Simon Drew and Megan McElheran have a conversation on the power of Stoicism for first responders.
Dr. Megan McElheran is the CEO of Wayfound Mental Health Group and a Clinical Psychologist practicing in Calgary, AB. Her work focuses exclusively on work with military members and public safety personnel, including members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, municipal police officers, firefighters, corrections officers, medical personnel, and others who are directly or vicariously impacted by traumatic events. She routinely engages in teaching and supervisory activity to ensure the sound dissemination of empirically-grounded interventions for the treatment of operational stress injuries. Dr. McElheran is regularly engaged in speaking events, both locally and internationally. She completed a TEDx speech in 2011 related to Trauma, Change, and Resilience and is the developer of the Before Operational Stress (BOS) program, a resiliency-based intervention program for public safety personnel. Dr. McElheran is the Chair of the Clinical Sub-Committee of the Academic, Researcher, Clinical Network Advisory Committee of the Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT), a position she has held since 2020.





