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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. Wherever you are located in California from Alameda to Yucaipa or even Montclair, or anywhere else nearby, 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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Jonathan Mattice
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(If couple) Discuss helpful background information, communication styles and we'll collaboratively come up with goals while identifying your desired areas of focus. For individual work, we'll start with you and what you'd like to work on.


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(If couple) Discuss helpful background information, communication styles and we'll collaboratively come up with goals while identifying your desired areas of focus. For individual work, we'll start with you and what you'd like to work on.

Something to know about my approach is:

I focus on improving communication and relational connection through a unique use of Emotionally Focused Therapy, Gottman and DBT skill building. I don't just sit back and listen. You can expect active engagement during our sessions.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adolescent Anxiety
  • Anger Disorders
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
  • Christian Counseling
  • Codependency
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  • Entrepreneurs
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  • Faith/Religious Deconstruction
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  • Graduate Students
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  • Healthcare Professionals
  • High Anxiety
  • Job Stress
  • Life Adjustment
  • Loving Someone with a Mental Health Disorder
  • Mild Depression
  • Pastors and Clergy
  • Pedophilic Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (POCD)
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Purity Culture Recovery
  • Relationships
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  • Religious Trauma
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  • Starting College
  • Suicidal Ideation
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  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • Trauma
  • Working Professionals
  • Young Professionals
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Suzanne Katanic
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Outline your presenting issues and your emotional biography to form unique therapeutic goals and treatment plan that will allow you move towards living a more integrated life.


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Outline your presenting issues and your emotional biography to form unique therapeutic goals and treatment plan that will allow you move towards living a more integrated life.

Something to know about my approach is:

I offer an integrated approach which blends the techniques of depth hypnosis with a psychotherapeutic approach. This allows depth work while also keeping in mind the family system and the way our internalized beliefs guide our life.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Depression
  • Family Dynamics
  • Grief from Losing a Pet
  • Highly Sensitive People (HSPs)
  • Negative Self-Talk
  • Neurodivergence
  • Relationships
  • Religious Trauma
  • Self-Awareness
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Understanding
  • Spirituality
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Lynn Northrop
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Help you live your one precious life with purpose and meaning, even when you are faced with big stressors, losses and pain (physical and emotional).


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Help you live your one precious life with purpose and meaning, even when you are faced with big stressors, losses and pain (physical and emotional).

Something to know about my approach is:

I've been a psychologist for 20+ years. Prior to 2023, I worked in hospitals - providing care & training hundreds of young professionals to do the same. I am proud to report that the folks I trained are my biggest referral source. They trust me.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Acute Grief
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Aging and Getting Older
  • Aging Parents
  • Anger Management
  • Anticipatory Grief
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Burnout
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  • Complicated Grief
  • Depression
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  • Finding Meaning or Purpose
  • Gender Identity
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief from Losing a Pet
  • Health Anxiety
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Illness Anxiety Disorder
  • Job Loss
  • Job Stress
  • Loving Someone with a Mental Health Disorder
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Memory Loss
  • Menopause
  • Mind-Body Connection
  • Mindfulness
  • Moving and Relocation
  • New Job Transition
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Retirement
  • Secondary Trauma
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Self-Actualization
  • Self Care
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Esteem
  • Situational Grief
  • Situational Stress
  • Stress-Related Disorders
  • Suicide loss
  • Therapist for Other Therapists
  • Vicarious Trauma
  • Work Stress
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Eric van der Voort
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Find ways for you to better manage stress and painful feelings, examine and challenge unhelpful thinking, explore new ways of experiencing pleasure, communicate more effectively, and enjoy better sex.


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Find ways for you to better manage stress and painful feelings, examine and challenge unhelpful thinking, explore new ways of experiencing pleasure, communicate more effectively, and enjoy better sex.

Something to know about my approach is:

I work with people in the kink, LGBTQIA+, and non-monogamous communities to address performance anxieties, desire discrepancies, use of sex/porn or substances, confusion about sexuality, relationship conflict, and communication issues.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictions
  • Alcohol
  • Anxiety
  • Communication Skills
  • Compulsive Sexuality/Hypersexuality
  • Couples
  • Couples Sex Therapy
  • COVID-Related Stress and Anxiety
  • Engagement
  • Front Line Workers
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Guilt
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Kink
  • Marriage
  • Pornography
  • Sex Addiction
  • Sex Anxiety
  • Sex Therapy
  • Sexual Health
  • Sexual Issues
  • Shame
  • Social Anxiety
  • Stress
  • Substance Use
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Juanita Dimas
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We will work together as a team, you and I. I realize that no two people are the same, therefore, I tailor the therapy to meet your specific needs and interests, to recognize underlying problems, and optimize your strengths, to reach your goals.


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Together, we will:

We will work together as a team, you and I. I realize that no two people are the same, therefore, I tailor the therapy to meet your specific needs and interests, to recognize underlying problems, and optimize your strengths, to reach your goals.

Something to know about my approach is:

I work with adults with a range of emotional, mental health and health concerns. Together, as a team, we define what you want to work on, how and to what end, and will address the past only in as much as it it impacts your present and future.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • BIPOC
  • Cultural Issues
  • Depression
  • Helping Professionals
  • Identity
  • Immigration Evaluations
  • Latinos
  • Life Transitions
  • Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis
  • Third Culture Kids
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