Inspire Consulting & Supervision
About
Code Grey
CODE GREY is an ongoing project that focuses on re-humanizing the first responder workforce, emphasizing self-care and trauma-responsive leadership practices. This workshop provides an in-depth look at the following:
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Different types of stress and stress reactions
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The impact of first responder culture
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Contemporary challenges as well as stereotypes and cultural norms that foster dehumanization
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Ways first responders can protect themselves and each other from helper fatigue, burnout, PTSD, and suicide
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The role of leadership in cultivating a trauma-responsive workplace
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How to access professional help
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This workshop has also been adapted for clinicians who either do or want to work with first responders. Additional information in the clinician version includes ethical considerations, cultural competence, therapeutic interventions, and practical strategies for re-humanizing this vital workforce.
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Where CODE GREY has been
For more information, or to schedule this event for your organization, please contact us at (304) 760-9945 or
info@inspire-consultingsupervision.com.
University of Central Florida "Serving Those Who Served" Summer Symposium (virtual)
American Counseling Association conference (Orlando, FL)
CIT Summit (Winfield, WV; Weston, WV; and Summersville, WV)
Nitro and St. Albans Police Departments (Nitro, WV)
ESCAPe 2020 conference (Pipestem, WV)
Wood County Fire School (Parkersburg, WV)
Cabell County (Huntington, WV)
Dunbar Fire Department (Dunbar, WV)
Kenova Police Department (Kenova, WV)
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Upcoming: WVCA conference (Roanoke, WV - Sept. 2025)
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY
Dr. Kari Mika-Lude is a therapist as well as an EMT. She is also a researcher focused on first responder wellness, and she is conducting a study on how first responders are treated by their organizations as well as the general public. If you are or were a first responder (paid or volunteer) and would be willing to participate in a brief (~10 mins.), ANONYMOUS online survey, you can access it here.
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Who can participate?
Past or current first responders (e.g., law enforcement, fire, EMS, 911/dispatch, search-and-rescue, ER physicians/nurses, and National Guard who are at least 18 years of age.
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This study is open for active or retired, paid or volunteer!
Past Projects
Toward a Trauma-Informed TSA Workforce was presented at the TSA Supervisory Summit on March 15, 2018 and the TSA Leadership Summit on April 17, 2018 in Charleston, WV. Participants were educated on the basics of trauma and the trauma response as well as trauma-informed service principles, and they were provided suggestions for practical integration of these principles into the mission of the Transportation Security Administration.