Foreword, Ellen Scrivner
I. The Basics of Cultural Competency
1. Working in the Law Enforcement Culture
2. Managing the Therapeutic Alliance
3. The Emergency Responder's Exhaustion Syndrome
4. Growing Old in a Young Person's Profession
II. Line-of-Duty Issues
5. Death by 1,000 Cuts: Critical Incidents, Trauma, and
Posttraumatic Stress Injuries
6. Betrayal: The Hidden Critical Incident
7. Shift Work and Sleep Deprivation
III. Treatment Tactics
8. Reading Your Client: Assessment Strategies
9. Treatment Strategies
10. When Your Client Needs Medication
IV. Common Presenting Problems
11. Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Other Addictions
12. Depression and Suicide
13. Somatization, Panic Attacks, and Stress Reduction
V. Working with Police Families
14. Resilience and the Police Family
15. Givens and Paradoxes
16. Why Didn't You Shoot Him in the Leg?: Police Family
Communication
17. The First Responder Relationship
18. Infidelity, Divorce, and Domestic Abuse
VI. Getting Started
19. Special Considerations for Treating Other First Responders
20. Breaking and Entering
Appendix: Residential Treatment/Group Therapy
Resources
Ellen Kirschman, PhD, is a police and public safety
psychologist, volunteer clinician at the First Responder Support
Network, and sought-after speaker and workshop facilitator. Dr.
Kirschman is a recipient of the Award for Outstanding Contributions
to Police and Public Safety Psychology from the Police and Public
Safety Section of Division 18 (Psychologists in Public Service) of
the American Psychological Association and the Distinguished
Contribution to Psychology award from the California Psychological
Association. She is coauthor of a book for mental health
professionals, Counseling Cops, and author of the self-help guides
I Love a Cop, Third Edition, and I Love a Fire Fighter, as well as
the mystery novels Burying Ben, The Right Wrong Thing, and The
Fifth Reflection. She lives in Redwood City, California. Her
website is www.ellenkirschman.com.
Mark Kamena, PhD, ABPP, is Director of Research and Co-Founder of
the First Responder Support Network, a volunteer, nonprofit
organization that operates the West Coast Post-Trauma Retreat and a
separate program for first-responder spouses and significant
others. He has a private practice in Marin County, California,
where he specializes in first-responder posttraumatic stress
injury. Dr. Kamena is a recipient of the Award for Outstanding
Contributions to Police and Public Safety Psychology from APA
Division 18. He is President of the CPA and serves on the CPA
Foundation Board.
Joel Fay, PsyD, ABPP, is a psychologist in private practice who
works with emergency responders and provides crisis intervention
training for numerous agencies throughout California. He served as
a police officer for over 30 years before retiring in 2011. Dr. Fay
is a recipient of the Humanitarian Award from the California
Psychological Association and the Award for Outstanding
Contributions to Police and Public Safety Psychology from APA
Division 18. He serves on the Psychological Services Committee of
the International Association of Chiefs of Police, is Clinical
Director of the First Responder Support Network, and teaches and
presents workshops widely.
Whether you work with many or few law enforcement clients,
Counseling Cops is an essential addition to any therapist's
resource library. Cops usually go to therapy for the problems
caused by years of urban combat, but they won't talk about things
that matter until they trust you. Kirschman, Kamena, and Fay give
an in-depth understanding of police culture and what therapists
need to know about building an alliance with a cop client. They
offer treatment strategies, resources, and rich descriptions of the
pressures and consequences of a law enforcement career. What can
take years to learn about working with law enforcement officers,
this book generously provides between two covers.--Stephanie Cress,
LCSW, RN, Vice President, First Responder Support NetworkOne of the
most comprehensive and useful books that I have read on police
counseling. The authors write from real-life clinical experience
and understand their clientele. As a researcher and former police
officer, I highly recommend this book for psychologists,
counselors, and any mental health professional who works with law
enforcement officers.--John M. Violanti, PhD, School of Public
Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State
University of New York; 23-year veteran, New York State
PoliceKirschman, Kamena, and Fay are respected pioneers in the area
of providing mental health services to law enforcement personnel.
This book helps clinicians develop both their clinical and cultural
competencies for serving cops. It will rapidly accelerate the
learning curve of clinicians working with our law enforcement
professionals.--Kevin M. Gilmartin, PhD, author of Emotional
Survival for Law EnforcementThe authors have been counseling cops
for years, and their expertise is all-encompassing. The recaps at
the end of each section offering concrete suggestions are
especially helpful. This book is invaluable for every clinician who
wants to counsel cops. It would be impossible to do a counseling
session justice without knowing every aspect of the world in which
the cop lives, moves, and works.--Rev. Jan Heglund, Chaplain, San
Rafael (California) Police DepartmentThis is the ultimate guidebook
against which all other police counseling books will be measured.
The book covers issues cops struggle with every day--and presents
those issues in plain language for every type of counselor or
therapist. The authors have done a magnificent job of describing
the psychological impact of police work and explaining both what to
do and what not to do when counseling officers. Clinicians learn
ways to avoid becoming overwhelmed in intense sessions and get
useful examples, quotes, assessment tools, and questions to ask in
different situations.--Allen R. Kates, author of CopShock:
Surviving Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Starting with chapter titles that pique the imagination and invite
the reader to delve further, Drs. Kirschman, Kamena, and Fay cover
the broad spectrum of police roles and their impact on individual
officers and their families….Their treatment of law enforcement
professionals reflects their professional and personal beliefs that
police have a very difficult job, one more difficult than many
realize….A 'must-read' for anyone who evaluates or treats cops, or
who counsels their families.--from the Foreword by Ellen Scrivner,
PhD, Executive Fellow, Police Foundation, Washington, DC
This is an evidence-based, savvy, eminently readable book on
counseling police officers, other first responders, and their
families. The authors are first-rate psychologists with the
credentials and insider experience to connect readers to the daily
grit, grind, and jitters that make this client population
unique.--David M. Corey, PhD, ABPP, President, American Board of
Police and Public Safety Psychology
-The book is complete with insights into law enforcement culture
and vignettes that illustrate the problems faced by both cops and
those who choose to treat them. This is truly a practitioner's
guide-one informed not only by the authors' experiences but also by
a wealth of cited studies….[A] must-read….Counseling Cops should be
required reading for any mental health professional entering the
world of law enforcement, be it as a therapist, educator, or
evaluator. With this fine manual on the shelf, a professional would
be much better prepared for any eventuality, such as an armed and
agitated officer in one's office seeking help whether he or she
knows it or not.--PsycCRITIQUES, 7/21/2014
Ask a Question About this Product More... |