Victoria L. Steigerwald

Clinical Psych PhD student @UCF | @NorthwesternU alumna | Excited about enhancing PTSD treatment and serving first responders & military personnel!

[Victoria L. Steigerwald @vls_psych]

Very excited for #CPSE2024EC this week! On Thursday, I get to present a recent project that piloted a brief, yearly mental health check-in for #firefighters and talk about ways check-ins can be put in place in other fire departments! #AcademicTwitter

[Victoria L. Steigerwald @vls_psych]

My dissertation is now fully funded thanks to an award from UCF!! 🥳 Next steps: 1) Defend dissertation proposal, 2) Rally a ton of #firefighters to participate in my study! #AcademicTwitter

[Victoria L. Steigerwald @vls_psych]

Great opportunity to help @IAFC address #firefighter and #EMS mental health needs!

[Dr. Sara Jahnke @saraanne71]

Thoughts on mental health in fire and emergency services? You've come to the right place to share them...

https://t.co/g08NHutuTB

@BillyGoldfeder @TheSecretList @IAFC @IAFFofficial @ScienceAllianc3 @CFFREHR

[Victoria L. Steigerwald @vls_psych]

So happy to have passed my program’s comprehensive exam today and to have completed the last milestone before doctoral candidacy!! Please rally all the #firefighters you know to participate in my upcoming dissertation project 👩🏻‍🚒🧑🏾‍🚒👨🏻‍🚒 #AcademicChatter #phdlife

[Pierce Mfg @PierceMfg]

Today is #NationalFirstRespondersDay, a day to honor the bravery of our nation’s heroes who put their lives on the line every day for their communities. We’re extending our heartfelt gratitude to all first responders for your hard work and sacrifices! 🧑‍🚒

[Victoria L. Steigerwald @vls_psych]

So many exciting new experiences on externship at the Orlando VA! The latest was figuring out a good office/therapy room furniture arrangement… now I’m ready for patients!! #phdchat #therapisttwitter

[Victoria L. Steigerwald @vls_psych]

According to a predatory journal, I’m an eminent professor who can address their “deadly need” for just one more article… didn’t expect to find a matter of life and death in my inbox this morning 🙃 #AcademicChatter #DramaAlert

[Victoria L. Steigerwald @vls_psych]

Never know what you’ll find in the cabinets of a mental health clinic 😆 #AcademicChatter #phdlife

[Victoria L. Steigerwald @vls_psych]

It’s #InternationalFirefightersDay! FFs respond to calls around the clock in service of our communities, increasing their risk for concerns like PTSD, depression, and cancer. Every day is a great day to push for high-quality mental & physical health resources for them! #phdvoice

[Victoria L. Steigerwald @vls_psych]

My social media algorithms have decided to show me a bunch of pictures of Texas #firstresponders posing with the bluebonnets, and honestly this is data analytics done right 😆 #AcademicChatter #FridayFun

[WTVC NewsChannel 9 @newschannelnine]

STOP & SMELL THE BLUEBONNETS! The @KyleFD in Texas shared these hilarious photos on their Facebook page, which soon went viral.

The post said, "It’s springtime in Texas so of course we had to stop and take pictures with the bluebonnets too!"

(h/t: Signal Mountain Police)

[Victoria L. Steigerwald @vls_psych]

@shane_marohnic @UCF @DrMDunn Welcome to the program!!! 🤩👏🏼

[Orange County Sheriff's Office @OrangeCoSheriff]

Our comfort dog Pegasus shows her support and wishes all telecommunicators a PAW-some🐾 National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Thank you for all your hard work keeping our deputies and community safe!
#NationalPublicSafetyTelecommunicatorsWeek #NPSTW #ThankYou911

[Victoria L. Steigerwald @vls_psych]

Such a lovely afternoon presenting on our trauma clinic and exposure therapy to AP psych students and answering their amazing questions!! It’s so exciting seeing such wonderful and curious students interested in this field, and selfishly I hope they all pursue it! 🤩 #phdlife

[Sylvester’s Firefighter Cancer Initiative @fcifightscancer]

Glad to see #firefightermentalhealth getting the attention it deserves! Not only do #firefighters experience a higher incidence of cancer, but occupational stress can lead to depression, burnout, anxiety, PTSD, and suicidal ideation.

Read more 👉 https://t.co/tox5cPH7Vv.

[Victoria L. Steigerwald @vls_psych]

Is this what refining qualitative themes and subthemes from multiple coders is supposed to feel like? I think Excel is going to explode 😵‍💫 #AcademicTwitter #phdchat

[Victoria L. Steigerwald @vls_psych]

I am ready for The Firehouse to be picked up by a national network for a full season @WausauFire

Since this is such an spot-on depiction of life at the firehouse, I also think it counts as a brief #firefighter cultural competency training 😂
#AcademicChatter #emergencymedicine

[Firefighter Nation @firenation]

Wausau (WI) Creates Parody of ‘The Office’ Set in a Firehouse
https://t.co/nx2IxvpTE2

[Victoria L. Steigerwald @vls_psych]

To whoever invented ctrl+y, the antidote to ctrl+z, thank you for restoring the half-written progress note I accidentally deleted 🙌🏻🙌🏻 #AcademicChatter #psychtwitter

[Victoria L. Steigerwald @vls_psych]

Should you choose a graduate program based on fit and faculty mentors and all that? Yes. Should you also factor in proximity to manatees? YES! #AcademicTwitter #Florida

[Victoria L. Steigerwald @vls_psych]

@cappst That was unfortunate 😢 Guess I’ll be focusing on the US now!

[Victoria L. Steigerwald @vls_psych]

When you have school but Mexico is playing 🎉🇲🇽⚽️ #VivaMexico #phdlife