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      • What You Can Do with Anger
      • When Serving Becomes Surviving: PTSD and Suicide in the Fire Service
      • There is No Superman! – The Role of the Spouse in the Fire Service
      • Why is There Suicide in the Fire Service?
      • Remembering Tim Casey: Your Work on Earth is Done
      • Survivors of Suicide
      • Help for Depression and Post Traumatic Stress
      • How Do Emergency Responders Cope with Addiction?
      • A Struggle to Survive
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Kerrville, TX 78028

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Wounded Officers Initiative

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Addiction and Recovery

  • Al-Anon
  • Alcoholics Anonymous
  • Bottles and Badges The group’s primary purpose is to help Law Enforcement Officers recover from Alcoholism.
  • Co-Dependency Anonymous (CODA)
  • Sober Coach Don (Prince)
  • The Addictions Academy
  • The Sober World Magazine

Department Chaplains

  • American Police Chaplains Association
  • California Fire Chaplains Association
  • Coastal Crisis Chaplains
  • Emergency Chaplain Group
  • Federation of Fire Chaplains
  • Fellowship of Christian Firefighters Int'l
  • International Conference of Police Chaplains
  • International Fellowship of Chaplains
  • Police & Fire Chaplain's Training Academy
  • The Police Chaplain Program

Great Websites

  • Bereavement Uniform Program
  • Cops Alive
  • Officer Down Memorial Page
  • Wooden Ladders and Iron Firemen

Grief and Loss

  • C.O.P.S.S. – Care of Police Suicide Survivors
  • Coping with Loss

Post Traumatic Stress

  • 56 Seconds
  • Badge of Life
  • California Peer Support Association
  • Code9 Officer Needs Assistance
  • Conn Counseling & Consulting
  • Dispatcher Down How stress effects dispatchers inside and outside of the workplace
  • On-Site Academy
  • Picking Up the "Peaces"
  • Surviving the Shield
  • The Counseling Team International
  • Walking in My Shoes Paramedic with PTSD. A detailed journal of their daily struggles
  • West Coast Post Trauma Retreat

Post Traumatic Stress

How to Choose a Therapist for Post-Traumatic Stress and Dissociative Conditions
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