Coaching LA Wildfires:
Emotional Recovery for Crisis Response®
Overview of the Three Phase Process
Phase I: Emotional Triage
Phase II: Recovery Strategies
Phase III: Resilience Building
The LA Wildfires have left us with “Scorched Earth” equating the descriptions of many who have stated, “it looks like a bomb went off” others have made reference to a “war zone.” The first responders who were at the front lines fighting the fires, going from door to door notifying residents to evacuate, moving elderly patients from assisted living facilities as the fire raged all around them. Taking, at times, what must have felt like a futile stance against mother nature as 100 mile an hour winds pounded our communities.
Our fearless, brave, and noble men and women risked their lives for weeks against a relentless foe. Many losing their own homes, fighting within their own communities feeling helpless, hopeless, responsible for the safety of their communities, and guilty that they weren’t able to do more.
We’re here to support you in the Emotional Recovery process addressing the human element of crisis response with long-term solutions to an environment of permacrisis.
***All of our solutions take a nonclinical coach approach to emotional recovery and crisis response.
Providing Vital Structure While Allowing Flexibility
Grounded in decades of clinical research and foundational theories our Emotional Recovery for Crisis Response® coaching series provides a nonclinical, trauma-informed approach to support recovery and resilience. Unlike traditional therapy, we focus on practical, actionable strategies to overcome challenges, build strengths, process trauma, and achieve personal and professional goals. This program integrates evidence-based practices aimed at fostering emotional recovery, along with cultivating leadership skills that promote resilience, fortitude, and a clear, forward-thinking vision.
Uniquely crafted to:
- Mitigate the long-term negative effects of trauma exposure and crisis response.
- Enhance communication and strengthen leadership skills.
- Implement a coaching & leadership approach to promote resiliency and organizational wellness.
- Foster a sense of control and purpose.
Experience a structured coaching protocol to be implemented in a variety of diverse settings. Designed for law enforcement and military personnel, his remarkable tool can be tailored to be implemented within public safety and support personnel (law enforcement, firefighters, EMT, dispatch/call centers), medical institutions, educational institutions, clinical practices, health and wellness settings, and various community outlets.
Utilizing evidence-based industry best practices in executive and health and wellness coaching, group coaching, nonclinical trauma reduction, grief recovery, and resiliency leadership group participants experience a clear structure to build hardiness and resilience, self-awareness, strengthen leadership abilities, and increase emotional intelligence.
When implemented within the workplace the protocol can be tailored to the organizational needs. This tool can be used to build employee engagement, reduce workplace stress and absenteeism, create stability in times of extreme change and uncertainty, and build hardness and resiliency.
Strategically Designed to Meet Your Unique Needs Over Time
An Overview of the III Phases of the Emotional Recovery for Crisis Response
You might be wondering why III Phases? Emotional recovery is similar to physical recovery of an injury, in that it takes time to recover and there are often phases of the healing process. I like to use the analogy of a broken bone. First you need to set it for stabilization (Phase I). After being in a cast it takes time to feel normal and regain flexibility and normal range of motion, physical therapy (Phase II). Once you complete physical therapy you’re ready to do strength building which gives you the opportunity to make the broken limb stronger than it was before the injury (Phase III).
BUT if you don’t set your limb, do your physical therapy, and make the extra effort to build strength – your injury won’t heal right, you’ll feel pain at random times, and it could reduce your overall quality of life (for the rest of your life) similarly to the emotional recovery process.
Phase I: Emotional Triage & Stabilization
6 Week Group Coaching Protocol
Before we can begin the healing process we require stabilization. There are global symptoms commonly experienced when responding to a crisis event. These symptoms naturally dissipate over time and can take, on average 3-9 months (after exposure to trauma stimuli ends). Phase I: is designed to support participants in identifying, navigating, and moving through the initial stages of emotional recovery for crisis response.
First responders often experience repeated exposure to trauma stimuli and Phase I’s education component is designed to support the implementation of coping strategies with prolonged trauma, high stress environments, and ongoing crisis response.
Phase II: Emotional Recovery Strategies
12 Week Group Coaching: Cognitive Approach to Emotional Recovery
In Phase I we identify there are global symptoms commonly experienced when responding to a crisis event introducing tools to support these symptoms in naturally dissipating over time, however with prolonged and repeated exposure to ongoing trauma stimuli and crisis response these symptoms don’t always naturally dissipate. We can feel “stuck” navigating the recovery process.
In Phase II we take an in-depth look at effective cognitive coping strategies, exploring secondary trauma, survivors guilt, taking personal responsibility for things you have no control over, identifying opportunities for peer and social support, building communication skills, leadership skills, and making meaning of the impact of crisis response.
