2-Day Occupational PTSD Workshop for Clinicians

Police, Paramedics, Firefighters, Military, Veterans, Corrections, SES

Treating trauma in frontline workers is different to standard PTSD therapy. Many frontline clients present with cumulative trauma, anger, emotional suppression, sleep disruption, identity loss, and complex medico-legal or return-to-work issues. Standard trauma models often don’t fully address the realities of police, veteran, and first responder presentations.

This 2-day workshop provides clinicians with a clear, practical framework for assessing, stabilising, and treating PTSD in frontline populations, and for helping clients move beyond symptom reduction toward post-traumatic growth.

What This Workshop Covers

Day 1 – Understanding and Stabilisation

• The Frontline PTSD Model
• Emotional suppression and the “dam wall” model
• Anger and the distress cycle
• SUDS and crisis skills
• Sleep, fatigue, and medication considerations
• Routine, structure, and functional recovery

Day 2 – Trauma Processing and Growth

• Memory mapping and identifying “trauma headlines”
• Treatment planning for multiple trauma events
• EMDR considerations with complex and frontline trauma
• Interweaves and imagery rescripting
• Identifying and addressing trauma susceptibility factors
• Post-traumatic growth and identity rebuilding

Who This Workshop Is For

• Psychologists
• Psychiatrists
• Mental Health Social Workers
• Counsellors
• EMDR Therapists
• Occupational Therapists
• Clinicians working with police, veterans, first responders, and workers compensation clients

Presented By

Jessica O’Garr, Clinical Psychologist, and
Dr Al Griskaitis, Consultant Psychiatrist.

Jess and Al work extensively with police, veterans, and emergency services and specialise in complex PTSD, occupational trauma, and recovery planning. This workshop is based on real clinical work and focuses on practical treatment planning, not just theory.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the workshop, clinicians will be able to:

• Understand why PTSD presents differently in frontline workers
• Build stabilisation plans for complex trauma
• Map trauma memories and plan treatment
• Adapt EMDR for complex and cumulative trauma
• Address maintaining factors and trauma susceptibilities
• Guide clients toward post-traumatic growth

This is a practical, treatment-planning focused workshop designed for clinicians who want more confidence working with occupational trauma and frontline populations.

This training will not be available online or via Zoom at this time. All workshop materials will be provided in hard copy on the day of the training.

Registrations close on 1st September April 2026. Only 14 seats are available.

Cancellation Policy: You will receive a full refund if you cancel with at least 14 days notice, minus a $25 processing fee. For cancellations made with less than 14 days notice, booking fees will be forfeited.

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