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Nancy K. Bohl, Ph.D.
Dr. Nancy K. Bohl is the Director of The Counseling Team
that has offices located in San Bernardino, Riverside, Los
Angeles and San Diego Counties. She holds a Ph.D. in Clinical
Psychology and a Masters Degree in Education. She is a licensed
Psychotherapist. She has provided a variety of psychological
support services to more than 70 Law Enforcement and Fire
Agencies since 1983. Nancy is an adjunct faculty member
of San Jose State University, Riverside City College, San
Bernardino Valley College and is a frequent guest speaker
at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
Dr. Bohl is an internationally recognized authority and
expert on the subject of Critical Incident Stress Management.
She teaches on local, State and Federal levels on subjects
regarding Critical Incident Stress Management, Peer Support
techniques, Suicide, Stress Management, Grief and the Impact
of Hostage Negotiations on Crisis Negotiators. She has attended
both, the FBI’s and San Jose State University’s
Basic and Advanced Hostage Negotiation courses. Nancy is
also a certified trainer for the International Critical
Incident Stress Foundation and the Law Enforcement Wellness
Association.
Dr. Bohl has responded to more than 1,000 critical incidents.
Seven hundred of these incidents have been officer-involved
shootings. Her services were provided during the Loma Prieta,
Landers, and Northridge earthquakes. She responded to the
US Airways disaster in Pittsburgh and Charlotte South Carolina.
She helped after the Los Angeles riots, the ATF incident
in Waco, Texas, Florida’s Hurricane Andrew, Oklahoma’s
Tornado, and after Guam’s Typhoon disaster. Nancy assisted
in the aftermath of the TWA Flight 800 in New York, the
Alaska Air Disaster in Los Angeles and the Unabomber incident
in Sacramento, California. Dr. Bohl was also instrumental
in assisting those impacted by the Federal Building bombing
in Oklahoma City. She responded to the Springfield, Oregon,
Littleton, Colorado and Santana, California high school
shootings. Dr. Bohl led a team of Mental Health Professionals
in assisting those severely impacted by the Terrorist Attacks
in New York City and provided her services after the terrorist
attack at the Pentagon.
Nancy provides a three-day Peer Support school which provides
training to emergency personnel who want to be peer supporters
for their agencies. A few of the agencies that have utilized
this training include the Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San
Diego and Riverside County Sheriff’s Departments, the
FBI, ATF, Secret Service, U.S. Marshals, Border Patrol,
California Highway Patrol, Kansas and Washington State Patrols,
Canadian Mounted Police, and many other local police and
fire agencies.
She is an active member and past Chair of the International
Association of Chiefs of Police, Psychological Services
Section, and for the past fifteen years has been actively
involved in helping the families of those killed in the
line-of-duty during National Police Week in Washington,
DC. She has written numerous articles and chapters focusing
on Police and Fire mental health issues.
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