Dr. Angie Panos is a licensed
psychologist with over 20 years specializing
in the treatment of traumatic stress. She is
currently the director of the Crisis Response
Program for Intermountain Health Care. She is
a member of the International Society of Traumatic
Stress Studies. She has consulted internationally
to organizations affected by effects of violence
and trauma. She assisted the government of Kuwait
in the planning and implementation of the postwar
recovery efforts, including rape recovery, crisis
mental health services as well as community
education. These efforts won her recognition
and an award from the Crown Prince of Kuwait.
Dr. Panos has presented worldwide to organizations
regarding trauma, including the United Nations
World Congress on the Family. She has consulted
with over 100 different organizations nationally
to assist them in dealing with murder, suicide
or traumatic death in the workplace. She has
directed the response to major traumas, including
airline crashes.
She is on the Board of Directors for Gift From
Within (giftfromwithin.org), an international
non-profit organization that provides support,
referral, and educational/resource materials
for trauma survivors. She is also on the Board
of Directors for the International Center for
Child and Family Resiliency, an international
non-profit organization that supports research
and education for victims of trauma, such as
war refugees and street children.
She received the Association of Marriage and
Family Therapists Special Recognition for Meritorious
Service (1991) for her working in directing
the recovery efforts with the hostages and witnesses
of homicide of the Altaview Hostage Siege.
Dr. Panos has 17 peer-reviewed publications
in the trauma field including a landmark study
on. a 10-year follow-up study to an incident
of workplace violence. (2004. Journal of Emotional
Abuse, 4(3/4).