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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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Amanda Tekinceer
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Through our work together, we’ll reframe your limiting beliefs into superpowers and channel your doubt into motivation. It’s time to create a fulfilling life of empowerment, forgiveness, self-love, and greater connection to others.


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Through our work together, we’ll reframe your limiting beliefs into superpowers and channel your doubt into motivation. It’s time to create a fulfilling life of empowerment, forgiveness, self-love, and greater connection to others.

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My approach is collaborative and compassionate. As your therapist, I will honor your journey and walk alongside you through the sadness, mess, and despair to find your spark again.

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  • Abandonment Issues
  • Codependency
  • Compassion Fatigue
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  • Domestic Violence
  • Empowering Women
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  • Mood Regulation
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Rick Kelly
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We will get to know the aspects of your life that are burdened or unfulfilled, understand your past and its impact on your life in the present. We will untangle and process the relational damage, loss and pain to allow for a renewed sense of being.


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We will get to know the aspects of your life that are burdened or unfulfilled, understand your past and its impact on your life in the present. We will untangle and process the relational damage, loss and pain to allow for a renewed sense of being.

Something to know about my approach is:

A key part of therapy is integrating conflicted parts of our mind and body. My approach uses mindfulness, EMDR and brainspotting to help you heal as well as cognitive tools to help you change beliefs and behavior patterns that are keeping you stuck

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  • Secondary Trauma
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Jordan Blankenship
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work to support you mental, emotional, physiological and spiritual well-being. I aim to treat the whole person and will recommend lifestyle changes to improve your well-being along with more traditional therapeutic approaches


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work to support you mental, emotional, physiological and spiritual well-being. I aim to treat the whole person and will recommend lifestyle changes to improve your well-being along with more traditional therapeutic approaches

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I take an integrative approach, giving you a variety of tools to support not just your emotional well-being but your nervous system as a whole. I balance a practical and solution focused approach with deeper, insight oriented work

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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).

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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.

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  • Menopause
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  • 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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Samantha Schumann
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Breakthrough trauma and get you feel better about yourself fast. The talk therapy part breaks down many problems that are influenced by societal/cultural pressures while the somatic work helps heal trauma, attachment wounds, and performance issues.


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Breakthrough trauma and get you feel better about yourself fast. The talk therapy part breaks down many problems that are influenced by societal/cultural pressures while the somatic work helps heal trauma, attachment wounds, and performance issues.

Something to know about my approach is:

I work with adults and teens who struggle with neurodiversity (ADHD, Autism) and complex trauma. In my sessions, I use a unique talk therapy as well as an effective deep brain-based therapy called Brainspotting.

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  • Anxiety
  • Athletes
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  • Concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
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