Transforming Agency Culture with Struggle Well: An Evidence-Based Path to Posttraumatic Growth
Law enforcement professionals face extraordinary adversity and most wellness programs focus only on surviving it. Struggle Well, an evidence-based program rooted in the science of Posttraumatic Growth (PTG), offers a transformative alternative. Developed by Boulder Crest Foundation, this training empowers peer teams and agency leaders with tools to foster strength and meaning in the aftermath of struggle. This session will explore how Struggle Well is improving morale, shifting culture, and building more connected, mission-driven agencies a?? by helping officers not just get by, but grow.
- Understand the core principles of Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) and how they differ from traditional models of resilience and stress management in law enforcement.
- Learn how the evidence-based Struggle Well program equips officers, peer support teams, and leaders to process adversity and grow through struggle.
- Identify actionable steps to implement Struggle Well within your agency to enhance officer wellness, peer support effectiveness, and long-term organizational health.
Josh Goldberg
CEO
Boulder Crest Foundation
In January 2023, Josh became the first Chief Executive Officer of the Boulder Crest Foundation, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring first responders, combat veterans, and their family members live great lives in the midst of struggle, stress, and trauma. In this role, Josh oversees all aspects of Boulder Crest’s operations, programs, and activities
Prior to his appointment as CEO, Josh co-founded and led the Boulder Crest Institute for Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) from 2018-2022, and served as the Director of Strategy from 2014-2017, where he led the development of the first-ever programs based on the science of PTG: Warrior PATHH and Struggle Well. Since Boulder Crest’s founding in 2013, the organization has trained more than 160,000 combat veterans, first responders, and their family members to transform struggle into strength and growth
Josh is the co-author of two books – Struggle Well: Thriving in the Aftermath of Trauma, and Transformed by Trauma.