Helping Heroes Heal
In this episode of Bluegrass Beat, we sit down with Angela Childers, a dedicated and award-winning Mental Health Professional at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training. Angela shares her passion for helping peace officers and dispatchers recover from post-critical incident injuries, discusses the unique challenges they face and the vital role of mental health support in their recovery.
For more information about DOCJT’s Resiliency Section, click here.
For information about the Kentucky Post-Critical Incident Seminar, click here.
About Our Guest
Angela Childers, DOCJT Mental Health Professional (Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with Supervisory Provisions and National Certified Counselor)
Angela Childers serves as a mental health professional at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training and the Kentucky Post-Critical Incident Seminar clinical director.
Prior to joining the department in 2019, Childers garnered a wealth of experience in various roles, such as a psycho-oncology counselor, Hospice Palliative Care counselor, working at the Montgomery County, Tennessee, Child Advocacy Center, and a trauma therapist specializing in military, veterans and law enforcement, a 7th grade English/language arts teacher and an army wife for 20 years. She specializes in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma-Informed Care for Practitioners, Critical Incident Stress Management, Assisting Individuals in Crisis, Comprehensive Officer Resilience, and suicide prevention.
Childers recently received a lifetime achievement award from the Kentucky Women’s Law Enforcement Network for her work with peace officer and telecommunicator mental health.
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Music by Digital Juice and StackTraxx.
