Tony Mantor

Everyone thinks it's just the victim or the victim's family that has to go through this trauma.

They don't realize the first responders have to process this as well.

And then depending upon the level of the trauma that was involved,

will have everything to do in the way that the first responders process this.

So how do you help them get through all this?

How do you help them get through that?

I mean, that's very traumatic.

It's one thing if it happens once in a while, but they're dealing with this pretty much on a daily basis.

So how do you help them get through it and how do you help them process it?

Right.

Now, Tom, how do you fit into this whole scenario?

You're retired now.

So how are you incorporating yourself into helping these people that need the help?

Now, have you seen, and I'm really sure that you probably have, situations where people fall through the cracks, then they retire?

How do you find ways to help them?

They're still part of the fraternal order, yet even though that's true, they still feel very alone and by themselves.

How do you get past that firewall that they will put up?

So their mental health stays strong and they don't go down that deep, dark hole that no one wants to see them in.

Yeah, that's a great thing you're doing for sure.

When some of these people get to a point where they ultimately need more help than what any of the first responders precincts can do, what are some of the steps that you do as a psychologist to help them smooth things out and tamper everything down so they can tolerate and live with all the emotions that they've been through?