Topics discussed in this episode
🟣How aspiration to be a Police Officer turned into Forensic Psychology and MSW in Social Work.
🟣Meeting military people in prisons with substance abuse and PTSD inspired her to specialize in military behavioral health and join the New York State Guard.
🟣Heartwarming and heartwrenching work
🟣Founding a company with 55 staff members, including admin, interns, and clinicians specializing in EMDR, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure Therapy, addiction and trauma, internal family systems, neuropsychology, nutritionists, grief therapy, somatic therapy, couples, family, children counseling
🟣 22 different group programs in 11 states and Washington, D.C.
🟣 Helping the suffering of young adults and children exposed to parental trauma or addiction
🟣 Stigma, shame, isolation make it harder to access addiction and trauma treatment because military, law enforcement, and first responders fear being perceived as not being able to stand the line.
🟣Outreach to challenge and change the way law enforcement and military leadership view mental health
🟣Moral injury that's hard to ignore
🟣Groups specific to retirement for law enforcement and military
🟣Need to be sober and capable to work through trauma
🟣 "You're not weak. You're injured and you need to heal."
Addiction Podcast Guest:
Sharon Prager LCSW, BCD CEO and Founder
Calm Seas Psychotherapy
Specializing in Military and Law Enforcement
🔗calmseapsyc.com
📞888-975-CALM
📞888-975-2256
Guest location: New York
Addiction Podcast Host:
Chris Langley, Co-Founder | Addiction Recovery Place
