Your Guide to Workplace Violence: When Emotions Turn Destructive

Vali Hawkins Mitchell

Mar 2017 · NDY Publishing

About this ebook

Workplace violence is more complicated than physical assault, ranging from small threats to large, catastrophic incidents. It covers any act or behavior where another person is abused, threatened, intimidated or assaulted in his or her place of employment. In Your Guide to Workplace Violence: When Emotions Turn Destructive,  licensed therapist Dr. Vali Hawkins Mitchell will help you lower risks by showing you what violence is and what is not, and how to manage it. 

About the author

Vali J. Hawkins Mitchell, Ph.D., LMHC, REAT, holds a Doctorate in Health Education and Masters degrees in Applied Psychology and Expressive Arts Therapy and is a highly regarded public speaker, trainer, author, consultant, and educator. In this paper, we present a critical analysis of the actual human factors of disaster and emergency planning with major events such as the World Trade Center, Hurricane Katrina, Samoan earthquakes, Indonesian tsunami, and Pacific Northwest Wildfires. She is considered by many to be the leading authority in the growing field of Emotional Continuity Management. Academically, Dr. Hawkins Mitchell has been adjunct faculty member and guest lecturer at a number of universities and colleges, including Washington State University, the World Medicine Institute, And Lane Community College. Dr. Vali, as she is well known, has contributed original research in the area of ​​Psychosocial Dynamics of Families with Pediatric Illness, Tools of Trauma Management for Emergency Care and Health Care Delivery Professionals, and the Use of Quantum Poetry for Trauma Management. She has been trained by the American Red Cross as a Disaster Mental Health Provider and National Diversity Instructor, and has been consulting directly with military families and service members in all branches since 2009. Dr. Vali travels extensively providing custom-designed trainings for individuals and Teams, private and government agencies, mom-and-pop companies, and large corporations. Dr. Vali is the author of The Cost of Emotions in the Workplace: The Bottom Line Value of Emotional Continuity Management (Brookfield, CT: Rothstein Publishing, 2013). She has also written Dr. Vali's Survival Guide: Tips for the Journey; Preparing the GoBag; And a number of plays, musicals, and children's titles. She is a performance musician and award-winning artist. She is a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT). She recently relocated her studio and professional office from Seattle, Washington to Honolulu, Hawaii.