Therapy for Trauma-Exposed Careers
Maintain compassion;
Regain control, focus, and balance.
Therapy for first responders, security clearance holders, law enforcement, military, medical personnel, coroners, helper professionals
Your heart led you to this career.
You shouldn’t have to shut that down to survive it.
Maybe you deal with death all day. Maybe you make big decisions with big impacts before breakfast. Maybe others seek your advice and commend you for always seeming to have your shit together.
But you don’t. You feel like you are losing control. Life and job stress are accumulating. The stress you’ve endured over the years is knocking at the door. You don’t sleep well, you often feel irritated and restless, you can’t relax, and you can’t really talk to anyone else about what you’ve done or seen. Maybe coming home these days results in an argument or the silent treatment, making you want to stay at the gym or work late. Again. Resulting in another argument.
You want to connect with your kids, but you are also worried your own anxiety will cause theirs. People want to hear stories about your job, but there is so much about it that you can’t share.
Does anyone truly understand what you do and have seen?
How can therapy help?
Respond instead of react. Reconnect with the heart that led you here.
You chose this career for a reason. But, your life once defined by resilience and compartmentalization seems to be unraveling. Chronic trauma exposure will accumulate. It will affect your home life, socialization, and functioning in ways that start out more subtle. It changes the way you see the world, how you parent and connect with spouses, your idea of small talk, your tolerance for bullshit.
Therapy can help you identify what is working, what is no longer working, and what to do about it. Evidence-based practice are based on significant research and proven results. Sessions are tailored to your specific career, needs, skillset, and struggles.
You will learn:
Tools to restore focus and mindfully choose your battles
To identify cues that help you respond rather than react
More effective communication patterns
To process, and contain, any past intrusive traumas
Pathways for creating future templates of success
Regain control, reclaim your strength.
You want a therapist who works as hard as you do and understands the demands of chronic trauma exposure. I, too, have a trauma-exposed career. I know what it’s like to experience tragedy at work and then shift into mom and wife mode at home. I practice what I preach, and I understand the fear of failure.
In my office, you do not need to worry about dark humor, sailor language, or shielding me from graphic trauma. Or the scariest of all - feeling the toll your job has taken on you.
You are in good hands. I can help you.