Art Wlodyka M.A., RCC, is a Police Officer and Mental Health Clinician. He has worked in law enforcement for the past fourteen years, holding roles in the patrol division, on the emergency response team, and as a hostage and crisis negotiator. In 2013, he was the founding member of a Police Mental Health Unit. Since that time, he has assisted hundreds of individuals in crisis, and in 2017 named by CAMH as one of 150 Canadians making a difference in the field of mental health. He is a certified workplace Psychological Health Advisor and a Critical Incident Stress Management Team leader. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Counselling Psychology from the University of British Columbia, where his research focused on police stress and ways to improve psychological support for law enforcement officers.