Phase III: Build Resiliency with a Coaching & Leadership Model
18 Week Emotional Recovery for Crisis Response® Coach Certification
You can attend Phase III independently of either of the first II Phases or consecutively with Phases I or II or after completiom of the first II Phases. Phase III is designed to support you in becoming more transformational in your leadership style, adapt the 3C’s of hardiness within your organizational structure, and take a coach approach to resiliency leadership with formal coach training.
The data informs us that ongoing professional coaching significantly impacts the effectiveness and efficiency of change initiatives, increases employee engagement and satisfaction, supports the development of emerging leaders, reduces stress and burnout, and supports overall individual and organizational wellness.
Phase III is geared for chiefs, midlevel leaders, and frontline personnel on a leadership track. For Chiefs and Midlevel leaders this training provides you with advance leadership training, formal coaching skills, and roadmap to build an agency culture that fosters resiliency leadership and organizational wellness.
Frontline personnel who are on a leadership track, interested in supporting their peers, and becoming a departmental representative to provide internal coaching.
Establishing the Foundation for Emotional Recovery with Hardiness
There is much talk about resiliency with little discussion of the significance hardiness plays on ones ability to establish and maintain resiliency. Resilience is defined as the ability to successfully adapt to stressors, maintaining psychological well-being in the face of adversity.
Hardiness, on the other hand, is a personality construct composed of three traits – control, commitment, and challenge – that make one resilient in the face of adversity and it is defined as attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that mitigate the negative effects of life events and help individuals process and avoid physical and mental distress.
Moreover, where resiliency is a broader concept, hardiness offers a specific framework with measurable components to provide a road map to identify tactile solutions to build both individual and organizational resiliency and overall wellness.
Applying the 3C’s of Hardiness for Emotional Recovery
Perceive Failure & Respond to Change
Challenge is seeing change and novelty as exciting and as an opportunity for you to learn and grow. In addition, to looking at how you perceive change, challenge also addresses how you view and respond to failure.
Influence & Personal Responsibility
Having a sense of self-efficacy and the belief that you can influence outcomes in your life. When examining control we’re looking at how you view your decisions making process and where you place responsibility for your experience.
Meaning & Significance
Being engaged and seeing most parts of your life as interesting and meaningful. Commitment explores feeling part of something greater than yourself, human connections, meaningful relationships, and contributions you make.
So Much is Out of Your Control
Emotional Recovery for Crisis Response® Puts You Back In The Drivers Seat!
There is so much happening in the world that we have no control over. We look to our leaders for guidance and direction, we wait to see what is going to happen next, and we rely on experts to guide and direct us. When we feel confident in our leaders ability to utilize the guidance and direction from experts it provides us solace but when leadership is lacking it can have devastating consequences.
The data shows poor leadership, including divided leadership, can have a diminishing impact on a follower’s ability to perform, cope with stress, and make meaningful decisions. When followers do not trust their leaders it can have a confounding negative and long-lasting impact.
In extremely stressful situations with high levels of uncertainty, it can be difficult to wade through the sea of noise coming from external influences impeding our ability to think clearly, perform effectively, and plan strategically.
The Emotional Recovery for Crisis Response® III Phase program was created to quiet the outside distractions while providing a structured, safe, and inspirational space to gain clarity of vision, build resiliency, and construct a plan of action in this time of confusion, frustration, and overwhelm.
The LA Wildfires, according to recent estimates, could potentially be considered the most expensive natural disaster in American history, with damage costs estimated between $250 and $275 billion, surpassing even Hurricane Katrina in terms of total economic loss.
We are in this together, and what that means is we can’t wait for the experts to figure out what we need 6 months or a year from now.
If we wait, the level of impact of trauma will be monumental. As Benjamin Franklin so eloquently put it, “An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure.”
If we act now, we can potentially reduce the level of trauma exponentially simply by providing each other support, sharing our stories to normalize our experiences, and coming together to brainstorm what we need within our communities to rebuild taking clear decisive organized action toward positive solutions.
This is what Emotional Recovery for Crisis Response is all about and so much more!
When leadership is divided, we have two choices, we can wait and see or we can step up and lead.
Experience Group Support
Emotional Recovery for Crisis Response
Within this program you will:
OBJECTIVES
Course Objectives & Outcomes
Harness the Benefit of Group Support
How are others tackling similar challenges? In this unprecedented time of uncertainty, it’s important to have other like-minded peers to collaborate with to share challenges, explore alternatives, and troubleshoot new initiatives. Group support can provide a sounding board for your ideas, identify potential blocks, and normalize your challenges. You’re not in this alone.
