“Do you see First Responders?”

Right out of the gate before I say anything else, the answer is: Yes, I do.

Recently, I’ve been experiencing a pretty dramatic increase of first responders reaching out to me. Almost every one of them says the same thing- “I was looking on your website and it doesn’t say anything about first responders, but you’re a veteran so I feel like we share a lot of things in common and you would understand exactly what I’m talking about”.

While I would never pretend to know exactly what you deal with as a first responder, we do share a lot in common related to traumatic experiences and their effects. In many ways I feel like being a first responder is more difficult. In the military when we deploy to a combat zone, it’s typically for 6 months to a year. We're fully immersed in that environment 24/7, and that’s our focus. In my opinion, for First Responders it’s more difficult and the challenges are harder to deal with because you work your shift, and then you come home. When you do, you're expected to "go back to normal" because you're safe at home. Veterans do that for extended periods of time, but First Responders do that every 12-24 hours- back and forth, day in and day out, seven days a week. Holy shit... sitting here thinking about how tough that must be has me shaking my head.

Like I’ve said elsewhere on my website, “You’ve come to the right place”. You’ll get the same amount of understanding, focus, and my guarantee of “This is a judgment free zone”. So far I've worked with Fire Fighters, Law Enforcement Officers, EMTs, ER Nurses, and Urgent Care/ER Physicians. This shit isn’t easy, but we’ll work on it together as a team and get it figured out.

I’m affiliated with the IAFF (International Association of Fire Fighters) Center of Excellence, and have completed a number of trainings related to working with Fire Fighters, Law Enforcement, EMTs, and other First Responders/Frontline Health Workers such as ER Nurses.

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