Our mental health professionals Courtney & Emily

Watch on  YouTube - https://youtu.be/2FO8fYhUTEQ<br/><br/>This week our hosts sit down with Courtney and Emily.  Both are licensed clinicians who are a part of our Mental Health Unit at GPPD.  <br/><br/>Their daily duties are quite varied here at GP.  They do many follow-ups, welfare checks, and even respond to in-progress calls with officers. Both also assist with critical incidents and special operations negotiations.  They also help internally with our officer's mental health and wellness to keep everyone healthy mentally.  <br/><br/>Emily earned her masters in Social Work from the University of Texas at Arlington and focused her studies on mental health and substance use disorders.  Emily is a licensed master's social worker and is currently working toward obtaining her hours for clinical licensure. She works for Grand Prairie Police Department in the crisis support unit and is a co-responder with a law enforcement officer.  Emily serves first responders in private practice and is EMDR trained. She has experience working in community mental health and was a crisis Interventionist for a local mental health authority for several years. Emily provides Crisis Intervention training, Mental Health Peace Officer Training, and other specialized training to local police departments.  Courtney earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Criminal Justice from Stephen F. Austin State University and a Master of Science in Psychology from Texas A&M Commerce. Courtney is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. She is also a Certified Anger Resolution Therapist and trained in EMDR.   Courtney currently works as the Crisis Support Supervisor for the Grand Prairie Police Department. She is a crisis interventionist and a liaison between law enforcement and the community. She is the Peer Support Coordinator for the department, working to assist in promoting officer wellness and resiliency. She is a trained hostage negotiator and serves as the mental health professional on the Grand Prairie Crisis Negotiation team.   She has experience working with chronically mentally ill adults, persons in crisis, and persons affected by trauma.<br/><br/>They both come from a long line of service professionals and we are glad to have them!  <br/><br/>Let's dig into it!<br/><br/>#firstresponders #mentalhealth #policestories #firefighters #firstresponderpodcast #wellness #police #policepodcasts  #coplife #grandprairie #grandprairiepd #grandprairiepolice #thinblueline #firedepartment #investigations #honorguard #swat #fto #intern #jiujitsu #bjj #mindset #lpc #wellnessunit #wellness #emdr #counseling #therapy #therapist<br/><br/>Check out our department and come join us!<br/>https://www.grandprairiepolice.org/Join-GPPD/Benefits<br/><br/>Spotify:<br/>https://open.spotify.com/show/7iXLlroCbjAnjPAIT2zbEO<br/> <br/>iTunes:<br/>https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gppd-podcast-grand-prairie-police-tx/id1647457129<br/><br/>Social Media:<br/>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGKcINWcNmiQWqoGebGbpug<br/>https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090391688925<br/>https://twitter.com/gppd_podcast<br/>https://www.instagram.com/gppdpodcast/<br/>https://www.tiktok.com/@grandprairiepd?lang=