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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 Tacoma, Central, Eastside Enact, Fircrest, or even Newtacoma, 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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Riyon Hutton
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You are welcome to discuss any topic. I like to focus on strengthening the core skills you have and building new skills that help your quality of life improve. I encourage you to reduce social anxiety and engaging in fun things to improve your mood.


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You are welcome to discuss any topic. I like to focus on strengthening the core skills you have and building new skills that help your quality of life improve. I encourage you to reduce social anxiety and engaging in fun things to improve your mood.

Something to know about my approach is:

I utilize a variety of approaches such as EMDR, CBT, trauma informed goal setting therapy, and pain reprocessing therapy to help you resolve past trauma, stuck points, and reduce your anxiety . Burn out and compassion fatigue is very common as well.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Acute Grief
  • Adulting
  • Age 20s & 30s
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Aromanticism
  • Asexuality
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Burnout
  • Chronic Pain
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Educational Advocacy
  • Empowering Women
  • Goals/Accountability
  • Health Anxiety
  • LGBTQ+
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Parenting Skills
  • Pre-Teens
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Teachers
  • Trauma-Related Disorders
  • Values
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Jason Powell
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work on things like anxiety, depression, trauma, relational challenges, attachment issues, PTSD, anger management, sex, sexuality, and whatever else you need to engage with in your current or past self to find peace.


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work on things like anxiety, depression, trauma, relational challenges, attachment issues, PTSD, anger management, sex, sexuality, and whatever else you need to engage with in your current or past self to find peace.

Something to know about my approach is:

I base our work together on trust, understanding, and rapport. I want to know and understand you, as well as what makes your goals for therapy your own.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • BDSM
  • Couples
  • Couples Sex Therapy
  • Depression
  • Faith and Spirituality
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Kink
  • Law Enforcement
  • Marriage
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationship Skills
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Stress
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Kourtney DeBoer
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Together, we'll cultivate your capacity for courage, compassion, and lasting change. You'll walk away with a better understanding of yourself and new tools and strategies for navigating your relationships and stressors with resilience and purpose.


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Together, we'll cultivate your capacity for courage, compassion, and lasting change. You'll walk away with a better understanding of yourself and new tools and strategies for navigating your relationships and stressors with resilience and purpose.

Something to know about my approach is:

I use an eclectic style of theories and modalities to develop client-centered, realistic treatment plans. I never recommend unrealistic or unachievable treatments that don't align with your goals and vision for your ideal future.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics
  • Bisexuality
  • Church Abuse
  • Communication Skills
  • Cult Abuse
  • Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence Survivors
  • Empowering Women
  • Entrepreneurial Women
  • Ethical Non-Monogamy
  • Family Trauma
  • Family Violence
  • Gender Non-Conforming
  • Gender Transition
  • Gender Transition in Families
  • Gun Violence Survivors
  • Healing From Relationships
  • Highly Sensitive People (HSPs)
  • Incest
  • Military Life Transition
  • Military Service
  • Mother-Daughter Relationships
  • Parent of Sexual Abuse Survivor
  • Polyamory
  • Professional Women
  • Rape and Sexual Assault
  • Relational Trauma
  • Relationship Skills
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Secondary Trauma
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Trauma
  • Veterans/Military Families
  • Vicarious Trauma
  • Violence
  • Women
  • Women’s Health
  • Women Veterans
  • Young Women
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Maggie Eastman
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set goals, create an actionable plan to reach goals, and continue to evaluate the process and where we're seeing success. We'll also look at ways to practice maintaining outside of therapy sessions.


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Together, we will:

set goals, create an actionable plan to reach goals, and continue to evaluate the process and where we're seeing success. We'll also look at ways to practice maintaining outside of therapy sessions.

Something to know about my approach is:

I like to bring brain science into therapy to help clients understand what will help them be successful in making changes. I will always ask what the best use of our time is, and my clients control the direction of their therapy.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Adjustment Issues
  • Adjustment to Medical Diagnosis
  • Anticipatory Grief
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Anxiety Management
  • Cancer
  • Chronic Stress
  • COVID-Related Stress and Anxiety
  • Depression
  • End of Life
  • Fear of Failure
  • First Responders
  • Functional Anxiety
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Grief from Losing a Pet
  • Health Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Life Adjustment
  • Mild Depression
  • Political Anxiety
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Relationship Distress
  • Seasonal Depression
  • Situational Grief
  • Situational Stress
  • Suicide loss
  • Traumatic Loss
  • Work Stress
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Khadija Ewalt
Together, we will:

Delve into your childhood and onward, exploring any patterns and themes that have led you to the struggles you may be experiencing now. We will process your core memories with the use of EMDR so you may move on to live a more authentic life.


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Together, we will:

Delve into your childhood and onward, exploring any patterns and themes that have led you to the struggles you may be experiencing now. We will process your core memories with the use of EMDR so you may move on to live a more authentic life.

Something to know about my approach is:

I utilize Psychodynamic Therapy and EMDR to help you process your unresolved trauma(s). I would like to provide you with a safe space to explore and process your thoughts/feelings/experiences, developmental or recent, and everything in between.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Domestic Violence
  • First Responders
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Veterans/Military Families
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