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 Dr Gail Kinman. Gail is a renowned Chartered Psychologist and Fellow of both the British Psychological Society and the Academy of Social Sciences. With extensive experience in research …
Bruce is with John A Shuford. With over 30 years of experience in delivering innovative staff development training programs, John is regarded as the national leader of the award-winning Immersion-Exp…
Bruce is with Dr Susan Jones. We had the pleasure of speaking with Susan, who has worked in the corrections system in Colorado, USA for 31 years. She has had an extensive career within the system, st…
Bruce is with Anthony. In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Anthony Milbourne, a seasoned professional with years of experience in compliance enforcement. Throughout his career, Anth…
Bruce is with Maggie. Maggie was a Correctional officer for ten years and in this interview, she shares how the prison environment/culture just wore her down to the point she had to leave. The consta…
Bruce is with Jennifer, Mia’s mother from the previous episodes. I am very keen to her the family members stories as well as frontline stories. In this interview she shares her doubts about Mia wanti…
Part 2 of Mia’s Interview: Bruce is with Mia, Mia was a Correction Officer for 3 years and in this very open and honest two part interview she shares the enormity of the prison experience and culture…
Part 1 of Mia’s Interview: Bruce is with Mia, Mia was a Correction Officer for 3 years and in this very open and honest two part interview she shares the enormity of the prison experience and culture…
Bruce is with Greg Morton. Greg worked for Oregon State Corrections for more than thirty years, hehas a Bachelor degree in Psychology and a Master of Science degree in Industrial/Organisational Psych…
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 …
Bruce Perham is with Don Gillies, Don worked as a Policeman for 5 years which he followed up with 37 years as an ambulance paramedic. Don talks about his work experiences, the continual exposure to t…
Welcome to 2023 and the second series of Trauma from the Frontline!! It was quite an amazing experience to interview such interesting guests. There were many light bulb moments for me which directly …
It's been abit of a journey reflecting on the first season of Trauma from the Frontline. I've learned an immense amount from each episode & I can't express my gratitude I have for all our guests we'v…
Timothea Goddard has been practising Yoga and Meditation (in the Vipassana tradition) from early on in her life. Tim is acknowledged as a pioneer in bringing Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)…
Linda Curran is an international speaker, author and trainer on the treatment of trauma. Linda has developed, produced and presents multimedia workshops on all aspects of psychological trauma. Her la…
Dr Turner is Chief Social Worker at Forensicare, Victoria. Prior to that Dr Turner worked in a variety of positions within the youth justice system and more recently was a Senior Lecturer Social Work…
Dr McKinnon has integrated several approaches to develop her own model of therapy called Radical Exposure Tapping (RET) for rapidly resolving disturbing memories and symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress…
Dr Jon Finch specialises in treating people with complex trauma histories and specifically Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In this interview Jon shares his earlier work as a Clinical Psycholog…
Andrew is the Emergency Management Victoria Commissioner. Prior to that Andrew was a Policeman for 38 years and was Deputy Commissioner of Regional Development when he accepted the position at EMV. I…
Tim Peck was a police officer for more than 20 years and in this interview shares his experience of police work. He tells me how it totally took over his life, leading to a spiral into depression, PT…