Shauna 'Doc' Springer is a licensed psychologist, best-selling author, frequently requested keynote speaker, and one of the world's leading experts on psychological trauma, military transition, suicide prevention, and close relationships. A Harvard graduate who has become a trusted Doc to our nation's military warfighters and first responders, she navigates different cultures with exceptional agility. She is frequently sourced by the media on a wide range of topics, and is known for her uniquely perceptive insights, developed from two decades of work at the extremes. Her work has been featured in multiple media outlets, including CNN, VICE, NPR, NBC, CBS Radio, Forbes, Business Insider, Military Times, Military.com, Gun Talk Radio, Coffee or Die Magazine, Havok Journal, THRIVE GLOBAL, Police1, Anxiety.org, Washington Post, and Psychology Today. In WARRIOR: How to Support Those Who Protect Us, Doc Springer shines new light on things that many of us thought we understood: Trust, Stigma, Firearms, Self-Destruction, and Human Connection. WARRIOR offers us an intimate, truthful account of how our bravest citizens may struggle, and provides actionable insights and real solutions for mental crises. She draws from her deep understanding of the hearts and minds of warriors to help us understand true courage and the bonds of love that keep all of us in the fight. This expanded second edition of WARRIOR is loaded with new content to bridge the insights in WARRIOR to all who suffer from trauma - whether civilian or military, and to help healers forge relationships of deep trust with those they serve. For too long, many of us have felt helpless in the face of mental warfare and the loss of irreplaceable people due to suicide. Armed with the insights in WARRIOR, Doc Springer equips us to get up and fight. WARRIOR is a book that calls to the Warrior spirit in all of us, as we emerge from decades of war and a year of global trauma.

WARRIOR: How to Support Those Who Protect Us

Biographies & Memoirs

Springer, Shauna

Leaders & Notable People

Hidden Ivy Press

"RELENTLESS COURAGE is one of the most important books of our time. Building on her previous book, WARRIOR: How to Support Those Who Protect Us, Doc Springer has teamed with Michael Sugrue to give us the vital, essential, 'next step forward' in understanding and healing the trauma inflicted upon our first responders in these tragic, violent times…RELENTLESS COURAGE is truly the natural and essential successor to my book, ON COMBAT."\n- Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, whose book ON COMBAT sold half a million copies\nA CRUEL IRONY 
Our first responders are uniquely strong, brave, and emotionally flexible.\nThey are called to support us on the worst days of our lives. They see and hear things that are burned into their memories forever. They see the worst in humanity and then do their best to be a loving partner, parent, and friend.\nOn the other hand, they are uniquely vulnerable.\nFor example, data from Police Forum shows that the risk of suicide among police officers is 54 percent greater than among American workers in general.\nHIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT 
Much of what first responders do – the things they see and the personal risks they take - happens outside of our collective awareness. Data published in the Journal of Traumatic Stress reveals that they experience a level of trauma exposure that most of us can’t even imagine. In a sample of more than 700 police officers from three major police departments, on both the east and west coast, over half have been threatened with a gun (51%), knife or weapon (55%), and nearly all (87%) have seen someone dying (87.2%).\nFirst responders are resigning in droves. And they’re dying in record numbers. According to the Washington Post, more officers die by suicide each year than are killed in the line of duty, by all causes.\nSTIGMA IS DEADLY 
We are losing good men and women, whose collective trauma, never addressed in an effective way, becomes too heavy a burden to carry. The impact of this trauma deserves to be recognized and addressed. This is an untold story with urgent, global implications.\nBest-selling author Dr. Shauna Springer and decorated Sergeant Michael Sugrue tell this story in RELENTLESS COURAGE. Sugrue bares his soul to help save his fellow brothers and sisters in the first responder community, and openly shares the mindsets, private struggles, losses, and personal betrayals that led him to become suicidal at one time. He shares how he healed and what kinds of programs and resources were most helpful in bringing him out of his darkest valley.\nEach chapter includes a wealth of original, game-changing insights on trauma from nationally renowned psychologist, Dr. Shauna Springer, one of the world’s leading experts in psychological trauma and healing.\nFor example... What are some of the worst traumas a first responder can face? What kinds of experiences after trauma can make its impact even worse? What is the difference between telling our story to heal and sharing about trauma in a way that deepens the trauma further? Does evil exist, or are all of us just reacting to our own unaddressed trauma? How can any of us come back from the places where hope seems to have abandoned us? 
Together, Sugrue and Springer tell the story that has been hidden in plain sight and provide perspective, truth and wisdom to help mend the divide between first responders and those they serve, and to help us all heal from our own traumas.\n"Unbelievably brave, every American needs to hear this story! Doc Springer and Michael Sugrue have moved the officer wellness conversation a decade into the future.”\n- Chris Littrell, Police Officer, Police1 Columnist

RELENTLESS COURAGE: Winning the Battle Against Frontline Trauma

Self-Help

Grossman, Dave

Springer Ph.D., Shauna 'Doc'

Sugrue, Michael

Death & Grief

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