Medina Baumgart, Psy.D., ABPP

Police officers experience numerous job-related stressors, including physical danger, administrative and financial vulnerability, shift work, staffing shortages and increased overtime, repeated exposure to trauma and violence, role confusion, responsibility for […] Read More

As a police psychologist and LEO spouse, officers and their spouses have often assumed that my husband and I have a superhuman ability to communicate. I’m here to tell you […] Read More

As cops, you are trained to approach people and situations with a general attitude of distrust until proven otherwise. This allows you to maintain the hypervigilance needed to help keep […] Read More

Picture this scenario: You worked a double shift and have to be back at work in less than eight hours. You are tired and finally make it home. You get […] Read More

Law enforcement culture and training teaches you to suppress and compartmentalize emotional discomfort on duty. Unfortunately, cops often continue to avoid difficult emotions off duty in their personal lives, which […] Read More

Recent and ongoing events continue to challenge our typical notions of safety, predictability and control. The persistent nature of nationwide civil unrest, anti-law-enforcement political and media sentiment, and COVID-19 public […] Read More