The Rite of Return: Coming Back from Duty-Induced PTSD
Karen Lansing, LMFT, Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress has been described by one Northern Irish Police Commander as, “the grit that makes the pearl.”  Her first police clients dubbed her their Cop Whisperer. Twice an American flag has flown over US bases within the Mid East in honor of her service to military assets. A Diplomate of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, she’s a unique combination of clinical, weapons and tactical skills wrapped up in one package.  Together with a courageous paramedic, six police officers and Dr. Daniel Amen, Karen conducted the first SPECT brain image studies on duty-induced PTSD.  These images taken before and after treatment have brought to light that PTSD is visible like most injuries. More importantly these brain images show that PTSD can be healed. As an international trainer and speaker, Karen has worked across Law Enforcement, First Response and Military disciplines. She has trained and consulted police officers, commanders, specialist weapons teams and security advisors in places such as Northern Ireland, the Middle East and post conflict Eastern European countries. Karen has spoken before the Association of Chief Police Officers for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the National Police Federation of England and Wales Conference, once before for the Inspector’s Central Committee and the following year before the General Assembly. The Police Federation of Northern Ireland invited her to present  before the International EU Police Health & Safety Conference and she has also spoken at the European Organization of Prison and Correctional Services that was held in Bucharest Romania. Within that same region of post communist countries Karen served in a deployment with the EULEX (Rule of Law) Mission to Kosovo. Karen continues to lecture, train and consult both nationally in the US internationally (EU and the Middle East).