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As a 1st responder we experience the worst of humanity, see people at their worst and lowest times. We tend to protect ourselves from all of this by just stowing it away, not dealing with it, filing it away. Well I did that and after I retired those experiences came knocking. Sometimes they came all at once, other times one at a time. I’m not sure which way was worse being overwhelmed by the horde of experiences or remembering every detail from them as they came in one by one

I started therapy approximately four years ago. I was leaving an abusive marriage. I thought I needed help navigating my way out of the marriage. My lack of education and knowledge on trauma had me oblivious to the fact that my unhealthy marriage was a direct result of unhealed childhood trauma. I also needed help untangling the mess of my childhood that ultimately led me to this point in my life. I was so unaware of how my childhood, generations of abuse, and lack of educati

About LEARS™ The Law Enforcement Agency Reputation Score™ (LEARS) was developed by Dr. Olivia Johnson as an assessment tool to address challenges regarding agency reputation, risk reduction, vulnerabilities that can adversely affect agency reputation, employee performance, professional development, and community relations. There is a direct correlation between early intervention and professionalism as a risk factor tied to high-risk behavior and suicide. Dr. Johnson has devel