The Resiliency Center

Prince William County Police Department in Northern VA are doing amazing things with how they treat and foster a culture of positive mental health. I’m joined by Vickie Taylor and Kelly Tappenbeck, both Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW) and both part of a team that provides positive mental health coping skills to the men and women of Prince William County Police Department. Within a couple years this department suffered several tragedies that involved suicide and on duty incidents that cost the life of officers. To help the department foster a culture of speaking up and out for help The Resiliency Center was born. Vickie Taylor is the director and head of The Resiliency Center and she talks about why she got into helping LEOs and first responders in this episode. Her leadership and experiences have lent to a healthier department where the culture of silence and compartmentalizing is being eradicated and the stigma seems to be loosing teeth. Kelly Tappenbeck, partner of Vickie Taylor, talks about how he started with helping LEOs but also talks about what he did to learn LEOs mindset and ways , developing “cultural competency”. These two and the Resiliency Center for Prince William County first responders is doing amazing work , and is the model for how agencies and departments should be helping their first responders. Bravo to these angels that are helping save lives in Prince William Police Department.