New York Police to Receive Mental Health Counseling Following World Trade Center Attacks

December 17, 2001 New York Police to Receive Mental Health Counseling Following World Trade Center Attacks The New York Police Department has ordered all 55,000 employees to attend mental health counseling to relieve the stress and strain imposed by the attacks on the World Trade Center. The counseling sessions will be financed by the Police Foundation, a private non-profit service group for officers, and conducted by mental health professionals at Columbia University.  All employees will be required to attend a group therapy session, configured like a town meeting or informal rap session. In those meetings, they will be . . .