Episode 301: TFR246 - 30 Yr Police Capt SWAT Commander Teaches Us About EMDR PTS
Tactical Fitness Report with Stew Smith PodcastShow Notes
If you have never heard of EMDR - listen up:
Dan walks us through his career and calling to serve and many of the things he has learned in the last 40 years of serving his community and now his fellow officers.
EMDR therapy, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a form of psychotherapy designed to assist individuals in processing and coping with traumatic memories and other distressing experiences. It entails activating memories while simultaneously engaging in bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements or tapping, which aids the brain in processing and desensitizing those memories.
Our Tactical Fitness Report Guest Dan WIllis - 30 year retired Police Capt / SWAT Commander and now for the last 10 years has been teaching people in the tactical professions about recovering from stress/trauma. His new book is called:
Bulletproof Spirit, is required reading at the FBI National Academy and has won two national awards: Bulletproof Spirit, Revised Edition: The First Responder’s Essential Resource for Protecting and Healing Mind and Heart.
You can find more about him at his website: https://firstresponderwellness.com/
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