Bulletproof spirit [electronic book] : the first responder's essential resource for protecting and healing mind and heart / Dan Willis.
By: Willis, Dan
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Contributor(s): Bostic, Donald [author].
Material type: 
BookPublisher: Novato : New World Library, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: Revised edition.Description: 1 online resource (185 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781608686315; 9781608686322 (e-book).Subject(s): Stress management | Self-help techniques | Job stressDDC classification: 155.9 Online resources: E-book | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| e-BOOK | MTU Bishopstown Library | Not for loan |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
The warning signs and self-awareness -- Spiritual wellness: effective methods to shield, nurture, and sustain your spirit -- Emotional wellness: overcoming hypervigilance -- Trauma, post-traumatic stress, and the process of healing -- Survival lessons -- The spirituality of service: compassionate, life affirming, and productive of wellness -- Brain injuries caused by trauma: PTSD and ways to heal -- BeSTOW philosophy: beyond survival toward officer wellness -- Peer support -- Support from home -- Effective use of chaplain services -- One officer's survival story.
A state-of-the-profession update of the pioneering guide for all frontline caregivers -- and those who care about them.
Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Self-Care Collection
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword (p. xiii)
- Preface (p. xix)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- Chapter 1 The Warning Signs and Self-Awareness (p. 9)
- Chapter 2 Spiritual Wellness: Effective Methods to Shield, Nurture, and Sustain Your Spirit (p. 23)
- Chapter 3 Emotional Wellness: Overcoming Hypervigilance (p. 43)
- Chapter 4 Trauma, Post-traumatic Stress, and the Process of Healing (p. 67)
- Chapter 5 Survival Lessons (p. 81)
- Chapter 6 The Spirituality of Service: Compassionate, Life Affirming, and Productive of Wellness (p. 97)
- Chapter 7 Brain Injuries Caused by Trauma: PTSD and Ways to Heal (p. 115)
- Chapter 8 BeSTOW Philosophy: Beyond Survival Toward Officer Wellness (p. 135)
- Chapter 9 Peer Support (p. 161)
- Chapter 10 Support from Home (p. 175)
- Chapter 11 Effective Use of Chaplain Services (p. 189)
- Chapter 12 One Officer's Survival Story (p. 205)
- Conclusion (p. 229)
- Acknowledgments (p. 231)
- Wellness Program Survey (p. 233)
- Endnotes (p. 237)
- Resources (p. 241)
- Index (p. 247)
- About the Author (p. 259)
- Training and Seminar Information (p. 261)