A Street Survival Guide for Public Safety Officers : The Cop Doc's Strategies for Surviving Trauma, Loss, and Terrorism

An expansion of Dr. Rudofossi's theory of __Police and Public Safety Complex Trauma__, this text integrates other models of trauma and loss into a one-of-a-kind intervention model. It offers insider perspectives from police psychologists, police managers, and clinicians describing what police personnel experience on the job, along with expert intervention and advice. The author also introduces the __Eco-Ethological Existential Analysis__ concept and includes case studies to demonstrate ideas and techniques. The examples highlight each of five personality styles. This practical guide to dealing with the cumulative effects of repeated stress, trauma, and exhaustion is a critical resource for police, paramedics, and correctional personnel. Dr. Rudofossi spoke on the Donna Seebo radio show to discuss his book and issues surrounding post traumatic stress disorder. He was a featured guest on American Heroes Radio on April 3, 2012. In this self-help guide, Rudofossi, a police psychologist, author, and former street cop, explains the impact of trauma, loss, and terrorism on police officers, firefighters, paramedics, ER nurses, and other first responders and their families, and how to deal with them, as well as how peer support officers and other police psychologists, police managers, and clinicians can help. He identifies each of the five personality styles officers might have and interventions for each of them, described through the words of these professionals. He also describes existential questions they face and how they can analyze them to understand their work; general aspects of understanding complex trauma, terrorism, and loss; and using the five steps of his eco-ethological existential analytic method. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)