In this powerful and enlightening episode, Department of Criminal Justice Training Resiliency Instructor Gabe Gillingham and his wife, Melissa Gillingham, discuss post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI) among first responders and its ripple effects on their families and marriages. Tune in to hear the Gillinghams share their own personal journey through PTSI, restoration, helping others heal, and their continued work through the Kentucky Post-Critical Incidence Seminar (KYPCIS).  

For more information about DOCJT’s Resiliency Section, click here.

For information about the Kentucky Post-Critical Incident Seminar, click here.

Contact Gillingham at gabe.gillingham@ky.gov.

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