Officer Welfare Warrior Award

There are three pillars to the foundation of our efforts here at the Maine Center for Resilience and Survivability: Treatment, Training, and Education. We also search of brave law enforcement leaders working to promote officer resilience. Throughout the year we look for individuals who are taking Officer Resilience seriously by demonstrating a commitment to changing… Continue reading Officer Welfare Warrior Award

Tips for Handling Practical and Emotional Matters After Your Loved One Passes Away

author – Lucille Rosetti Lucille Rosetti created TheBereaved.org as a means of sharing tools to help people through the grief process. Having lost some of the people closest to her, she understands what it’s like, and how it can be an emotional roller coaster that doesn’t always seem to make sense. The death of a loved one… Continue reading Tips for Handling Practical and Emotional Matters After Your Loved One Passes Away

Secondary Trauma

Following the coverage of a particularly gruesome homicide trial involving a young girl as the victim, the reporter felt traumatized. After listening to recordings, seeing crime scene photographs, and listening to testimony it caused him to think about the detectives involved in the case. He wondered how police officers were able to do the job… Continue reading Secondary Trauma