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Recovery from Whistleblowing: Healing and Psychological Support

Explore comprehensive recovery strategies from the psychological aftermath of whistleblowing, including symptoms, health, purpose, and family support. Discover practical tips, medication insights, and skills for psychological resilience.

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Recovery from Whistleblowing: Healing and Psychological Support

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  1. Recovery from Whistleblowing Michael Cole Whistleblowers Australia Conference 2014

  2. Recovery from Whistleblowing • Basically it is recovery from PTSD

  3. Recovery from Whistleblowing Feeling Overloaded?

  4. PTSD Common Symptoms • Suffering from bad dreams • Experiencing uncontrollable thoughts • Avoiding places that remind one of the event • Feeling worried, guilty, or sad • Sleeping too little or too much • Feeling on edge • Fighting with loved ones • Feeling alone

  5. Recovery from Whistleblowing • Four Wheels on the Rolls Royce of Recovery • Physical • Psychological health • Purpose and Trajectory • Medication

  6. Recovery from Whistleblowing • Four Wheels on the Rolls Royce of Recovery • Physical • Exercise • Sleep Hygiene • Eating

  7. Recovery from Whistleblowing • Four Wheels on the Rolls Royce of Recovery • Psychological health • Thought patterns • Thinking time • Family • Support systems • Spiritual • Forgiveness

  8. Recovery from Whistleblowing • Four Wheels on the Rolls Royce of Recovery • Purpose and Trajectory • Find a purpose • Set life on a trajectory • Leave the old ‘purpose’ or ‘no purpose’ behind

  9. Recovery from Whistleblowing • Four Wheels on the Rolls Royce of Recovery • Medication • 16.6% of Australians will suffer anxiety disorder sometime in their lives • If you had diabetes you would treat it (for life if necessary) wouldn’t you? • Find the right dose of the right drug

  10. Recovery from Whistleblowing Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.

  11. Recovery from Whistleblowing Whistleblowers: • are driven by altruism. • are generally moralistic, becoming committed and even obsessed. • emphasize rights. • are stubbornly committed and uncompromising. • are willing to go against social conventions.

  12. Recovery from WhistleblowingSkills for Psychological Recovery Training

  13. Recovery from WhistleblowingSkills for Psychological Recovery Training http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/materials/manuals/skills_psych_recovery_manual.asp PRT

  14. Recovery from WhistleblowingSkills for Psychological Recovery Training

  15. Recovery from WhistleblowingSkills for Psychological Recovery Training • Strengthens family relationships • Emphasizes family needs • Focuses on problem-solving • Relationship building • Old vs. new values • Establishes a meaning for the event

  16. Recovery from Whistleblowing Where there is life there is hope

  17. Recovery from Whistleblowing Westmeadhospitalwhistleblowers resources-and-help

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