On May 16th Dr Jess Miller and the team began a 3-day Trauma Processing Techniques pilot with student officers at GMP. Feedback from the sessions suggested that the techniques were really well received, proving to be informative, practical and seemingly effective.
Dr Jess Miller and Research Assistant (Alex Peart) held 3 sessions from May 16th-18th in which student officers at GMP were trained in how to effectively and thoroughly process traumatic experiences the kind of which they will inevitably face during their career. The techniques incorporated hippocampal-dependent (allocentric) spatial processing and episodic memory consolidation in order to get a better overall perspective of an incident using timelines and maps. The initial sessions proved popular with a lot of positive feedback and the regular monthly check-ins with the participants will allow us to continue to monitor the techniques’ success. The techniques could not have been delivered so effectively without the help of trainers from Durham Police and the support of the trainers, well-being and federation officers, the clinical supervision of Professor Chris Brewin (UCL) and the full support of the Police Dependants' Trust- to all of whom we extend our heartfelt thanks!