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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 New York, Battery Park City, Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, or even Chelsea, 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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Brianna Martin
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Begin the healing journey by achieving a meaningful and fulfilling life with the right tools and support, while honoring your self-determination, establishing internal safety, and exploring and processing what is creating barriers for you.


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Begin the healing journey by achieving a meaningful and fulfilling life with the right tools and support, while honoring your self-determination, establishing internal safety, and exploring and processing what is creating barriers for you.

Something to know about my approach is:

I use a strengths-based approach to support my client's capacity to achieve desired and developmental milestones.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Anxiety
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Couples
  • Depression
  • Distress Tolerance
  • Executive Functioning
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relational Trauma
  • Relationship Skills
  • Secondary Trauma
  • Trauma-Related Disorders
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Colleen Fitzgerald
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I integrate a variety of approaches (including occasional humor) all within the context of trauma-informed care and will use the treatment that works best for you as an individual.


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I integrate a variety of approaches (including occasional humor) all within the context of trauma-informed care and will use the treatment that works best for you as an individual.

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Therapy should feel like a space where you feel safe to show up fully as you are, a place where you won’t be judged, a place where deep insights and change is possible. It is an honor to accompany clients in the therapeutic process.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Burnout
  • Caregivers
  • Depression
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Life Transitions
  • Relationship Distress
  • Relationship Skills
  • Secondary Trauma
  • Service Industry
  • Stress
  • Undocumented Residents
  • Vicarious Trauma
  • Women
  • Women Veterans
  • Work Stress
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William Karlin
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Figure out what is the most effective way to help you overcome your difficulties and lead a more productive and meaningful life. Through our collaborative efforts you will gain new perspectives, increased confidence and greater self acceptance.


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Figure out what is the most effective way to help you overcome your difficulties and lead a more productive and meaningful life. Through our collaborative efforts you will gain new perspectives, increased confidence and greater self acceptance.

Something to know about my approach is:

I see psychotherapy as a dialogue between two people that can yield great personal growth and transformation. By examining areas of difficulty in your life I believe that my patents can gain insights into their own maladaptive behaviors.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Acute Grief
  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Adjustment to Medical Diagnosis
  • Alcohol
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Bereavement
  • Cancer
  • Complex Anxiety
  • Complicated Grief
  • Depression
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Dissatisfaction
  • Financial Stress
  • Finding Meaning or Purpose
  • Grief
  • Grief from Losing a Pet
  • Health
  • Health Anxiety
  • Helping Professionals
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Illness and Disease
  • Illness Anxiety Disorder
  • Job Stress
  • Life Adjustment
  • Life Balance
  • Life Changes
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Mild Depression
  • Motivation
  • Panic Attacks
  • Panic Disorders
  • Parenting
  • Procrastination
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Social Anxiety
  • Stress
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Workplace Issues
  • Work Stress
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Jessica Thalhamer
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We will address the stressors that may manifest into depression, anxiety, and interpersonal conflict, focusing on self compassion and motivation, and positive coping strategies.


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We will address the stressors that may manifest into depression, anxiety, and interpersonal conflict, focusing on self compassion and motivation, and positive coping strategies.

Something to know about my approach is:

My passion is working with individuals who face challenges with depression, anxiety, trauma, anger, family issues, attachment, loss, co-dependency, addictions ACOA issues, and more.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abusive Relationships
  • Acute Grief
  • Addictions
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Athletes
  • Birth Trauma
  • Childhood Abuse or Neglect
  • Childhood Issues
  • Childhood Trauma
  • COVID-Related Stress and Anxiety
  • Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence Survivors
  • Functional Anxiety
  • Illness Anxiety Disorder
  • Life Transitions
  • Manic Depression
  • Mild Depression
  • New Parent
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Parenting Children with Anxiety
  • Parenting Skills
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Postpartum
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Postpartum Mood Disorders
  • Rape and Sexual Assault
  • Relationship Skills
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Seasonal Depression
  • Secondary Trauma
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Spiritual Trauma
  • Substance Abuse Intervention
  • Substance Use
  • Teen Anxiety
  • Teen Athletes
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D. Leigh Geffken
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Together, we will find the issue/block that is troubling you as a whole person. We view wellbeing as a combination of the heart, mind and body.


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Together, we will find the issue/block that is troubling you as a whole person. We view wellbeing as a combination of the heart, mind and body.

Something to know about my approach is:

I ask the question: what disrupts your connection with yourself and the world around you? Whether the cause for the disconnect be traumatic events, bouts of depression. persistent anxiety or the inability to cope.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abuse
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Adoption
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics
  • Alcohol
  • Ancestral Trauma
  • Anorexia
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Birth Trauma
  • Body Dysmorphia
  • Bulimia
  • Bullying
  • Childhood Abuse or Neglect
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Complex Trauma
  • Concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Congenital Disease
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Developing Secure Attachment
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Eating Disorders
  • Failure to Launch
  • Fear of Failure
  • Fears and Phobias
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • Life Transitions
  • Medical Trauma
  • Mind-Body Connection
  • Motherhood
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
  • Panic Attacks
  • Panic Disorders
  • Personality Disorders
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Religious Trauma
  • Secondary Trauma
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Social Anxiety
  • Spiritual Trauma
  • Substance Use
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • Vicarious Trauma
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D. Leigh  Geffken remote and phone therapy in New Jersey, New York