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The Code4Couples Mission

Code4Couples is committed to empowering law enforcement officers, partners, and departments with the information and tools they need to understand the psychological and relational impact of the job and create connected relationships between officers and families, leading to increased resilience and officer safety.

Departments

Educate your officers and their spouses to counter the impact of the job on their mental and relational health.

Officers

Learn the psychological impact of the job and how it can spill over to negatively impact your personal life.

Couples

Beat the odds! Create a strong partnership of understanding, support, and resilience.

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How can I help strengthen your police department?

Thrive in your law enforcement career. Code4Couples® helps you navigate unique challenges and cultivates stronger bonds.

We've Helped People Just Like You

“The hold the line train the trainer course is more than worth the investment. I am walking away with a high quality curriculum, that is ready to use immediately. I am beyond grateful for the opportunity to participate in this course.”

“This has been a fantastic class and extremely relevant for brand new officers as well as the crusty veteran and their spouses. I would highly recommend this training to anyone looking to expand their understanding of the law enforcement profession and its challenges as well as ways to prevent many of the pitfalls we often fall into throughout the career.”

“An invaluable course where the data presented really drives home to the need to embrace mental health and all it affects. A lot of self awareness came up for me and being able to identify behaviors in myself and those I love. I love it!”

“This training gives the trainer actual material to bring back to immediately implement! The training is engaging and loaded with valuable information!”

Hold The Line

Written by Cyndi Doyle, psychotherapist and LEO spouse, incorporates research, psychology, and personal stories to help officers and spouses understand the spill over from the job on their relationship and tools to counter the impact.

The Workbook

With helpful assessments, activities, resources and much more, this workbook is a guide to getting your relationship back on track.

Explore our Latest Podcasts

When Trauma Doesn’t Stay Boxed Up

Police officers are trained to put their emotions in a box. Compartmentalization in policing is often what gets them through one more shift, one more crime scene, one more tragedy, and what keeps them safe. What happens when that box tips over?

Alcohol and First Responder Culture

Alcohol has long been embedded in first responder culture. From “choir practice” after shifts to bonding at happy hour, drinking can feel like part of the job.

Raising Strong Kids: Resilience Strategies for Law Enforcement Families

When an officer serves, the entire family serves. In police families, stress doesn’t stop at the end of a shift; it echoes through the home, shaping the way spouses and children experience daily life.

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Schedule your complimentary consultation with Cyndi to determine how she can help you impact the mental health, relationships, and resilience of your law enforcement personnel.

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Connect with Cyndi to determine how she can help you help strengthen the mental health, relationships, and resilience of your law enforcement personnel.

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Check out the information and strategies provided in the book or free guide to help strengthen law enforcement relationships.

Why Choose Code4Couples

With specialized training and real-world, day-to-day experience as the wife of an officer, Cyndi helps struggling police departments find their voice.

Through the application of a non-judgmental, no-nonsense approach, Cyndi delivers the skills to cope and grow stronger. Together.

Don’t forget to check out the FREE resources to keep your relationships on the right track.

My officer keeps texting everyone on shift when they are at home and not talking to me. What do I do?

By setting, enforcing and respecting boundaries for work and home time, you’ll start to see a difference in the quality of your personal and professional life. Respectfully communicate your wishes and start the conversation on how to make it better.

My spouse won't come to counseling. How can we change our relationship?

Introduce and implement these 6 tips: (see “Training for Couples” for more details)
1. Create rituals
2. Have a positive mindset
3. Show gratitude
4. Offer generous explanations
5. Have open, honest, and respectful communication
6. Flirt with each other

How do I deal with loneliness?

Join online groups with other LEOs / spouses of LEOs to connect with others who can relate and/or volunteer in community activities, to name a few.

How can we change our relationship?

Recognizing there is a problem is the first step! You are not alone in this journey. Start by checking out Code4Couples® FREE resources to jumpstart reconnecting today!