Category: Therapy
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How to Find a Good First Responder Therapist
Early and often throughout my journey to become a first responder therapist, my law enforcement co-workers have approached me about how to find a good therapist. Many first responders have told be they’ve been on the fence about seeing someone for a while. Part of why I started this blog is to de-stigmatize seeking therapy… Read more
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Why Can’t You Be My Therapist When We’re Already Friends
Photo by Phillip Goldsberry on Unsplash I am an outspoken advocate that every first responder should see a therapist on a regular basis. Regular could be as little as monthly, quarterly, or even once or twice a year. It’s a lot easier to have a therapeutic relationship established than it is to try to search for one when… Read more
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Mountain Metaphors
Two Mountains There is a metaphor about the therapeutic relationship, I learned from reading Russ Harris, that I like to use with my clients about. It’s the of two mountains metaphor. We are two people on our own journey, like two mountain climbers each climbing our separate mountains. I’m over here climbing my mountain and… Read more