Proactive Resources & Tools
for Building Resiliency
The following resources and tools are compiled with support from multiple partners in the avalanche and outdoor community.
For questions related to specific resources or to add a resource/tool to the list, please email resilience@avalanche.org.
Individual and Team Training Resources
Tools
Stress Continuum
The Stress Continuum is a self-assessment tool, to provide those affected by a single incident, or cumulative stress, to detect early and late changing reactions caused by overwhelming stress. It also serves as a communication tool, expanding on the universal āIām fine,ā to a more precise expression of stress impact. The stress continuum names the dynamic nature of occupational stress. It is common and predictable to move toward the red in times of unrelenting pressure, task saturation, acute traumatic stress exposure, and exhaustion. It allows rescuers to name that experience.Click here to learn more about the Stress Continuum
Daily Resilience Scan (example here)
Psychological First Aid for Stress Injury. PFA has been adapted for responders by responders, in our own language for Rescue. The PFA model seeks to support rescuers with tangible tools to help those we rescue, which in turn empowers the rescuer to do what we have given our lives to doing on the scene; stabilize and mitigate injuries for our patients, and often, for each other. Learn more about Psychological First Aid:
Read The Avalanche Review article Psychological First Aid: A Case Study.
3-3-3 Exposure Protocol for Traumatic Exposure
The 3-3-3- Exposure plan is an operational approach to recognizing and mitigating the predictable nature of acute stress on individuals and teams. Pre-planning for the predictably unexpected exposures that rescuers and teams face, the 3-3-3 Protocol is a system for consistent assessment of occupational readiness. The 3-3-3 protocol consists of embedded evidence-guided actions for mitigation, PFA (Psychological First Aid), and monitoring, TSQ (Trauma Screening Questionnaire).Click here to learn more about the 3-3-3 Exposure Protocol
Books and Web Reading
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
The End of Trauma: How the New Science of Resilience Is Changing How We Think About PTSD
by George A. Bonanno
Loving Someone with PTSD: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Connecting with Your
Partner After Trauma by by Aphrodite T. Matsakis PhD, Rosemary Benson, et al.
Resilience by Design by Snape and Weeks.
Watch
Drew Peterson Ups and Downs
Dr. Sara Boilen at WYSAW Sense-Making, Communication, and Why Humans are Terrible
Additional Therapy Directories & Networks
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY | Search this massive directory to find a Verified Therapist in your area. You can also search for Support Groups, Psychiatrists, Treatment Centers or even the specific populations that a mental health provider works with.
EMDR International Association | Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing can be a useful therapy for healing from PTSD or traumatic grief. Search this website for a EMDR-trained therapist in your area.
SETI PRACTITIONER DIRECTORY | Somatic Experiencing/SE Trauma Institute ā Find an SE Trauma Practitioner.
USABP THERAPIST DIRECTORY | U.S Association for Body Psychotherapy
OPEN PATH COLLECTIVE | Find a sliding scale therapist
ELUNA NETWORK | National bereavement resource guide listed state-by-state.
BETTERHELP | Online, Affordable, Private Therapy
REGAIN | Online Couples Counseling