common with other first responders, yet face additional, entirely different types of traumatic stress.
9-1-1 Telecommunicators/Dispatches: The First Responders
9-1-1 operators face a unique kind of stress and trauma. Learn how to help these first responders with EMDR therapy.
Helping the Helpers: Crime Victim Services & Trauma
Learn how crime Victim Services programs have incorporated mental health training and education into their jobs.
Utilizing Intensive EMDR Treatment for Law Enforcement Personnel in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas
The Harlingen Police Department partnered with EMDR certified therapists to provide intensive EMDR treatment to staff in need of treatment.
EMDR Advocacy Award Winner: Salvatore “Sonny” Provetto
An interview with Sonny Provetto, trauma consultant for first responders, winner of the EMDRIA 2018 EMDR Advocacy Award.
Protecting Those Who Protect Others
An interview with two first responders and mental health therapists—Jim Reynolds and Brian Simmons—about protecting those who protect others.
EMDR Therapy with First Responders: Beyond the Front Lines (Go With That Magazine Issue)
How do EMDR therapists take care of our first responders? Learn how the help the helpers (law enforcement, EMTs, firefighters, and more).
Social Change, Little “D” Disasters & Why EEI Protocols are Essential to Everyone’s Practice
EMDR Early Intervention (EEI) can be used for “little d” disasters that affect communities (community violence, hate crimes, toxic pollutants, etc.)
First Responder Cumulative Traumatic Stress Exposure
First responders (Police Officers, Fire Fighters, 911-Dispatchers, EMS) has a unique stressors. Learn how to help the helpers.
Questions and Cautions for Deployment of EMDR EIs with First Responders & Public Safety Personnel
Delve beyond psychotherapy when aiding First Responders. What crucial questions and policies must EMDR therapists grasp?
