A Pocket Guide for Peer-Support Team Members of First Responders and Helping Professionals | The Art and Science of Trauma-Responsive Care and Compassion-Focused Engagements
Language: English
Published by Christian Faith Publishing, 2025
- Softcover
- New
Condition: New
£ 16.81
Quantity: 5 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
A Pocket Guide for Peer-Support Team Members of First Responders and Helping Professionals | The Art and Science of Trauma-Responsive Care and Compassion-Focused Engagements | Chaplain Kelvin Foster BCC BCCTR DAAETS | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2025 | Christian Faith Publishing | EAN 9798894289946 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.
Seller Inventory # 134494737
- Title
- A Pocket Guide for Peer-Support Team Members of First Responders and Helping Professionals | The Art and Science of Trauma-Responsive Care and Compassion-Focused Engagements
- Author
- Chaplain Kelvin Foster BCC BCCTR DAAETS
- Publisher
- Christian Faith Publishing
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- Neu
- Binding
- Taschenbuch
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798894289946
- Item weight
- 248 grams
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 x 9 mm
- Seller catalogs
- Bücher
My sincere desire is that this peer-support pocket guidebook contributes to a broader conversation about trauma, mental well-being, and resilience. Ideally, it will help spark a shift in thinking that de-stigmatizes mental-health challenges such as vicarious trauma, PTSD, and cumulative stress. I hope this resource serves as a catalyst for promoting post-traumatic growth and enhancing resilience among first responders and helping professionals.
Providing trauma-responsive and compassion-focused support to our first responder brothers and sisters as well as other helping professionals-after a critical incident is essential. It promotes a long, healthy career and supports a quicker recovery from the impact of trauma and work-related stress. This is the central purpose of this peer-support guidebook.
Imagine if a first responder-your friend-were seriously injured in the line of duty and sustained an open wound. Your immediate instinct, grounded in training, would be to act. Your basic life-support education would activate:
A: Airway, B: Breathing, C: Circulation.
Your goal: stabilize your colleague until a higher level of care is available.
The same structured approach is needed for psychological trauma. Evidence-based interventions delivered early can make a significant difference. Consider a parallel model:
A. Create Safety and Offer a Ministry of Presence.
Establish a calm, empathetic environment where support begins with presence, not pressure.
B. Build Connection and Rapport.
Provide validation, normalization, and a compassionate space where your colleague feels heard and understood.
C. Facilitate Care.
Address immediate needs when possible, and when appropriate, assist with a referral to a higher level of care.
This guidebook explores each step in depth.
It is helpful to remember the roots of the word trauma. The Greek trauma means "wound" or "damage," and the Latin sufferre means "to suffer." These origins remind us that psychological trauma can create deep, invisible wounds that accumulate over time throughout a first responder's career. As peer-support team members, it is essential to understand this reality.
When a colleague-or even you-begins to show unusual behavior after a critical incident, it may be an expression of these unseen wounds. Your role as a peer is to notice, support, and help navigate these responses with empathy, attunement, and compassion.
This guidebook emphasizes the importance of understanding trauma and its effects. It aligns with the principles of trauma-responsive, compassion-focused peer support.
Every first responder deserves the knowledge and tools to understand trauma, manage stress, and prioritize self-care. The lessons in this guide come from lived experience-some learned only after my career ended. My hope is that you can apply them now, not later.
With the right information and consistent practice, every first responder has the potential to be a strong, effective peer. Your awareness, presence, and willingness to help can make a lasting difference in the lives of your colleagues.
Stay informed, stay connected, and take care of yourself and each other.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping rates from Germany to U.S.A.
| Item | 60 to 60 business days | 60 to 60 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 59.33 | £ 59.33 |
Payment methods
- Paypal
Store description
preigu betreibt einen Onlineversandhandel mit über 1 Mio. Produkten in verschiedenen Sortimenten. Das Kernsortiment besteht aus Büchern, Medien und Spielwaren. Ein gelungenes Einkaufserlebnis ist das Ziel einer jeden Bestellung bei preigu, denn der Kunde und seine Zufriedenheit stehen an erster Stelle. preigu setzt daher auf einen kompetenten Kundenservice, funktionierende Prozesse und schnelle Reaktion.
Specialty
Bücher, SpielwarenSeller's business information
preigu GmbH & Co. KG
Lengericher Landstraße 19
Osnabrück, Germany 49078
Terms of sale
About Us
Legal website operator identification:
preigu GmbH & Co. KG
Lengericher Landstr. 19
49078 Osnabrück
Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 541 / 580 72 84
Email: mail@preigu.de
VAT No: DE 455 380 498
AG Osnabrück - HRA 209647
PhG: preigu Verwaltung GmbH
AG Osnabrück - HRB 221793
CEO: Ansas Meyer
We are neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before consumer arbitration boards.