Identify Three Ways to Build Hardiness
There are specific and strategic actions you can take to build your hardiness and resilience and to support your followers in doing the same. You will take the Hardiness Resilience Gauge assessment that will give you clear guidelines and simple action steps to build hardiness, strengthen commitment, identify opportunities to build control, and overcome challenges.
Clarify Your Vision
With devastation comes the need for a “new vision” to provide direction. One of the main influencers of the negative impact of a crisis situation is the lack of clarity for where we go next. When the follower believes in their leader’s ability to keep them safe they not only rise to the occasion but often thrive, as they are able to perform in ways they never imagined they could increasing their self-esteem, engagement, and dedication to their work and the community.
Adopt a Coaching Approach to Close the Resiliency Training Gap
Leadership is key to stress management, building resiliency skills, and creating a culture that supports organizational wellness. Formal coach training is an essential skill for leaders due to the inherent nature of active listening, clear concise communication, the ability to design effective actions (goal setting and change initiatives), share your vision as a leader, and guide your followers in self-actualization to increase employee satisfaction and engagement and foster a coaching culture that supports organizational wellness. These skills are rooted in formal coach training.
Apply Tactical Steps to Reduce Trauma
There are tactical steps that can be taken to reduce the negative impact of a crisis situation and to use the challenges as opportunities to identify solutions to support recovery. As you begin to apply the action steps to build hardiness you can reduce the negative impact of a crisis situation for yourself and your community.
Model Structure and Stability
The III Phases of the Emotional Recovery for Crisis Response is designed to model structure and stability for you to bring to your teams and the community. Crisis brings with it uncertainty, having as much stability as can be created based on your unique needs as a leader and within your organization is grounded in the 3C’s of hardiness: challenge, control, and commitment.
To Ensure the Effectiveness of Our Program We Provide Pre-Post Assessments:
Three Assessments: MLQ, HRG, & PSS
Gap Analysis: Establish a Clear Path toward Your Professional Development
Upon entering into the group you will take the MLQ to identify your leadership tendencies, HRG to measure your hardiness, and PSS to assess stress levels. Based on your results you will explore where you are currently to where you would like to be and establish a tactical plan of action. At the completion of each Phase, you will take the assessments again to see your success and develop a plan for your continued development.
OnDemand Video Series
Enjoy the Benefit of Evidence Informed Industry Best Practices Training Videos
Each week prior to your live 90-minute group coaching session you will have access to industry best practice video series. The video series will be used to provide your group coaching sessions with tools, tips, and techniques. During the group coaching sessions, you will select your goals or specific areas you want to develop, establish action steps, identify potential obstacles, brainstorm solutions to the obstacles and establish a clear plan of action for implementation.
Multi Factor Leadership (MLQ) Assessment
Identify Your Current Leadership Tendencies
The Multi Factor Leadership Questionnaire assesses your leadership tendencies between three prominent leadership styles. Breaking each style into categories and providing you with a clear guide for your unique professional development needs.
Gain clarity, identify opportunities, and establish a clear path toward becoming more transformational in your leadership style.
Hardiness & Resilience Gauge (HRG) Assessment
The 3 C’s: Challenge, Control, & Commitment Reduce Trauma & Increases Engagement
The HRG is grounded in over 30 years of research. The Hardiness Resilience Gauge is focused on the 3 – C’s Challenge, Control, and Commitment
Your HRG results will help you identify a clear strategic path to increase your hardiness and build resilience. As you enhance your hardiness you will learn techniques and gain access to tools to build hardiness and resilience within your teams.
Individuals who score high in hardiness fare better in times of crisis, high levels of change, and uncertainty.
Percieved Stress Scale (PSS) Assessment
Identify oppertunities to reduce stress and navigate long-term stressors
The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is the most widely used psychological instrument for measuring the perception of stress. It is a measure of the degree to which situations in one’s life are appraised as stressful.
Stress has a far reaching impact on all areas of life. Within the group coaching program you will use this assessment to identfiying areas you percieve to be most stressful and develop a short and long-term plan to reduce stress.
Meet Your Coach Dr. Janine Elias PCC, NBC-HWC
As leaders, we have a unique opportunity to alter our current path. What we do now will have a lasting impact for our organizations, our families, our communities, and future generations. It’s essential as leaders that we choose to be part of the solution, to find clarity within the chaos, and begin working toward a shared vision of the future.
You have an opportunity to reinvent yourself as a leader. Now is a pivotal time to transform your organizations, support your community, and provide economic growth building hardy and resilient teams, organizations, and communities. Learn more about Dr. Janine Elias.
“In my opinion, the greatest value of this course and Dr. Elias’ teaching is the focus on relationship building and officer wellness / resiliency to build a more robust agency.”
—Chief Ronald A Cundey Harrison Twp Police Dept. NJ