Shift Work. High Risk Environments. Isolation.  

The unique demands of your first responder's career can affect a spouse’s own mental health.

BEHIND THE BADGE™

A Customized12-Week 1:1 Therapy Program designed specifically for spouses of first responders who are also managing their own mental health challenges. This program offers practical tools and interventions on topics that are unique to you.

Shift Work. High Risk Environments. Isolation.  

The unique demands of your first responder's career can affect a spouse’s own mental health.

BEHIND THE BADGE™

A Customized12-Week 1:1 Therapy Program designed specifically for spouses of first responders who are also managing their own mental health challenges. This program offers practical tools and interventions on topics that are unique to you.

Support for Spouses of First Responders

Facilitated by Psychotherapists trained for First Responder Culture

A team of therapists who are trained and supervised by those with expertise in first responder culture and mental health challenges

JOIN A 12 WEEK INDIVDUALIZED PSYCHOTHERAPY PROGRAM

Practical tools and interventions for specific and unique stressors

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We Designed this specifically for Spouses/ Partners of First Responders

A program designed to meet the unique challenges of anxiety, depression, burnout and more in the spouse of a first responder.

Are you a spouse of a first responder struggling with the unique challenges of your partner’s work? Are you seeking support to navigate the stress, anxiety, and emotional strain that can come with this role?

Are you a spouse of a first responder struggling with the unique challenges of your partner’s work? Are you seeking support to navigate the stress, anxiety, and emotional strain that can come with this role?

Join a 12 week, individualized psychotherapy program

A program designed specifically for spouses of first responders who are also managing their own mental health challenges. This program will provide practical tools and interventions to build resilience and strengthen self-care.
Additional sessions can be offered.

Our Goal

Improve your mental wellness, reduce the isolation by expanding your support system and improve your quality of life and, by extension, the stability of your family unit.

HOW WE HELP

  • Understand the impact of first responder work on your family life
  • Teach Stress and anxiety management techniques
  • Build resilience and teach boundary setting
  • Learn effective communication and managing conflict skills
  • Address trauma, trust, and intimacy issues
  • Create Self-care strategies for long-term mental wellness

Why invest your time?

  • Spouses of First Responders have unique stressors and challenges that lead to your mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, compassion fatigue, trauma symptoms.
  • Lack of Support exacerbates these issues and affects your quality of life
  • Studies show that spouses of first responders have higher rates of mental health challenges than the general population.
  • When your first responder has a mental health challenge, you feel the pressure to carry the family.

Join a trauma-focused treatment program combining evidence-based modalities offered by professional clinicians trained for first responder culture and family impact.

A blend of psychoeducation, skill-building using CBT, ACT and Trauma Focused interventions, all aimed at helping spouses/partners develop tools to reduce compassion fatigue, burnout and other mental health challenges  to elevate resilience for the unique challenges you face.

WHAT TO EXPECT

  •  Safe and Supportive Environment: Connect with trauma informed clinicians who
    understand your experiences.
  • Expert Guidance: Sessions led by one of our clinicians who are all trained and have experience in the unique workplace culture of the first responder. 
  • Personal Growth: Learn and practice skills to build resilience and manage challenges.
  • Referral to Anchoring Strength: Spouses/Partners’ Group Treatment and Support Circle

Register now to learn more about how we can help you develop the tools to reduce your stressors and elevate resilience for the unique challenges you face.

SUPPORT FOR SPOUSES OF FIRST RESPONDERS

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