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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 Sunnyvale, the suburbs of Sunnyvale, other nearby places such as Campbell, Mountain View, or anywhere else in California, 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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Sandy Kong
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walk this journey of life together. I bring my life experience plus the knowledge, skills, and insight I've developed over the years into a space to co-create along with you, your experience, your knowledge, skills, and insight.

Something to know about my approach is:

I will honor and respect who you are as a whole human being. My goal is to ensure that you are moving towards healing and being healthier mentally. I provide services that are trauma-informed, client-centered, strengths based, and nourishing.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abuse and Neglect
  • Acculturation Issues
  • adolescent anxiety
  • adoption trauma
  • Ancestral Trauma
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Asian and Pacific Islander Issues
  • Attachment Issues
  • Attachment Wounds
  • Bi-Cultural
  • Biracial Women
  • Borderline Personality
  • Burn Out
  • career burnout
  • Childhood Trauma
  • children of immigrants
  • Codependency
  • Communication Issues
  • complex grief
  • Complex Trauma
  • Cross-Cultural
  • Cultural Trauma
  • Depression
  • east asian cultural issues
  • Empaths/HSPs
  • Excessive Worrying
  • Family Relationships
  • First Generation issues
  • First Responders
  • grief
  • Guilt
  • Healing from Relationships
  • Immigrants
  • Intergenerational trauma
  • Job related issues/stress
  • Lack of energy
  • Mother-daughter relationships
  • multicultural identity
  • Negative core beliefs
  • Negative Self-Talk
  • Peer Relationships
  • Perfectionism
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Psychedelic Integration
  • Racial Trauma
  • Rape and Sexual Assault
  • Refugees
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Relationship Distress
  • Relationship trauma
  • self-defeating behaviors
  • Self-sabotage
  • Self Trust Issues
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Sibling Relationships
  • Social Anxiety
  • South Asian cultural issues
  • Stress Management
  • Teen issues
  • Teen/young pregnancy and motherhood
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • Trauma
  • Traumatic loss
  • Trust Issues
  • Women's Issues
  • Womxn's Health
  • Work stress
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Courtney Tomblin
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Work towards making the changes you are looking for. We will explore how past experiences may be affecting present life, as well as how to be more present in what is happening now. We will explore how you can continue moving towards your goals.


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Work towards making the changes you are looking for. We will explore how past experiences may be affecting present life, as well as how to be more present in what is happening now. We will explore how you can continue moving towards your goals.

Something to know about my approach is:

I tailor treatment to each individual's needs, and I take a collaborative approach to developing goals and a treatment plan. I actively seek feedback to ensure treatment is beneficial and working for each individual.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • adolescent trauma
  • Career Counseling
  • Children
  • Concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Depression
  • equestrians
  • First Responders
  • Law Enforcement
  • LGBTQ+
  • Parenting
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from abuse
  • School issues
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Social Anxiety
  • Sports Performance
  • Sports Trauma
  • Teenagers
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
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Holly Spotts, Psy.D.
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create something new. Together, we will sift through the mess and give voice to your goals and dreams. Together, we will create a life you love!


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create something new. Together, we will sift through the mess and give voice to your goals and dreams. Together, we will create a life you love!

Something to know about my approach is:

You are complex, with deep layers, not a mere list of symptoms or a diagnosis to treat. My approach to therapy is integrative, meaning that I blend elements from different theoretical approaches to customize treatment according to your needs.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Burn Out
  • Family of Origin
  • Helping Professionals
  • High-functioning anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Maternal Mental Health
  • Relationship Distress
  • Women's Issues
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Maria Alvarez
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It takes courage to take the first steps towards a change; If you are ready to take that step I am here to offer you support and guidance.


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It takes courage to take the first steps towards a change; If you are ready to take that step I am here to offer you support and guidance.

Something to know about my approach is:

My behavioral therapy style is client-centered, solution-focused and strengths-based. I believe in treating everyone with respect, compassion and unconditional positive regard.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Depression
  • grief
  • Life Transitions
  • Neurodivergence
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Trauma
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Dr. Kalana Greer
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Focus on what’s important to you and help you see blind spots to meet your life and internal goals more effectively.


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Focus on what’s important to you and help you see blind spots to meet your life and internal goals more effectively.

Something to know about my approach is:

Direct, solution-focused, and emotionally available.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Academic Issues
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Childhood Issues
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Codependency
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Eating Disorders
  • Emotional regulation
  • Family of Origin
  • Helping Professionals
  • Identity Issues
  • Parenting Issues
  • Pre-Marital Counseling
  • Racism
  • Relationship Distress
  • Self-Esteem
  • Trauma
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Dr. Kalana Greer remote and phone therapy in California