Services for First Responders & Veterans
Services for First Responders, Veterans, and their families are limited to the state of Ohio. Classes and Interventions are available nationwide for First Responder Departments at the local, state, and federal levels.
Resilience Based EMDR
First Responders and Military members past and present, face unique expectations and stressors that can lead to feelings of agitation, anger, numbness, withdrawal, and apathy. However, they also possess a range of strengths and resources that can be harnessed to enhance their overall well-being. Just as they train to optimize job performance, improving "life" performance is equally important. By collaborating to identify target areas, set specific goals, and measure outcomes using EMDR. First Responders and Veterans can effectively address these challenges and thrive in all aspects of their lives.
Flexible Scheduling, longer sessions available.
Cost: 130$ per 55 min session, reduced rate available for those in need.
A program intended to provide individual, private, and confidential periodic psychological and/or psychoeducational sessions for sworn officers, administrators, and/or support personnel.
Purpose of a Wellness Visit:
1) Increase knowledge about mental health concerns.
2) Provide a confidential setting in which to discuss concerns.
3) Reduce stigma about mental health issues.
4) Increase exposure to and comfort with mental health professionals.
In-office, virtual, walk and talks, or on-the-job availability.
Cost: Varied on Need
Wellness Neck Up Check Ups
QPR Gatekeeper Class
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide.
Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Each year thousands of Americans, like you, are saying "Yes" to saving the life of a friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor.
QPR can be learned in our Gatekeeper course in as little as one hour.
What is a Gatekeeper?
According to the Surgeon General’s National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (2001), a gatekeeper is someone in a position to recognize a crisis and the warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide.
Gatekeepers can be anyone, but include parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, ministers, doctors, nurses, office supervisors, squad leaders, foremen, police officers, advisors, caseworkers, firefighters, and many others who are strategically positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide.
As a QPR-trained Gatekeeper you will learn to:
Recognize the warning signs of suicide
Know how to offer hope
Know how to get help and save a life
How is QPR like CPR?
Much of the world is familiar with CPR — short for cardiopulmonary resuscitation — an emergency medical intervention created in 1957 by Peter Safar. The process is designed to stabilize people who aren’t breathing or breathing intermittently and who may be in cardiac arrest until the person can reach a hospital or other care.
Similarly, QPR is an an emergency mental health intervention for suicidal persons created in 1995 by Paul Quinnett. An abbreviation for Question, Persuade and Refer, the intent is also to identify and interrupt the crisis and direct that person to the proper care.
Both are part of a "Chain of Survival"
Both CPR and QPR are part of systems designed to increase the chance of survival in the event of a crisis.
For more Information regarding QPR: https://qprinstitute.com/about-qpr
Flexible Scheduling
Cost- Ranging based on location, class size, need.
Preventing deaths by suicide may be part of the first responders job, but this training program’s focus is not only on preventing suicide deaths in the community where you work, but among your colleagues, friends, family, and co-workers.
First responders continue to die by suicide at unacceptably high rates. The need for a peer workforce trained and able to recognize suicide warning signs and intervene quickly with safe and effective evidence-based interventions is clear.
Designed to prepare first responders to deal effectively with those in a suicide crisis- and especially their peers - this training program is designed to produce a kind of “super gatekeeper” able to do much more than recognize and refer someone in crisis. Rather, the course includes mastering specific science-based intervention skills known to cool down the temperature of a crisis, and immediately reduce the risk of a suicide attempt.
Flexible Scheduling
Cost- Ranging based on location, class size, need.
QPR Classes, Suicide Awareness Classes
Tristate Peer Support Group
They are a multi-jurisdictional, multi-disciplinary first responder peer support team located in Southwest Ohio. Founded by first responders, everything we do is driven by our understanding of first responders. We believe peer support is the foundation for mental and physical well-being in departments. We believe in being proactive to address mental health challenges in first responders by utilizing evidence-based practices and trauma-responsive techniques to train peer supporters located in departments and as part of our regional peer support team. We partner with local, regional, and national trainers to create programs improving resilience, improving mental health, and improving overall wellness.
Crisis Support: Law Enforcement
Suicide Text Line: Law enforcement text BLUE to 741741, others text TALK to 741741
Blue Line Support: 855-964-2583
Copline: 800-267-5463
Cop2Cop: 866-267-2267
Crisis Support: Fire and EMS
Crisis Support: Veterans
1-800-273-8255
