Working with Military and First Responder Populations: How Their Training Rewires Them, Debunking the War Myth, Approaches to Help them Take off the Uniform – Doug Allen, CD, SEP, MSW

This 3 hour webinar will provide first hand insight into the inner world of military and first responder populations. Doug blends his 20 years of experience as a combat veteran and his upbringing as the son of a career Police Officer, with over 10 years of direct trauma work with these populations. Learn how they are trained, and how that training rewires their nervous system. Learn how to identify the difference between calm and defeat, and somatic signatures unique to these populations. Learn how myths of these professions can misinform the therapeutic approach, such as all veterans are trained for combat and have seen action; and learn ways to connect with these clients despite not having any service experience; Connecting in a way that helps them take the uniform off and reconnect with who they are underneath. Learn the significance of moral injury in their trauma.

This webinar is 2 hours and 47 minutes long.