thinking out of the box<\/a>.\u00a0 See, anticipatory anxiety needs reassurance for the future.\u00a0 It is a way of psyching a person up and letting them know they will be alright no matter whether something goes good or something goes bad.\u00a0 When someone much more important will not waiver in support, trying something innovative is not as big of a risk as when you are not sure.<\/span><\/p>\nSo what does this have to do with policing or police psychology you may ask.\u00a0 Well, psychology is a whole bunch of risks, called experiments and scientific method.\u00a0 If you want to have your best cure, you must try multiple approaches some times.\u00a0 Even medicine doesn\u2019t know the cure so physicians try a lot of different medicines to see which one works.\u00a0 I tell people up front psychology is an experimental science so we will find something that helps you, but we may go through many different methods to find what works. \u00a0 I practice, I visualize with a patient, I teach them self-talk, and I try a whole lot of techniques before I find the cure that works.\u00a0 Fortunately, experience gives you a history to know what techniques will give you the best chance of success with a patient.\u00a0 The work of the therapist is sometimes going through many trials before you succeed.<\/span><\/p>\nResearch shows those that those that follow rules are more likely to have anticipatory anxiety, well in policing you get some major rule followers and that can be a problem.\u00a0 When you are preparing officers for a special mission you may need to practice, visualize, teach them the self-talk, and let them know they are doing something that may have some failure attached, but also they are trying something new and that is what makes the world go around.\u00a0 I have been a part of preparing SWAT squads, special service operations, even investigative teams on a special assignment, and teaching them the experimental nature of life is always important to emphasize for the rule followers.\u00a0 \u201cWe will win, but maybe not at first,\u201d has to be instilled.\u00a0 But then, they must know you have your support 1000% if they try your best.\u00a0 Sometimes that is the hardest part about working with law enforcement personnel especially if you are their boss.\u00a0 If only I can get people to say \u201cI will love\/respect you if you try\u201d to the officers, to their spouses or to their kids, I\u2019d make this world a better place.<\/span><\/p>\nSkylar \u201ckicked butt\u201d with her string tricks, but if she hadn\u2019t we were as prepared to help her through.\u00a0 When it was over, we asked her if she was nervous, she said she was, but she knew we would love her no matter how she did BECAUSE WE TOLD HER THAT.\u00a0 Knowing that is the most important part of fixing anticipatory anxiety and that is what I learned.\u00a0 I learned to always say, \u201cno matter how this turns out I will always love, honor and respect your effort.\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019ve got to figure out how to instill that in people.\u00a0 Sometimes we teach our kids, sometimes they teach us.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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starting with Cat\u2019s Cradle, go to Cat\u2019s Whiskers, Jacob\u2019s Ladder, the Eiffel Tower, the witches broom, etc.\u00a0 Okay, I have to admit I went \u201cHUH? \u00a0What kind of talent is that?\u201d\u00a0 Not out loud of course, but to myself.\u00a0 I was scared to death for her and pictured Alicia Keys on stage before her and Yo-Yo Ma after she performed, with her \u201cstring tricks\u201d saddled in between\u00a0 \u00a0What an embarrassment for her!\u00a0\u00a0 I calmed myself down with saying it will be over in 2 minutes, and I am a psychologist, I will put her broken ego back together when it is over.\u00a0 She will learn something from this.<\/span><\/p>\n