Seminar Topics

Peak Performance
Are your officers prepared to survive a deadly force encounter? Learn what it takes to prepare officers to achieve peak performance during all types of high stress situations.

Investigating Deadly Force Encounters
Perceptual and memory distortions have a major impact in any deadly force encounter and the ensuing investigation. It is crucial that investigators, attorneys, and other post-incident personnel understand these distortions. Seminar participants will learn how to recognize and deal with these factors to help ensure an accurate and thorough investigation.

Post-Incident Survival
Officers who survive a deadly force encounter may not psychologically survive the storm of the aftermath. Learn what agencies and officers can do to ensure that traumatic incidents are not the beginning of the end for the survivors' careers.

Fighting Burn-out
Law enforcement is a high stress career that can turn enthusiastic rookies into demoralized, burned out veterans in a few years. Learn how to avoid this fate and make it to retirement happy and healthy.

Evaluation Comments
Dr. Artwohl consistently receives excellent ratings for her seminars. Following are comments from her student evaluations:

• "The best class I have had in 11 years of police work. All police officers should attend this training, especially administrators and management."
• "Excellent presentation. Confident, articulate, caring - passionate about the topic."
• "In 23 years on the job this is the first conference with a 'shrinks' presentation with 'cops' in mind."
• "Very informative. Most of the thought process taught by Dr. Artwohl was new to me and superbly explained."
• "I wish someone had told me what Alexis did - at the beginning of my career."
• "Very compassionate speaker - great handouts."
• Extremely practical class. I will now begin to get more involved in the issue of stress management for life longevity."
• "I think it is highly needed for all law enforcement training. The topic should be put into basic classes, then followed up the rest of the officer's life. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you."
• "This has helped me understand some past experiences and be armed for the future."
• "Most of us have a prejudging of a psychologist but Dr. Artwohl was extremely interesting and very supportive of law enforcement."
• "This was the best presentation to date - relevant, concise, useful."

Training Options

• Host a seminar: A unique opportunity for your agency. Receive scholarships by providing classroom space, A/V equipment and advertising the seminar.
• Contract for specialized training: One time training and/or lectures for line personnel, leadership, investigations, attorneys and other professionals, and the community can be customized to your needs.
• Contract for basic academy, in-service training, command schools, etc: Recruits, veterans, supervisors, trainers, investigators, and leaders should have this training. Refresher courses offered.

For further information:

Alexis Artwohl, Ph.D.
Survival Triangle Training
7195 Bridgeview Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89147

E-mail: artwohl@cs.com
Phone: 503-780-2787

Deadly Force Encounters Seminar:
Gilmartin, Harris and Associates is pleased to announce the seminar, Deadly Force Encounters which will be presented by Dr. Alexis Artwohl in Casa Grande, Arizona on May 31, 2001. For registration information call 520.322.5600 or e-mail to: ghalso@aol.com.

Alexis Artwohl, Ph.D.

Dr. Artwohl provides training and consultation across the USA and Canada. She consistently receives excellent ratings from the many police officers she has trained across North America.

During her 16 years as a private practice clinical and police psychologist she provided traumatic incident debriefings and psychotherapy to officers and their family members at multiple agencies in the Pacific Northwest.

In January 1999 Dr. Artwohl closed her clinical practice to join her husband, Assistant Chief Dave Butzer, in his retirement from the Portland Police Bureau. They can now devote all their efforts to training and consultation.

Dr. Artwohl is co-author of the acclaimed book, Deadly Force Encounters, written with retired police officer Loren W. Christensen. Reviews of the book and ordering information are available on the internet at http://www.amazon.com or go to Loren W. Christensen's website at: http://www.aracnet.com/~lwc123

Praise for Deadly Force Encounters,
written by Alexis Artwohl, Ph.D. and Loren W. Christensen

"A superb book. It is destined to become a classic. It should be mandatory reading for all members of the professions or arms, in blue or green. Thanks for writing this book and thanks for caring."

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman (Retired)
Author of On Killing

"This book is much more than the title indicates. It is an excellent resource for police officers, firefighters, the Coast Guard, paramedics and others doing emergency work on how to avoid "bystander" PTSD. They show how to overcome the impact of extreme experiences and heal instead of being emotionally wounded for life. Highly recommended.

Dr. Al Siebert
Author of The Survivor Personality

"I am impressed by the depths of her insights. An enlightening and truthful book about two individuals who really care about the well-being of the protectors of society. I highly recommend this book for all officers, administrators, force investigators, trainers, and significant others. In my years as a police trainers and writer, I have collected a lot of training material. On my bookshelf there are two books that I consider premiere officer survival resource publications. Now Deadly Force Encounters joins them"

Guy A. Rossi
Law Enforcement Trainer and Writer

Additional website links:
This website is loaded with valuable guidelines on how to be resilient and bounce back from adversity.
http://www.thrivenet.com

This is a valuable resource for officers and family members on coping with the stress of police work.
http://www.policefamilies.com

For further information:

Alexis Artwohl, Ph.D.
Survival Triangle Training
7195 Bridgeview Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89147

E-mail: artwohl@cs.com
Phone: 503-780-2787

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