Sessions for Veterans and 1st Responders

It all begins with reaching out to talk.

There is a large stigma for all military (active and veterans) and first responders with wanting therapy. We face scrutiny, judgment of being weak, seen as not being “tough enough to handle to the job”, judged as being unstable, and more. There is the fear of command or leadership finding out we talk to someone and losing our jobs from it. This has been pressured onto these communities for many many years and continues as you are encouraged to “talk and get help” but there seems to be a flip-side with that.

With me, all military and first responders are safe, I do not communicate to anyone if someone in one of the groups talk to me. I am strong with confidentiality and believe in protecting my people.

There is no judgement from me on what you experienced and how you have coped. What is experienced on deployments, combat, patrols, investigations are not “normal” for the human mind and we find ways to cope with this to try to live a “normal” life. Many people in the public state “well, that’s what you signed up for” and expect a robotic response void of emotions and constant calm, void of adrenaline, frustration, hurt, etc. We are human beings, and when faced in life or death situations, there are no routine responses to it. Times are difficult for military and first responders and how society reacts to the groups. There is a unity in these groups that is hard to replace elsewhere and many can feel left alone or abandoned when they have to leave these fields. I am here for you.

I am here to support and believe in you. You have faced more than many in your communities have and you have survived thus far. Too many times members of these groups internalize the traumas they have faced and struggle to admit they have trauma, PTSD, depression, or anxiety. It does not make you weak to want to talk, it takes strength to talk and to want to survive in life. Let’s make time to talk and move forward on your path.