In this episode of Bluegrass Beat, we sit down with Angela Childers, a dedicated and award-winning Mental Health Professional at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training. Angela shares her passion for helping peace officers and dispatchers recover from post-critical incident injuries, discusses the unique challenges they face and the vital role of mental health support in their recovery.

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About Our Guest

Angela Childers serves as a mental health professional at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training and the Kentucky Post-Critical Incident Seminar clinical director. Prior to joining the department in 2019, Childers was a trauma therapist for the Soldier Center in Clarksville, Tennessee. She is an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)- licensed provider and recently received a lifetime achievement award from the Kentucky Women’s Law Enforcement Network for her work with peace officer and telecommunicator mental health.

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Music by Digital Juice and StackTraxx.