We are a member of the initiative "FairCommerce" since 30.11.2016.
For more information, see: https://www.haendlerbund.de/de/haendlerbund/interessenvertretung/faircommerce
Right of withdrawal
Instructions for revocation
Right of withdrawal for the sale of goods
Revocation right for consumers
(A ‘consumer' is any natural person who concludes a legal transaction which, to an overwhelming extent, cannot be attributed to either his commercial or independent professional activities.)
Instructions for revocation
Revocation right
You have the right to revoke this contract within 14 days without specifying any reasons.
The revocation period is 14 days with effect from the day,
-
on which you or a third party nominated by you, which is not the carrier, had taken possession of the products, provided you had ordered one or more products within the scope of a standard order and this/these product/products is/are delivered uniformly;
-
on which you or a third party nominated by you, which is not the carrier, had taken possession of the last product, provided you had ordered several products within the scope of a standard order and these products are delivered separately;
-
on which you or a third party nominated by you, which is not the carrier, had taken possession of the last part delivery or the last unit, provided you had ordered a product, which is delivered in several part deliveries or units;
To exercise your right of withdrawal, you must inform us (preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, Telephone number: +49 (0) 541 / 580 72 84, E-Mail address: mail@preigu.de) by means of a clear declaration (e.g. a letter sent by post, or an e-mail) of your decision to withdraw from this contract. You can use the attached model withdrawal form for this purpose, which is, however, not mandatory.
You can also exercise your right of withdrawal online by clicking on a button labelled accordingly (such as ‘Withdraw from contract' or similar) on the AbeBooks/ZVAB website. If you use this online function, you will immediately receive a confirmation of receipt on a durable medium (e.g. via email) containing information on the content of the withdrawal notice, as well as the date and time of its receipt.
In order to safeguard the revocation period, it is sufficient that you send the notification about the exercise of the revocation right before the expiry of the revocation period.
Consequences of the revocation
If you revoke this contract, we shall repay all the payments, which we received from you, including the delivery costs (with the exception of additional costs, which arise from that fact that you selected a form of delivery other than the most reasonable standard delivery offered by us), immediately and at the latest within 14 days from the day on which we received the notification about the revocation of this contract from you. We use the same means of payment, which you had originally used during the original transaction, for this repayment unless expressly agreed otherwise with you; you will not be charged any fees owing to this repayment.
We can refuse the repayment until the products are returned to us or until you have furnished evidence that you have sent the products back to us, depending on whichever is earlier.
You must return or transfer the products to us immediately and, in any case, at the latest within 14 days with effect from the day on which you inform us of the revocation of this contract. The deadline is maintained if you send the products before the expiry of the 14 day deadline.
You bear the direct costs for returning the products.
You must pay for any depreciation of the products only if this depreciation can be attributed to any handling with you that was not necessary for checking the condition, features and functionality of the products.
Criteria for exclusion or expiry
The revocation right is not available for contracts
-
for delivery of products, which are not prefabricated and for whose manufacturing an individual selection or stipulation by the consumer is important or which are clearly tailored to the personal requirements of the consumer;
-
for delivery of products, which can spoil quickly or whose use-by date would be exceeded quickly;
-
for delivery of alcoholic drinks, whose price was agreed at the time of concluding the contract, which however can be delivered 30 days after the conclusion of the contract at the earliest and whose current value depends on the fluctuations in the market, on which the entrepreneur has no influence;
-
for delivery of newspapers, periodicals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts. The revocation right expires prematurely in case of contracts
-
for delivery of sealed products, which are not suitable for return for reasons of health protection or hygiene if their seal has been removed after the delivery;
-
for delivery of products if they have been mixed inseparably with other goods after the delivery, owing to their condition;
-
for delivery of sound or video recording or computer software in a sealed package if the seal has been removed after the delivery.
Specimen - revocation form
(If you wish to revoke the contract, please fill up this form and send it back to us.)
-
To preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, Email address: mail@preigu.de :
-
I/we () herewith revoke the contract concluded by me/ us () regarding the purchase of the following products ()/
the provision of the following service () -
Ordered on ()/ received on ()
-
Name of the consumer(s)
-
Address of the consumer(s)
-
Signature of the consumer(s) (only in case of a notification on paper)
-
Date
(*) Cross out the incorrect option.