Stephanie Samuels M.A., MSW, LCSW: Cops, Suicide and the "DREAM TEAM" for brain health

<p>Pschyotherapist Stephanie Samuels joins to discuss:</p><ul><li>Why more cops die by suicide than homicide</li><li>Why your brain keeps the score</li><li>How to transition from work to home</li><li>Why CTE is misdiagnosed as PTSD</li><li>Link between TAU brain proteins and CTE</li><li>Why a neurologist may be more helpful than a psychologist</li><li>Impact of G-Forces on high school kids playing contact sports</li><li>Quick ocular exam to test for brain injury</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>BIO: </strong>Stephanie Samuels is a psychotherapist who works exclusively with police officers. Ms. Samuels has lectured all over the country on PTSD and vicarious trauma, including undiagnosed PTSD and the fallout from departmental silence after officers are involved in critical incidents as well as how traumatic pasts play a part in an officer's career. Ms. Samuels is part of a renowned National Research Team looking into the role concussions play in the mental health of law enforcement officers and the potential connection to suicide.</p><p><br></p><p>Ms. Samuels began her career as one of the teens in the first focus group of Teen Line Cares, a mental health helpline for teens. Ms. Samuels understood that teens only trusted and confided in other teens. With this same concept in mind, Ms. Samuels went on to create two law enforcement officer hotlines. She is the Founder and Director of COPLINE, Inc., the first Confidential National Law Enforcement Officers' Hotline in the country answered by retired officers.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>She is the general partner of The Counseling and Critical Incident Debriefing Center, LLC, which specializes in debriefing and long-term counseling of first responders and their families. She taught at the Monmouth County Police Academy for 16 years and has been a guest lecturer at The FBI Academy in Quantico. Ms. Samuels was hired after the Boston Bombing as the Clinical Director of the Boston Police Department Peer Support Unit and co-founded the LEADER (Law Enforcement Acti