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If you’re a first responder (such as police, EMT, firefighter, etc.), you regularly work in a high-stress environment to perform life-saving work. This puts you at a higher risk of developing mental and emotional issues, including depression and PTSD, necessitating professional therapy.

Therapists are a critical resource for first responders. Whether you are located in downtown Chesapeake, Butts Station, Deep Creek South, Great Bridge East, or even Indian River, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Do You Need First Responder Counseling?

First responders often experience traumatic events that can leave a lasting effect on their mental health. Here are some signs that you could use counseling:

  • Recurring memories of a traumatic event, such as a shooting, arrest, fire, or critical incident.
  • Feeling anxious or stressed on a chronic basis.
  • Feeling sad on an ongoing basis without hope.
  • Loss of interest in things that you used to love.
  • Being easily agitated or emotionally reactive.
  • Feeling burned out or apathetic about your job.

If any of the above signs ring true to you, consider getting some help in the form of first responder counseling. For more help to figure out if counseling is right for you, read this article from licensed therapist Dana Carretta-Stein about signs of trauma common to first responders.

Get First Responder Therapy Today!

Mental Health Match can help you find a professional therapist who can help you cope with the demands of your job so you can feel great and continue to do your best work. On our platform, finding a licensed therapist is easier than you may think. Get started today by browsing experts below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

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Together we will rebuild your confidence, develop understanding, and learn about your diagnosis using integrative and holistic approaches that best fit your needs while focusing on the whole you.

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My approach is to guide Clients as they work toward positive change, and healthy balance as well as personal insight into their situation using a variety of theories with the option integrating faith based counseling.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Christian Counseling
  • Couples
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Law Enforcement
  • Life Transitions
  • Loving Someone with a Mental Health Disorder
  • Marriage
  • Men
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Sex Therapy
  • Sexual Health
  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Veterans/Military Families
  • Women’s Health
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Amy Crawford
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Explore the mental and systemic blocks that keep you stuck. We'll collaborate to develop strategies that support you with fully embracing your authentic, confident self so that you can go back into the world and live your best life!


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Explore the mental and systemic blocks that keep you stuck. We'll collaborate to develop strategies that support you with fully embracing your authentic, confident self so that you can go back into the world and live your best life!

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We dive into the patterns that keep you stuck, such as people pleasing, perfectionism or caretaking. We discuss where you learned these patterns and how they served you in the past. I'll help you form new patterns that bring more joy and inner peace.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Burnout
  • Child Abuse
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Chronic Pain
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Depression
  • Developmental Trauma
  • Disordered Eating
  • Family Trauma
  • Helping Professionals
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • People Pleasing
  • Perfectionism
  • Relationship Distress
  • Relationships
  • Relationship Skills
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Social Anxiety
  • Vicarious Trauma
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Jenna Ham
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Together we can work towards navigating life’s challenges and identifying areas for growth, empowerment, and healing. I pull techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and solution focused therapy.


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Together we can work towards navigating life’s challenges and identifying areas for growth, empowerment, and healing. I pull techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and solution focused therapy.

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My approach is holistic, genuine, and evidence-based. My intention is to cultivate a healing environment conducive to processing my client’s personal experiences. I utilize a person centered approach, focused on meeting clients where they are.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictions
  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Depression
  • Drug Use
  • First Responders
  • High Anxiety
  • Parent-Adult Child Relationship
  • Parenting
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Relationship Distress
  • Veterans/Military Families
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Katie Noel Sherwood
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I approach each client with a trauma-informed and strength-based approach to help you feel heard and valued, while ensuring that you have an empathetic and therapeutic setting as you are working towards your goals.


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I approach each client with a trauma-informed and strength-based approach to help you feel heard and valued, while ensuring that you have an empathetic and therapeutic setting as you are working towards your goals.

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I use a combination of different therapy modalities such as Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Person-Centered Therapy (PCT), Dialectal Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI), as well as EMDR.

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  • Adult ADHD
  • Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents
  • Anxiety
  • Coaching
  • Codependency
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Family Conflict
  • First Responders
  • Friendships
  • Grief
  • Infertility
  • Life Transitions
  • Marriage
  • Parenting
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Premarital Counseling
  • PTSD from Abuse
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Secondary Trauma
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Trauma
  • Women
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Allison Kacmar
Together, we will:

Together, we will identify the things you notice interfering with the life you want to live. The moments from the past that keep you from moving forward, the anxiety or fear that paralyze you now. Together we will create a plan for your best life.


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Together, we will:

Together, we will identify the things you notice interfering with the life you want to live. The moments from the past that keep you from moving forward, the anxiety or fear that paralyze you now. Together we will create a plan for your best life.

Something to know about my approach is:

My approach is rarely the same twice. I always use Evidence Based Practices, however, my approach is completely dependent on the individual working with me. As a clinical social worker, I work to always put the individual at the center of our work.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Aging and Getting Older
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Birth Trauma
  • Caregivers
  • Combat Trauma
  • Coming Out
  • Complicated Grief
  • Depression
  • Dissociation
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
  • End of Life
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Gender Affirmative Surgery Letters
  • Gender Dysphoria
  • Gender Identity
  • Grief
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Medical Trauma
  • Military Life Transition
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Religious Trauma
  • Secondary Trauma
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Social Anxiety
  • Teen Depression
  • Trauma From Abuse
  • Veterans/Military Families
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