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A podcast designed for firefighters to learn emotional awareness, engagement, expression, and regulation which have been empirically proven to build resilience to the impact of critical incidents. Engagingly presented by Dr. Lea Sullivan, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Fire Chaplain who is culturally competent in fire service and well versed in the mental health strengths and struggles of firefighters.
Take 5 with Lea is a resource for firefighters to build resilience to the impact of critical incidents. Presenter and host Dr. Lea Sullivan, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who works with firefighters inside a firehouse.
Lea unpacks the current research and neuroscience that has proven efficacy for treating the injuries of trauma.
Resilience through secure attachments
Together, let's explore your emotional world, make sense of emotion signals, and learn how to reorganize patterns of behavior to keep you resilient to the impact of critical incidents. Today, you can begin to protect and preserve those relationships that matter most.
Episodes
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Episode 2 - In fire service, vulnerability is perceived as something to strengthen or shore up. This makes sense in terms of a patient or structure that is vulnerable. It is in fact, compromised. Based on research, today's episode explores how to expand your understanding of vulnerability, what it IS and what it IS not.
References
Bradley, B., & Furrow, J. (2013). Emotionally focused couple therapy for dummies. John Wiley & Sons.
Flannery, R. B., Jr. (2015). Treating psychological trauma in first responders: A multi-modal paradigm. Psychiatric Quarterly, 86(2), 261-267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-014- 9329-z
Johnson, S. M., Burgess Moser, M., Beckes, L., Smith, A., Dalgleish, T., Halchuk, R., Hasselmo, K., Greenman, P. S., Merali, Z., & Coan, J. A. (2013). Soothing the threatened brain: Leveraging contact comfort with emotionally focused therapy. PLoS ONE, 8(11), e79314–e79314. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079
Intro music citation: Ukulele and Piano by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Outro music citation:Happy Whistling Ukulele by LesFM | https://lesfm.net/happy-background-music/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Episode 2 - In fire service, vulnerability is perceived as something to strengthen or shore up. This makes sense in terms of a patient or structure that is vulnerable. It is in fact, compromised. Based on research, today's episode explores how to expand your understanding of vulnerability, what it IS and what it IS not.
References
Bradley, B., & Furrow, J. (2013). Emotionally focused couple therapy for dummies. John Wiley & Sons.
Flannery, R. B., Jr. (2015). Treating psychological trauma in first responders: A multi-modal paradigm. Psychiatric Quarterly, 86(2), 261-267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-014- 9329-z
Johnson, S. M., Burgess Moser, M., Beckes, L., Smith, A., Dalgleish, T., Halchuk, R., Hasselmo, K., Greenman, P. S., Merali, Z., & Coan, J. A. (2013). Soothing the threatened brain: Leveraging contact comfort with emotionally focused therapy. PLoS ONE, 8(11), e79314–e79314. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079
Intro music citation: Ukulele and Piano by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Outro music citation:Happy Whistling Ukulele by LesFM | https://lesfm.net/happy-background-music/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Episode 1 - Today's episode establishes a baseline for understanding resilience to critical incidents. There is a large body of neuroscience suggesting that resilience is the outcome of secure attachments and emotional awareness. Let's unpack the science so that we can better understand how to increase resilience for firefighters.
References
Beckes, L., & Coan, J. A. (2011). Social baseline theory: The role of social proximity in emotion and economy of action. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 5(12), 976–988. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00400.x
Bradley, B., & Furrow, J. (2013). Emotionally focused couple therapy for dummies. John Wiley & Sons.
Carleton, R. N., Afifi, T. O., Turner, S., Taillieu, T., Duranceau, S., LeBouthillier, D. M., Sareen, J., Ricciardelli, R., MacPhee, R. S., Groll, D., Hozempa, K., Brunet, A., Weekes, J. R., Griffiths, C. T., Abrams, K. J., Jones, N. A., Beshai, S., Cramm, H. A., Dobson, K. S., Hatcher, S., Keane, T. M., Steward, S. H., Asmundson, G. J. G. (2018). Mental disorder symptoms among public safety personnel in Canada. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Revue Canadienne de Psychiatrie, 63(1), 54–64. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743717723825
Coan, J. A., Schaefer, H. S., & Davidson, R. J. (2006). Lending a hand: social regulation of the neural response to threat. Psychological Science, 17(12), 1032–1039. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01832.x
Flannery, R. B., Jr. (2015). Treating psychological trauma in first responders: A multi-modal paradigm. Psychiatric Quarterly, 86(2), 261-267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-014- 9329-z
Johnson, S. M., Burgess Moser, M., Beckes, L., Smith, A., Dalgleish, T., Halchuk, R., Hasselmo, K., Greenman, P. S., Merali, Z., & Coan, J. A. (2013). Soothing the threatened brain: Leveraging contact comfort with emotionally focused therapy. PLoS ONE, 8(11), e79314–e79314. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079
Intro music citation: Ukulele and Piano by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Outro music citation:Happy Whistling Ukulele by LesFM | https://lesfm.net/happy-background-music/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Episode 1 - Today's episode establishes a baseline for understanding resilience to critical incidents. There is a large body of neuroscience suggesting that resilience is the outcome of secure attachments and emotional awareness. Let's unpack the science so that we can better understand how to increase resilience for firefighters.
References
Beckes, L., & Coan, J. A. (2011). Social baseline theory: The role of social proximity in emotion and economy of action. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 5(12), 976–988. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00400.x
Bradley, B., & Furrow, J. (2013). Emotionally focused couple therapy for dummies. John Wiley & Sons.
Carleton, R. N., Afifi, T. O., Turner, S., Taillieu, T., Duranceau, S., LeBouthillier, D. M., Sareen, J., Ricciardelli, R., MacPhee, R. S., Groll, D., Hozempa, K., Brunet, A., Weekes, J. R., Griffiths, C. T., Abrams, K. J., Jones, N. A., Beshai, S., Cramm, H. A., Dobson, K. S., Hatcher, S., Keane, T. M., Steward, S. H., Asmundson, G. J. G. (2018). Mental disorder symptoms among public safety personnel in Canada. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Revue Canadienne de Psychiatrie, 63(1), 54–64. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743717723825
Coan, J. A., Schaefer, H. S., & Davidson, R. J. (2006). Lending a hand: social regulation of the neural response to threat. Psychological Science, 17(12), 1032–1039. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01832.x
Flannery, R. B., Jr. (2015). Treating psychological trauma in first responders: A multi-modal paradigm. Psychiatric Quarterly, 86(2), 261-267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-014- 9329-z
Johnson, S. M., Burgess Moser, M., Beckes, L., Smith, A., Dalgleish, T., Halchuk, R., Hasselmo, K., Greenman, P. S., Merali, Z., & Coan, J. A. (2013). Soothing the threatened brain: Leveraging contact comfort with emotionally focused therapy. PLoS ONE, 8(11), e79314–e79314. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079
Intro music citation: Ukulele and Piano by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Outro music citation:Happy Whistling Ukulele by LesFM | https://lesfm.net/happy-background-music/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/