CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN FIRST RESPONDERS PSYCHOLOGY

Course description:


INTERVENTION




Explore first responder psychology, intervention issues, and treatment strategies. Learn the ways Critical Incident Stress manifests in first responders, how to formulate an understanding of the clinical picture, and how to develop a treatment plan. Interact with first responders and first responder clinicians to develop skills normally only possible in the field.

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OBJECTIVES


UNDERSTAND first responder psychology intervention issues and treatment strategies.

LEARN to formulate an understanding of the clinical picture and develop a treatment plan.

INTERACT with first responders and first responder clinicians to develop skills normally only possible in the field.

DEVELOP cultural competency and learn how to structure therapeutic alliance strategies for first responders.

UPCOMING CLASSES

COURSE DATES:
TBD

COST:

$ 750

INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Dana Nussbaum, Ph.D.

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Through our successful distance learning format, with trimester-long individual classes, you will achieve full certification in as little as a year.

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INSTRUCTORS


Teaching faculty are licensed psychologists who actively work with firefighters, EMTs, police officers, correctional officers, dispatchers, and their families. Guest speakers are recognized experts within the field.
DR. DANA NUSSBAUM, Ph.D., has a private practice in Marin County, where the majority of her clients are first responders and people recovering from trauma-induced psychological injuries or stress. A Specialty Provider for Cal Fire and the San Francisco Police Department, Nussbaum volunteers on the North Bay Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) and the Red Cross Disaster Mental Health (DMH) teams. Dana deploys locally and nationally to disaster and teaches Psychological First Aid (PFA) to lay audiences and DMH fundamentals to licensed clinicians.

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To enroll, or to request more information, please contact:
Cassandra Dilosa, Academic Program Manager
Ph: 510.841.9230 ext. 115
Email: cdilosa@wi.edu
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