Links to interviews and articles about first responders
Links and resources for First Responders and their Families
West Coast Post Trauma Retreat
Peer driven, clinically guided five day retreat for first responders with PTSD. SOS program free for spouses and significant others. I volunteer here several times a year, so I know firsthand how much this program helps.
Peer Support Training
This three day course will provide students with an understanding of basic peer support skills, information about starting and maintaining peer support programs and other relevant and current information regarding stress, coping and treatment. I'm on the faculty. Check the website for times, locations and other faculty members.
Badge of Life
Suicide prevention for cops. Lots of free resources & educational material
policefamilies.com
Start a family orientation in your department. Check out our free outlines and powerpoint slides.
Blue Badge Dispatch
An organized, on-line database of links, articles and information which assist peacekeepers and their families in finding the wisdom they seek
Police One
Police One is jam packed with information and opinion
Buy books from my publisher
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Coming in July: Burying Ben (A Dot Meyerhoff mystery)
Burying Ben is my first novel. It's fiction, of course, inspired by the stories and secrets I've heard during my thirty years as a police psychologist.
Writing fiction is a new skill for me. I used to think that making things up would be easier than writing non-fiction. What a delusion! Creating a story that captures the reader's attention from page one is a tricky business. Pity my poor protagonist, Dot Meyerhoff, a beleagured police psychologist whose very first client, a rookie named Ben Gomez, kills himself and leaves a note blaming her. Her reputation is ruined, her job is in jeopardy, Ben's surviving family - who are dysfunctional beyond belief - sues her, and she's about to lose her license to practice. By the time she uncovers the real reasons behind Ben's suicide and brings the people responsible to justice, she, like me, acquires some unanticipated new skills; impersonating a public official, burglary, domestic violence, and assault with a deadly weapon.
What do I do when I'm not writing mysteries? Write some more. In November, my new non-fiction book, Counseling Cops: What Clinicians Need to Know, will be available. You can write to me and/or click the "On the Couch" tab to read more about my psychology practice.
Writing fiction is a new skill for me. I used to think that making things up would be easier than writing non-fiction. What a delusion! Creating a story that captures the reader's attention from page one is a tricky business. Pity my poor protagonist, Dot Meyerhoff, a beleagured police psychologist whose very first client, a rookie named Ben Gomez, kills himself and leaves a note blaming her. Her reputation is ruined, her job is in jeopardy, Ben's surviving family - who are dysfunctional beyond belief - sues her, and she's about to lose her license to practice. By the time she uncovers the real reasons behind Ben's suicide and brings the people responsible to justice, she, like me, acquires some unanticipated new skills; impersonating a public official, burglary, domestic violence, and assault with a deadly weapon.
What do I do when I'm not writing mysteries? Write some more. In November, my new non-fiction book, Counseling Cops: What Clinicians Need to Know, will be available. You can write to me and/or click the "On the Couch" tab to read more about my psychology practice.