Professional Bio
Karen pioneered the first research study ever to be done on Police Officers with PTSD that has made use of SPECT brain imaging technology (performed by Dr. Daniel Amen). This study tracked the successful PTSD recoveries of 6 officers involved in shootings using a specialized treatment protocol she designed with her first generation of police clients (using Dr. Francine Shapiro’s EMDR Therapy as its foundation). This was published in the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience (Fall: 2005).
High–Resolution Brain SPECT Imaging and Eye Movement
Desensitization and Reprocessing in Police Officers With PTSD
Karen Lansing, L.M.F.T, B.C.E.T.S., Daniel G. Amen, M.D., Chris Hanks, Ph.D., and Lisa Rudy, B.A.
Publication: The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
Volume 17, Number 4
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.17.4.526
Karen continues to work between the EU and the US, lecturing, training and consulting internationally (EU, USA & the Middle East). By invitation, she’s presented papers before the International Congress in Rome, The International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, The EMDR International Conference, as well as The American Association of Behavioral Therapists in the United States.
FOR MORE DETAILS / TO SCHEDULE
- Trainings / Keynotes
- LE / Emergency Response Tactical Psych consulting
Trainings & Keynotes EU, Mid East & Beyond:
- UK APOC Advanced Public Order Command (2005-10)
- Staffordshire Police (Tactical Psych) 2009
- Nottingham Police (Tactical Psych) 2009
- Hampshire Police (Tactical Psych) 2009
- Greater Manchester Police (Tactical Psych) '09
- Staffordshire Police (Tactical Psych) 2009
- Police Fed of England & Wales ('09 & '10 Keynote)
- Intl Police Health & Safety Conference 2009
- Middle East (If I told you I'd have to kill you) 2009
- National Police Fed Conference (Keynote) 2010
- Tel Aviv Trainings: Police ODs & Sec Advisors '12
- ICPA/CEP/EUOPRIS European Conference 2012
- FBI NAA Conference CA 8/2012
- EMDR Conference Brazil (Keynote) 11/2012
- FBI NAA Conference Albq NM (Keynote) 4/2013
- FBI NAA Law Enforcement Leadership Dev Conf LA CA (Keynote) 4/2013
- EMDR Conference Banff Canada 5/2013
- Training to the Trauma Response NW Newtown CT (Sandy Hook) 5/2013
- EMDR International Conference (Philadelphia PA) 2015
- California Assoc of Tactical Officers (CATO/SWAT) Anaheim CA 2015
PLACES I'VE WORKED / PRESENTED
- USA
- ENGLAND
- NORTHERN IRELAND
- MIDDLE EAST
- KOSOVO
- ROMANIA
- BRAZIL
- CANADA
Karen Lansing, LMFT, IS A BOARD-CERTIFIED EXPERT IN TRAUMATIC STRESS and a Diplomate, of The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. She received her Masters in Counseling and Psychology at Santa Clara University in California.
She has trained clinical professionals, police organizational psychologists, security advisors and operational assets alike within the Middle East. As a Keynote speaker, she has spoken before the Association of Chief Police Officers for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, the National Police Federation of England and Wales Conference, once before for the Inspector’s Central Committee and the following year before the General Assembly.
The Police Federation of Northern Ireland invited her to present before the International EU Police Health & Safety Conference, and she has also spoken at the European Organization of Prison and Correctional Services that was held in Bucharest, Romania. Within that same region of post-communist countries, Karen served in a deployment with the EULEX (Rule of Law) Mission to Kosovo. Her U.S.-based practice provides Tactical Psych Support, training, and consultation.
Among her civilian First Responder client populations, she’s consulted, trained and / or attended to Law Enforcement Officers, FBI Special Agents, firefighters, Paramedics, as well as California State Rangers and Lifeguards. Within the Military, she has provided services to the U.S. Army’s 1st Armored Division and The 10th Mountain Division (both serving in Iraq).
On two occasions an American Flag has been flown over US military bases in Iraq, dedicated to Karen in appreciation for the care and support she’d provided to U.S. military assets who were serving in Iraq. The first of these honors was rendered on the 12th of July 2006 over Camp Liberty on behalf of the Warrior Brigade Combat Team. The second dedication Flag was flown on July 24th, 2008 over Camp Taji, Baghdad with a citation stating that her provision of care had not been forgotten.