Bio
Judith Long, PsyD
Dr. Long holds a doctorate in psychology from the University of the Rockies in Colorado and specializes in emergency responder behavioral health. She has spent the last nine years working with emergency responder agencies in the Southern Colorado Region (see below).
My Experience
Dr. Long helps emergency responder agencies create and maintain peer support programs, deliver education and training on behavioral health issues and resiliency. (See resume and awards.)
Prior to her work with emergency responders, she was the Director of Outpatient Services at the Warrior Support Center where behavioral health services were provided to active-duty and retired military with post traumatic stress.
She also held a position at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS), where she taught graduate and undergraduate courses in psychology and served as a member of a research team in the Trauma, Health and Hazards Center (THHC). (See publications below.)
Awards
Safety Award
Presented by the Colorado Springs Fire Department
February 2016
For professional work to ensure the psychological safety of the CSFD sworn personnel
Award of Recognition
Presented by the Colorado Springs Fire Department
February 2020
For selfless exemplary service in behavioral health education and services to the department.
Publications
Note: "Bock" is my former married name.
Bock, J., & Benight, C. (2016). SupportNet coaching. Chapter in Secondary Trauma and Burnout in Military Behavioral Health Providers: Beyond the Battlefield. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY.
Bock, J., Shoji, K., Cieslak, R., & Benight, C. C. (August, 2013) Effects of social support and self-efficacy on secondary traumatic growth. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Cieslak, R., Anderson, V., Bock, J., Moore, B. A., Peterson, A. L., & Benight, C. C. (2013). Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Mental Health Providers Working With the Military: Prevalence and Its Work- and Exposure-Related Correlates. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 201(11), 917–925. doi:10.1097/NMD.0000000000000034
Shoji, K. Bock, J., Cieslak, R., Zukowska, K, Luszczynska, A., & Benight, C. C. (2014). Cultivating secondary traumatic growth among healthcare workers: The role of social support and self-efficacy. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 70, 831-846. DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22070
Shoji, K., Gibson, F. W., Cieslak, R., Anderson, V., Bock, J., Decker, L., Yeager, C., & Benight, C. C. (2014, November). SupportNet: Preliminary results of a randomized controlled trial. Poster session presented at the annual conference of the Medicine 2.0. Maui, HI.
Shoji, K., Yeager, C., Gibson, F.W., Cieslak, R., Bock, J., Decker, L., Anderson, V., & Benight, C. C. (2014, October). SupportNet for military behavioral healthcare providers: Website engagement and job burnout. Poster session presented at the annual conference of the International Society for Research on Internet Intervention. Valencia, Spain.
Yeager, C., Bock, J., & Benight, C. (2016). The SupportNet website: A social media self-care system. Chapter in Secondary Trauma and Burnout in Military Behavioral Health Providers: Beyond the Battlefield. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY.