Public Safety Professionals Retreat (PSPR)

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Our First Responders need support!!!

Law enforcement, firefighters, emergency medical workers, detentions and corrections officers, and emergency communications  personnel face daily exposure to life-threatening situations, traumatic events, and high-stress environments.  Many work mandatory overtime shifts on top of regular hours due to understaffing issues which severely skews a desperately needed work-life balance.  First Responder departments and agencies across the nation are struggling with low morale and a recent surge in line-of-duty suicides.  Each one of these individuals deserves compassion, empathy, understanding, and the highest levels of support available.  Before our heroes reach critical mass...

There is HELP.  There is HOPE.  There is ProSPeR.

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The Public Safety Professionals Retreat (PSPR), or ProSPeR, is a clinician-guided, peer-driven six-day intensive outpatient retreat that provides emergency responders the opportunity to learn and practice new coping skills while improving personal and professional relationships.  PSPR focuses on using prevention and early-intervention models to effectively address issues including substance abuse, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, suicidal thoughts, and other stress- and trauma-related symptoms.  The goal of ProSPeR is to enable professionals in public safety roles to restore and resume work or retirement in a positive, productive manner and avoid negative outcomes such as family dissolution, chemical dependence, or suicide.

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At PSPR, the essential elements of developing peer support systems and understanding mental health are conducted by specially trained peers, chaplains, and clinical professionals.  Each day encompasses a motivational theme that is reinforced by practicing specific skills and activity engagement designed to strengthen a guest's trust and reestablish confidence.  Various new stress relief outlets are introduced and encouraged at ProSPeR such as horseback riding, swimming, fishing, hiking, yoga, and creative arts.   

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At the end of the week, guests of the Public Safety Professionals Retreat have learned and practiced new life skills, gained friends and confidants who understand the issues (personal and professional) related to being an emergency responder, and have established trusted lifelines for continuing support.

Who We Are

The Public Safety Professionals Retreat (PSPR),or ProSPeR, is a six-day intensive outpatient retreat that provides emergency responders the opportunity to learn and practice new coping skills while improving personal and professional relationships. PSPR focuses on using prevention and early-intervention models to effectively address issues including substance abuse, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, sleep disturbances, and other stress- and trauma-related symptoms. The goal of ProSPeR is to enable professionals in public safety roles to restore and resume work or retirement in a positive, productive manner and avoid negative outcomes such as family dissolution, chemical dependence, or suicide.

At PSPR, the essential elements of developing peer support systems and understanding mental health are conducted by specially trained peers, chaplains, and clinical professionals. Each day encompasses a motivational theme that is reinforced by practicing specific skills and activity engagement designed to strengthen a guest's trust and reestablish confidence. Various new stress relief outlets are introduced and encouraged at ProSPeR such as horseback riding, swimming, fishing, hiking, yoga, and creative arts.

At the end of the week, guests of the Public Safety Professionals Retreat have learned and practiced new life skills, gained friends and confidants who understand the issues (personal and professional) related to being an emergency responder, and have established trusted lifelines for continuing support.