Two-Day Basic Peer Support Training

This course is designed to equip public safety peer support team members with the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to offer support, guidance, and resources to their peers during challenging times in their personal and professional lives.

Embassy Consulting Services and Heather Williams, PsyD, are approved by the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Committee (Cal-JAC) to deliver peer
support training under AB 1116, the California Firefighter Peer Support and Crisis Referral Services Act. This training also fulfills the requirements of AB 1117, the Law
Enforcement Peer Support and Crisis Referral Services Program.

Topics will include:
– Stress, Burnout, and Anger
– Traumas of public safety
– Trauma listening
– Crisis intervention
– Relationship stress and infidelity
– Death and traumatic loss
– Mental health issues such as depression, anxiety & PTSI
– Line of duty deaths
– Public safety suicide
– Organizational stress & toxic personalities
– Substance abuse
– Building resiliency in members of peer support

Presenter

Heather Williams, PsyD.
Consultant, Embassy Consulting Services
Owner, Premier First Responder Psychological Services

After more than 20 years responding to critical incidents alongside law enforcement—and five years serving as the Regional Peer Support Coordinator for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department—Heather chose to take her passion for supporting first responders to the next level. In 2019, she founded Premier First Responder Psychological Services. As a licensed psychologist, Heather is dedicated to serving and protecting public safety professionals and their families by providing exceptional, culturally competent care. Her services include individual, couples, and EMDR therapy; 24/7 crisis response, critical incident debriefings, peer support program development, oversight, and training/presentations consultation, and active shooter response and recovery coordination/crisis response services.

Details:
Click here to view or download the course flyer

STC Certified (01577038)
POST Certified (1083-22639-25)

This course is in collaboration with
Premier First Responder Psychological Services, a strategic partner.

Embassy training seminars are not open to the general public.  Embassy reserves the right to restrict or deny enrollment or access to any individual.

*No refunds; substitutions will be permitted.