First Responder
Mental health training in first responder fields often focuses on the aftermath of stress and trauma. The Be a Buddy Program provides participants with the knowledge and tools they need to maintain a healthy lifestyle and avoid the pitfalls of poor mental health. Learn practical real-world knowledge that is specifically tailored for first responders, taught by first responders.
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We also assist first responder agencies formulate and implement wellness programs, utilizing experience and education to assist your agency create effective and robust programs.
Be a Buddy Program Modules
Each module is a 1-2 hour in person training. Using this system, participants or organizations can choose what they would like to learn about.
Assisting a person in crisis
Learn how to properly respond to a person that is suicidal
Stress
Stress is a constant in life for everyone, learn how it drives behavior that is often not recognized by that person
Neuropsychology of Trauma
Psychological trauma effects how your brain operates and can overtime, rewire the human brain making it progressively harder to recover.
Cynicism
Often viewed as a cancer in the workplace and the first signs of emotional distress, we offer another perspective that shines a light on the underlying causes of cynicism. Providing some easy remedies to cynicism
Psychological First Aid
Learn how to help people that have experienced a crisis feel calm and supported
Posttraumatic stress and PTSD
A critical examination of both, and how they differ
Coping & Resiliency
Techniques for managing stress are great, but it is important to understand what lies beneath those techniques to further enhance coping and resiliency
Retirement
Many are waiting for retirement, but what are you going to do after? However, retirement is not the answer to your problems and often creates many other problems. This experience driven module is for those about to retire from first responder work and is action driven, learning what to expect and how to avoid the many pitfalls of retirement.