Counseling Cops: What Clinicians Need to Know

306 Pages·2013·3.571 MB·English

by  Ellen Kirschman, Mark Kamena, Joel Fay, Ellen Scrivner

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Counseling Cops
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ounseling
Cops
What Clinicians Need to Know
Ellen Kirschman
Mark Kamena
Joel Fay
Foreword by Ellen Scrivner
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kirschman, Ellen.
Counseling cops : what clinicians need to know / Ellen Kirschman, Mark Kamena,
Joel Fay.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4625-1265-2 (hardback)
1. Police psychology. 2. Police—Job stress. 3. Police—Family relationships.
I. Kamena, Mark. II. Fay, Joel. III. Title.
HV7936.P75K57 2014
363.201´9—dc23
2013022755
To the men and women of law enforcement
and their families
You deserve the best.

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bout the uthors
Ellen Kirschman, MSW, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in independent
practice in Redwood City, California, and a volunteer clinician at the West
Coast Post-Trauma Retreat. She is a recipient of the Award for Outstand-
ing Contributions to Police and Public Safety Psychology from the Police
and Public Safety Section of Division 18 (Psychologists in Public Service)
of the American Psychological Association (APA). Dr. Kirschman presents
workshops worldwide and is the author of the bestselling self-help guide I
Love a Cop: What Police Families Need to Know as well as I Love a Fire
Fighter: What the Family Needs to Know and the mystery novel Burying
Ben. Her website is www.ellenkirschman.com.
Mark Kamena, PhD, ABPP, is Director of Research and Co-Founder of the
First Responder Support Network, a volunteer, nonprofit organization that
operates the West Coast Post-Trauma Retreat and a separate program for
first-responder spouses and significant others. He has a private practice in
Marin County, California, where he specializes in first-responder posttrau-
matic stress injury. Dr. Kamena is a recipient of the Award for Outstanding
Contributions to Police and Public Safety Psychology from APA Division
18. He is President of the California Psychological Association (CPA) and
serves on the CPA Foundation Board.
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viii About the Authors
Joel Fay, PsyD, ABPP, is a psychologist in private practice who works with
emergency responders and provides crisis intervention training for numer-
ous agencies throughout California. He served as a police officer for over
30 years before retiring in 2011. Dr. Fay is a recipient of the Humanitarian
Award from the California Psychological Association and the Award for
Outstanding Contributions to Police and Public Safety Psychology from
APA Division 18. He serves on the Psychological Services Committee of
the International Association of Chiefs of Police, is Clinical Director of the
First Responder Support Network, and teaches and presents workshops
widely.