Practical Early Intervention for Police Wellbeing
Introducing Emotion Pathway®
People working across policing can be repeatedly exposed to difficult, distressing and potentially traumatic experiences as part of their role.
Emotion Pathway® is a practical early-intervention framework designed to give people skills they can use themselves when they recognise that an experience is continuing to affect them, without requiring them to disclose what happened.
This short briefing explains why we developed Emotion Pathway®, the gap we believe exists between an experience affecting someone and reaching the point of needing support, and how it could sit alongside existing police wellbeing pathways.
Earlier support, not another support pathway
Emotion Pathway® is not intended to replace TRiM, peer support, Occupational Health, counselling or specialist mental-health services. It is designed to sit earlier, giving people across policing a practical, self-applied skill while existing support pathways remain available when needed.
Designed for the whole police workforce
The framework has potential application across policing, including frontline and response officers, investigators, control-room and call-handling teams, specialist units, supervisors, police staff and wellbeing teams.
Emotion Pathway® was developed by Carl and Kim Dourish, co-founders of Manse Core Group and co-creators of The Manse Method®. It draws on more than 30 years of experience in emotional and behavioural change, more than four years working intensively with people affected by emotional trauma and PTSD at The Manse Retreat, and Kim's background in HR, People & Culture and organisational transformation. Emotion Pathway® has also been piloted within UK education.
Interested in exploring Emotion Pathway® for policing?
If you work within policing, police wellbeing, Occupational Health or People & Culture and would like to discuss whether Emotion Pathway® could support your organisation, we'd be happy to have a conversation.