You've spent your career staying steady for everyone else. This is where you don't have to.

The job trains you to compartmentalize — to keep functioning through what you've seen, so you can show up for the next call. That skill keeps you effective at work. It also makes it hard to know what to do with everything you've compartmentalized once the shift ends.

I work with first responders navigating the hypervigilance that doesn't turn off, the cumulative weight of repeated exposure to trauma, and the isolation of feeling like no one outside the job could understand. This isn't about being "broken" — most of the people I work with are still functioning well. It's about having somewhere to put down what the job doesn't give you space to process.

What this can look like:

•               Processing specific incidents or cumulative exposure without having to explain the basics of the job first

•               Working through hypervigilance, sleep disruption, or a shortened fuse that's bleeding into life outside work

•               Navigating the isolation of feeling like therapy "isn't for people like us"

•               Rebuilding connection with family or a partner who's noticed you're not quite the same

I draw on psychodynamic therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), attachment-based work, and trauma-informed care — an integrative approach built to address both the immediate impact of what the job exposes you to and the deeper patterns shaped by years of staying steady for other people. This isn't a checklist of coping strategies; it's a space built to hold what you've compartmentalized, at whatever pace makes sense for your schedule and your world.

Sessions are confidential and virtual, and I don't disclose your care to your department under any circumstance without your written permission.