First Responders and Public Safety Professionals

 

We provide therapy and treatment tailored to the specific needs and culture that comes with being a first responder or public safety professional. We each have robust experience working with first responders—both personally and professionally—and each have unique approaches to help you meet your goals. Therapy for those in public service positions can be essential in helping address and process the chronic stress, trauma, sleep issues, anxiety, alcohol or substance issues, etc. that can accumulate over a career of helping others in their darkest hour. Our team has the lived experience of spending 40 hours each week in the front seat of a police car, as well as the clinical training and experience, to understand the unique issues and challenges that often bring first responders into treatment. We are sensitive to the different ways in which stress and trauma can present among the many varied first responder and public safety professional roles—such as law enforcement, fire, EMS, dispatch, probation, corrections, nursing, physicians, and more.

Additionally, we are available to help with how these stressors can affect a marriage and family. You—and your family—deserve to experience wellness and to be able to put down the heavy load you carry as a result of this kind of intense work. Please contact us today to get started on improving your quality of life.

 We can help with:

  • Stress Injuries, including PTSD/PTSI (e.g. flashbacks, nightmares, panic, etc.)

  • Anxiety (including guilt, shame, avoidance, feeling on edge or jumpy, etc.)

  • Depression (including isolating yourself from others, feeling numb, etc.)

  • Anger (including irritability)

  • Alcohol and Substance Abuse

  • Grief and Loss

  • Sleep Issues

  • Difficulty relaxing and “turning off” work

  • Marital Difficulties

  • Betrayal trauma—trauma that occurs when those who are supposed to be there to support you in crisis (e.g. friends, family, your agency) significantly violate your well-being or trust

  • And much more…

 

Remember: the sooner you can address your stressors, the faster and easier they can be to heal. There is strength in taking care of yourself.