Suicide, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance abuse, and many more emotional and stress-related problems plague the first-responder community. Hundreds of thousands of these brave public servants have unwittingly become victims of the professions they once loved. However, the suffering that results from a professional life of sacrifice and service can be prevented and mitigated.
As a thirty-year law-enforcement veteran, retired police captain, and police academy instructor, Dan Willis has witnessed the damage of emotional trauma and has made it his personal mission to safeguard and enhance the wellness and wholeness of police officers, firefighters, EMTs, emergency-room personnel, and soldiers.
Bulletproof Spirit offers field-tested expertise designed to be used by all first responders — and their families — to heal themselves and continue serving with compassion and strength.
Table of Content
Foreword by Donald Bostic
Preface xiii
Introduction
Chapter One
The Warning Signs and Self-Awareness
Chapter Two
Spiritual Wellness Effective Methods to Shield, Nurture, and Sustain Your Spirit
Chapter Three
Emotional Wellness Overcoming Hypervigilance
Chapter Four
Survival Lessons
Chapter Five
The Psychology of Trauma, Acute Stress, and PTSD
Chapter Six
Be STOW Philosophy Beyond Survival Toward Officer Wellness
Chapter Seven
Peer Support
Chapter Eight
Support from Home
Chapter Nine
Effective Use of Chaplain Services
Chapter Ten
Faith in Service
Chapter Eleven
One Officer’s Survival Story
Chapter Eleven
Trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress, and the Process of Healing
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Wellness Program Survey
Endnotes
Resources
Index
About the Author
Training and Seminar Information
About the author
Dan Willis served as a police captain, homicide detective, wellness unit coordinator, and SWAT commander. He currently instructs nationwide on trauma, PTSD, and the process of healing. He lives in San Diego.
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