People providing services are the experts. Trauma survivors are broken & vulnerable.
Primary goals are defined by service providers and focus on symptom reduction.
Active services and symptoms are crisis driven and focused on minimizing liability
Trauma-informed
Problems/Symptoms are inter-related coping adaptations to trauma
Primary goals are defined by trauma survivors and focus on recovery, self-efficacy and healing
Providing choice, autonomy and control is central to healing
Proactive preventing further crisis and retraumatization
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Compassionate Care
Because of the nature of police supervision, the act of blowing the whistle may initiate a fitness for duty investigation into the officer's personal and private life. This can create conflict when the commanding officer or supervisors are involved in the activity the Whistleblower is exposing. A hostile fitness for duty psychiatric examination may be in retaliation for his Whistleblowing activity and may place the officer's job and badge in jeopardy. Officers should be informed that the fitness for duty exam should never be done by the treating therapist.
Finding a therapist the officer will trust may be difficult as most therapists are not familiar with the stresses and dangers within policing work or whistleblower retaliation trauma. It is essential that when the officer chooses a therapist that he/she feels secure that the treatment is confidential. Honesty and trust are necessary for a good therapeutic relationship.
We should not forget those who put their lives on the line for us every day when they need us as human rights defenders to protect their human rights.
Please consider reading the United Nations human rights documents
Who is a Victim?
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