Trauma from the Frontline is a podcast series directed at correction officers and frontline responders to provide them with access to a wide range of psychologists working in the trauma fields, key stakeholders in the emergency sector and individuals willing to share their experiences of trauma in the delivering of their frontline occupations.
The focus is educational and the goal is to encourage people to be proactive in managing their own mental health and for people who need help to find the pathway of achieving it.
Trauma from the Frontline is a podcast series directed at correction officers and frontline responders to provide them with access to a wide range of psychologists working in the trauma fields, key stakeholders in the emergency sector and individuals willing to share their experiences of trauma in the delivering of their frontline occupations.
The focus is educational and the goal is to encourage people to be proactive in managing their own mental health and for people who need help to find the pathway of achieving it.
Bruce is with Ajdin (Adi) Mujezinovic, Adi is a psychologist and works part time at Assistance Dogs Australia as a Mental Health Clinician. In this interview Adi shares how the dogs are trained, the matching process and the roles a therapy dog can play in the life of someone living with PTSD.
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Bruce is licensed to deliver From Correction Fatigue to Fullfillment Training throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Please Note: Some of the questions refer to a therapy dog as opposed to an Assistance Dog. A Therapy Dog is a dog used by a Allied Health professional to meet goals in a therapeutic setting, they do not have public access. An Assistance Dog (sometimes called a Service Dog) is trained to alleviate a disability when teamed with an individual. These dogs do have public access and are the dogs we use for PTSD.