First responders, emergency response workers, and other public safety employees regularly face high-stress, dangerous, and demanding situations that most people never have to navigate. They see:
These events and images can get internalized in their brain.
Yet, your employees continually show up and do their job to keep others safe. But over time, continued exposure to these difficult events can build — leading to increased stress and strain, which can negatively impact your employees’ emotional health, relationships, and quality of life.
Sometimes, your employees may not even realize the impact these situations are having on them. And since some people still believe they just need to handle it on their own, they don’t reach out for help.
But annual mental health check-ins can provide your employees with the insights, tools, and guidance to support their emotional well-being — and identify when someone may benefit from therapeutic services.
Our culturally competent mental health wellness consultations are a single 60-minute individual session and are confidential.
These annual consultations provide your public safety employees with tools and strategies to increase their quality of life and better manage their response to stress and trauma.
They can speak openly with a licensed mental health therapist about:
Wellness consultations are not therapy, behavioral health treatment, psychological evaluation, or a fit-for-duty evaluation. No treatment or diagnoses will be provided or developed.
Our licensed experts have professional and personal insights into how a critical incident can impact responders. We’ve worked with first responders and emergency response workers in Maine since 2015 and follow national best practices and standards. Our licensed therapists are culturally competent, and our founder Sarah Mildrum, LCSW, is an Emergency Responder and Public Safety Certified Clinician.
We provide a safe, judgment-free, and confidential space for your public safety employees to express their reactions, thoughts, feelings, and experiences. We help you explore your reactions and provide psychoeducation and tools to support your emotional health and quality of life. We also discuss whether they may benefit from therapeutic services to further support their well-being.
Public safety departments, municipalities, and individuals can contact us for a consultation.
The sessions are confidential and tailored to meet the client’s needs and specific situation.
Our licensed therapists in Maine understand the impact and strain critical incidents and high stress can have on public safety employees and emergency responders. Our annual wellness consultations can provide insights and tools to help support and enhance public safety workers’ quality of life and well-being.
Our licensed therapists in Maine understand the impact and strain critical incidents and high stress can have on public safety employees and emergency responders. Our annual wellness consultations can provide insights and tools to help support and enhance public safety workers’ quality of life and well-being.
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