CopShock: Second Edition
Surviving Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
by Allen R. Kates, MFAW, BCECR
Conference and Seminar Speaker
~Police
~Military
~Peer Support
~First Responders
~Journalists, War Correspondents
~Trauma Organizations
Allen R. Kates
Allen R. Kates, BCECR, MFAW, is a trauma expert and journalist whose contact with police officers in the United States and Canada spans more than 35 years. He is author of the book, CopShock (first and second editions): Surviving Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), praised as the definitive survival guide for police and first responder PTSD sufferers.
He is Board Certified in Emergency Crisis Response (BCECR) by the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, and has earned certificates in critical incident stress debriefing and management, suicide intervention, PTSD therapy, resiliency, crisis intervention and victimology.
Allen
was trained in crisis intervention by the Pima County Attorney's Victim
Services program, and helped victims of crime cope with tragedies such
as robberies, beatings, rapes and murders. In this capacity, he worked
closely with police officers.
Three weeks after 9/11, he toured the devastation of the World Trade Center and then gave an 8-hour seminar to Port Authority peer support officers about preventing and managing PTSD symptoms.
Allen
has given seminars about PTSD, suicidal thinking, post-shooting trauma,
psychological and emotional survival after a critical incident, and resiliency techniques for organizations such
as the Kansas Law Enforcement CIT Team; Association of Traumatic Stress
Specialists; the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement
Agencies (CALEA); Janes' Police Conference held in the Hague, Netherlands; the Sacramento Law Enforcement
Chaplaincy; the Spokane, WA, Police Department; the New England State
Police Information Network (NESPIN); the Southern Arizona Law
Enforcement Training Center; the Arizona National Guard Family and Yellow Ribbon Programs; the
National Guard Bureau; the Arizona Department of Veterans Affairs; the
Arizona Department of Corrections; the Women Leaders In Law Enforcement Training Symposium (WLLE), the Rocky Mountain Women in Law Enforcement Conference (RMWLE); FBI National Academy Conference, among others.
A Badge of Honor podcast Jan. 2, 2023
Featuring Allen R. Kates, author of CopShock,
with host Samantha Horwitz, former US Secret Service Agent, and host
John Salerno, Retired NYPD detective and firefighter. Running on
numerous social media outlets continuously including YouTube.
He is a member of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) and the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF).
If you would like Allen to conduct a training seminar or be part of your training program, please click here to contact him.
Television Interview
The following television interview featuring Allen may be of interest if you are considering him for your seminar, conference or training workshop.
Photo of Allen R. Kates, after being interviewed on television program, Proud To Serve with Jack Scalia
Left--AJ Ferrio, Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Army. www.BrothersInArmsWorldwide.org
Middle--Jack Scalia, Host and Interviewer, Proud To Serve
The interview is now airing in multiple venues including television, podcasts and on the Internet.
To watch the program, please click here
Hosted by the CEO and Founder of The Wounded Blue Organization, Lieutenant Randy Sutton, "Voices of the Blue" features the true stories of our Law Enforcement Officers and their experiences after becoming physically and mentally injured in the line of duty. As told by the Cops themselves, the series explores the consequences of trauma incurred when the aftermath of a critical incident leaves these heroes to cope with their injuries alone, often abandoned by their agencies and sent in a downward spiral where they lose everything that matters most.
Voices of the Blue
CopShock, Second Edition
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