Meet Dr Janine Elias, PCC, NBC-HWC
Dr. Janine Elias is the Founder and President of the Elias Institute of Professional Coaching and Program Director of the Nationwide Pilot Program: Resiliency Leadership & Officer Wellness Initiative. She holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership and a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology and was among the first professionals in the United States to become a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach. Dr. Elias is an approved continuing education provider for the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT), International Coaching Federation (ICF), National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC), and Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
For more than 30 years, Dr. Elias has specialized in cognitive processing, leadership development, resilience, and professional coach training. She developed the Emotional Recovery for Crisis Response® coaching modality to support first responders and other professionals exposed to cumulative stress, adversity, and critical incidents. Through the Elias Institute, she provides coach certification programs, continuing education, leadership development, consulting, and professional training for individuals, groups, organizations, and first responder agencies. A certified Grief Recovery Specialist and Master Trainer for the Hardiness Resilience Gauge (HRG), she has taught psychology at the community college level for more than two decades and served on the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching Group Coaching Taskforce, helping establish the group coaching competencies for board-certified health and wellness coaches.
Course Summary
This course examines the integration of the 3 C's of Hardiness—Challenge, Control, and Commitment—with cognitive processing principles as a framework for working with first responders exposed to cumulative stress, adversity, and critical incidents. Participants will examine the relationship between beliefs, assumptions, meaning-making, psychological hardiness, and resilience, while considering the influence of first-responder culture on emotional recovery and clinical practice.
Drawing from resilience research, cognitive processing, and the psychology of hardiness, this training presents practical, evidence-informed strategies that clinicians can integrate into psychotherapy when working with first responders. Participants will also examine how evidence-based coaching principles can complement therapeutic interventions by strengthening client engagement, supporting the transfer of learning into daily life, reinforcing behavior change between sessions, and promoting long-term resilience and psychological wellness.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the presentation, participants will be able to:
✔ List the 3 C’s of Hardiness
✔ Identify 3 barriers to client engagement unique to first responder populations
✔ Name 3 benefits of integrating coaching techniques into the therapeutic relationship with high-functioning clients.
SCHEDULE:
| 8:45 AM |
Breakfast & Introductions |
| 9:15 AM |
Presentation Begins |
| 11:15 AM |
Presentation Ends
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MEETING INFORMATION:
*VIRTUAL REGISTRATIONS CLOSE August 13th @ 6 PM*
*In-Person Registrations Available at The Door*
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