Coping with The Holiday Blues As 2011 draws to a close many of us are shaking our heads and saying, “How much more can I take?…furloughs, staff reductions, limited overtime opportunities, proposed changes to our work conditions and all of us doing more and more with less.” Clearly these are difficult and challenging times. Before […]
AVOIDING “WELLNESS” BREAKDOWNS: BUILDING LIFE LONG RESILIENCY By Robert T. Scott, Ph.D., CTS In the past several years there is a movement afoot within the field of emergency services to refocus and expand the psychological support services normally associated with stress management programs. This new “wellness” direction has been incorporated into many cutting edge Stress […]