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Dr Glenn SchiraldiDr Glenn R. Schiraldi, PhD, LTC (USAR, Ret.), has served on the stressmanagement faculties at the Pentagon, the International Critical Incident StressFoundation (ICISF), and the University of Maryland School of Public Health, where hereceived the Outstanding Teaching Award and other teaching/service awards.His twelve books on stress-related topics have been translated into nine foreignlanguages, and include: The Complete Guide to Resilience: Why It Matters, How toBuild and Maintain It; The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook; The ResilientWarrior Before, During, and After War; World War II Survivors: Lessons in Resilience;The Self-Esteem Workbook; Conquer Anxiety, Worry & Nervous Fatigue; The AngerManagement Sourcebook; Ten Simple Solutions to Building Self-Esteem; Hope andHelp for Depression; and Facts to Relax By: A Guide to Relaxation and StressReduction.Glenn owns Resilience Training International (www.ResilienceFirst.com), which provides skills-based resiliencetraining to individuals ranging from high-risk groups and their families to mental health professionals andcorporate leaders. His resilience courses at the University of Maryland have improved resilience, optimism, selfesteem,happiness, curiosity, depression, anxiety, and anger. Glenn is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy,West Point, and is a Vietnam-era U.S. Army veteran. His doctorate is from the University of Maryland.Resilience Training Lite*Psychological Survival Skills: Before, During and After CrisesOne-day program offered in Brisbane, Perth and AdelaideThis one-day training course will introduce resilience principles and skills in an abbreviatedfashion to accommodate those with greater time constraints. Although the course goals remain the sameas the two-day program, certain background, principles, and skills will necessarily be omitted.Course Outline: Resilience Training Lite*1. Overview of Resilience• The common stress conditions and howresilience addresses their common risk factors• What is resilience, why it matters; who canmaster resilience skills, how resilience is developed2. Key skills to cope with strong distressingemotions and the common risk factors of thestress conditions• Brain Resilience: Optimise “brain hardware” andreadiness for learning• Calming unproductive arousal• Managing strong distressing emotions, nightmares,and guilt• Emotional inoculation: Preparing for worst casescenarios• Planning for post-crisis symptoms-including panicand dissociation• Early treatment readiness (being “100% there again”for buddies, family, and self - to include addressingearly trauma)• Especially for combatants - police, military, securitypersonnel, and others who are exposed directly orindirectly to violence- Reconcile with killing (or suffer more later)- Maintain and reclaim the honourable warrioridentity and inner peace; bringing forward thewisdom of the honourable warrior- Homecoming/Reintegration3. Skills that build happiness: The force multiplier• Why happiness matters; how to build it• Self-esteem-the strongest correlation of resilienceand happiness• Optimism• Gratitude• Altruism / Love-the core of resilience and effectiveleadership• Humour• Moral strength• Long view of suffering• Spirituality and religious practice• Money attitudes and management• Meaning and Purpose• Social Intelligence - family balance and resilientleadership• Balance and Fun• Mindfulness meditation - with the ultimate goal ofsitting with even the most distressing symptoms/memories with equanimity4. Summing Up• Making a plan to practice• Follow-up training• Additional resources*©2014 Glenn R. Schiraldi, Ph.D. All rights reserved.
Resilience Training*Psychological Survival Skills: Before, During and After CrisesTwo-day program offered in Auckland, Sydney and MelbourneEmergency service personnel and their families increasingly face strains that they’re ill-equipped to dealwith psychologically. Their emotional preparation must, and can be, as sound as their tactical andtechnical training.Resilience training teaches important coping skills that accomplish two goals:1. Optimise mental fi tness and performance in all situations across the life span.2. Prevent and/or promote recovery from stress conditions - such as PTSD, depression, anxiety,suicide, violence, substance use disorder, and relationship problems.We’ll explore practical evidence-based and evidence-informed principles and skills - skills taught in bothtraditional and positive psychology clinical and classroom settings, especially emphasising primaryprevention.Course outcomes can include a greater sense of physical and psychological well-being, improvedoccupational and social functioning, greater coping confi dence and job retention, and the ability to helpothers become highly resilient.Course Outline: Resilience Training1. Introduction• The challenge: stress-related problems that affectreadiness and well-being• The solution: Comprehensive Resilience Training• Course goals/objectives• What is resilience? Why it matters.• Lessons learned from key studies- The 15 strengths of resilience- Resilience can change through skills acquisition• Who benefi ts from resilience training? (the alreadystrong; those wanting to strengthen others, thosewith known risk factors for stress-related disorders,those who have survived or are likely to encountertraumatic events)• About the skills participants learn - the blending oftraditional/positive psychology and complementarymedicine; the need to practice; the ideal learningformat; the sequence; the need for a broad arrayof skills that address diverse risk factors for mentaldistress2. Skills that primarily relate to coping withdistress and risk factors• Brain Resilience: Skills to optimise brain health/function. Using brain plasticity research to optimise“brain hardware” and readiness for learningresilience skills.• Calming excessive arousal, which is common tothe diseases of arousal (PTSD, anxiety, depression,substance use disorders, etc.).• Managing strong distressing emotions, nightmares,and guilt. No one is immune to these.• Emotional inoculation: Preparing for worst casescenarios• Planning for post-crisis symptoms (including panicand dissociation)• Early treatment readiness (being “100% there again”for buddies, family, and self - to includeaddressing early trauma)• Especially for combatants - police, military, securitypersonnel, and others who are exposed directly orindirectly to violence- Reconcile with killing (or suffer more later)- Maintain and reclaim the honourable warrioridentity and inner peace; bringing forward thewisdom of the honourable warrior- Homecoming/Reintegration3. Skills that build happiness: The force multiplier• Why happiness matters; how to build it• Self-esteem - the strongest correlation of resilienceand happiness. Skills to build a quiet sense ofdignity/worth that is not shaken by adversity.• Optimism• Gratitude• Altruism / Love - the core of resilience and effectiveleadership• Humour• Moral strength• Long view of suffering• Spirituality and religious practice• Money attitudes and management• Meaning and Purpose• Social Intelligence - family balance and resilientleadership• Balance and Fun• Mindfulness meditation - with the ultimate goal ofsitting with even the most distressingsymptoms/memories with equanimity4. Summing Up• Making a plan to practice• Follow-up training• Additional resources*©2014 Glenn R. Schiraldi, Ph.D. All rights reserved.
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