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.

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 spending the last 20 years responding to critical incidents in partnership with law enforcement and five years with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department as the Regional Peer Support Coordinator, Heather elected to take her passion to the next level and, in 2019, established Premier First Responder Psychological Services. As a licensed psychologist, Heather has committed to serving and protecting public safety and their family members by providing exceptional, culturally competent services. She offers individual, couples, and EMDR therapy, as well as 24/7 crisis response services, critical incident debriefing, peer support development, oversight, training, presentations, consultation, active shooter response, and recovery coordination and crisis response services.

Details:
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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.