Скачать или смотреть Dr. Michael Dadson, Specialist - PTSD in Veterans & First Responders

Dr. Michael Dadson, PhD (Mike Dadson) has an accomplished and successful history of counselling first responders, such as police, military, firemen, and veterans, who suffer with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

In particular, Dr. Dadson has worked extensively with Canadian military veterans suffering from PTSD, having served as the Executive and Clinical Director for the Veterans Transition Network (VTN) (https://vtncanada.org). During his tenure at VTN, Dr Michael Dadson pioneered, directed, and managed (in partnership with the University of British Columbia) the Veterans Transition Program for veterans transitioning into the workforce.

Doctor Michael Dadson researched and advocated for Canadian veterans’ issues, presenting his work in the Canadian House of Commons on their behalf in the “Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security” (https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentVie....

Dr. Mike Dadson is currently Senior Clinical Director of Practice at Gentle Currents Therapy Counselling Clinic in Brookswood, Langley, and continues his work with first responders at the clinic.

In this video, Doctor Mike Dadson refers to the type of trauma which first responders experience in their work, and how these traumatic experiences can cause PTSD.

Imagine experiencing the sense of powerlessness, terror, helplessness, the horror of reliving often unspeakable moments of trauma.

These emotional experiences are so difficult that, psychologically, some of us need to avoid fully entering them.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is considered an anxiety disorder because it usually comes with the avoidance of an extremely difficult, stressful past experience where our survival defenses were activated.

Carl Jung said the mind is such a frightening thing that we dare not go there alone. And there are certain experiences that, when we do try to go through on our own, physiologically overwhelm us. It's the avoidance of these painful experiences that characterizes PTSD.

The first step in treatment is to establish a relationship with a therapist where there is so much trust that the therapeutic relationship can ease the fear of entering those traumatic experiences. There's a trust and openness that forms, and the person is not afraid to enter that relationship with a therapist.

One of the things Dr. Michael Dadson has learned from working with veterans for so many years, in groups and individually, is that veterans have helped him appreciate and grow in gratitude for being a Canadian. The way they serve their country, willing to lay down their lives not only for one another, but for people they've never met, deeply inspires Dadson.

Dr Michael Dadson believes that working for veterans or first responders, people who put their lives on the line for the general public, it's a particular honor for him. It is his way of serving them and saying “thank you,” because they have served us.

If you have any questions or think you might be experiencing PTSD, get in touch.

MORE ON COUNSELLING FOR VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FROM MIKE DADSON:

Veterans Transition Network:
“Evaluation of a Group Intervention for Veterans Who Experienced Military Related Trauma”
https://vtncanada.org/wp-content/uplo...

House of Commons CANADA:
“Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security” https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentVie...


“Dr. Michael Dadson, Langley, BC Clinical Counsellor: First Responders and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)”
https://michaeldadson.info/dr-michael...

“Dr. Michael Dadson Urges First Responders to Seek Help for Depression, PTSD”
https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/52649...

Dr. Michael Dadson, PhD Counselling Psychology, clinic in Langley, BC.
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