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Stephanie Samuels, MA, MSW, LCSW, and Nicole Eng, MS

Stephanie Samuels, MA, MSW, LCSW, and Nicole Eng, MS

Stephanie Samuels, MA, MSW, LCSW, and Nicole Eng, MS

Stephanie Samuels, MA, MSW, LCSW, is a psychotherapist who works exclusively with police officers in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma. She has lectured all over the country on PTSD and vicarious trauma, including undiagnosed PTSD and the fallout from departmental silence after officers are involved in critical incidents. She is the founder and president of CopLine, the first confidential international law enforcement hotline answered by retired officers. She is also the general partner of The Counseling and Critical Incident Debriefing Center, LLC, which specializes in debriefing and long-term counseling of first responders and their families.

Nicole Eng, MS, completed her Bachelor of Science in biology at Lafayette College and her Master of Science in psychology from Drexel University. She is an Army veteran, having spent four years as a field artillery officer. She is pursuing her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Marquette University.

Repetitive head impacts and trauma

Repetitive head impacts and trauma

The missing piece in suicide prevention

October 6, 2024

Over the last two years, researchers, including myself, have examined officers who died by suicide and the possible comorbidity of PTSD, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, impulsivity, rage and “hypervigilance,” often […] Read More

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