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Finding Your Way Through Therapy

E.102 Firefighters, Their Unique Challenges And Opportunities To Heal Their Mental Health

Finding Your Way Through Therapy

Steve Bisson

Religion & Spirituality, Self-improvement, Education, Psychology, Counseling, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Honest, Substance Use, Social Sciences, Science

51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Send us a text In this episode, we welcome two firefighters, a returning guest Eric Knox, as well as a new guest, Brian Harkins. They discuss how the support system for mental health for firefighters, including peers, health care providers, as well as family. Brian and Eric explain why it can be isolating to do their jobs despite having many colleagues on your shift and the trauma involved in their work, including what they see and what they don't see, such as cancer risks. Brian Harki...

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0:00.0

Hi and welcome to Finding Your Way Through Therapy.

0:06.1

The goal of this podcast is to demystify therapy, what can happen in therapy, and the wide

0:11.5

array of conversations you can have in and about therapy.

0:16.0

Through personal experiences, guests will talk about therapy, their experiences with it, and how psychology

0:22.4

and therapy are present in many places in their lives. With lots of authenticity and a touch

0:28.6

of humor, here is your host, Steve Bisson. Thank you and welcome to episode 102. If you haven't

0:36.0

listened to episode 101, go and listen to it.

0:38.5

I think it's the first time I've done an episode without having notes of what I'm going to talk about,

0:43.6

talks a little bit about what happens after having a great event and so on and so forth.

0:48.8

So please go listen to it.

0:49.8

It came from the heart, so I hope you enjoy that.

0:51.7

But episode 102 will be with two firefighters, one of them

0:55.3

being Eric Knox. He has been on the show before. And this time we have a brand new firefighter.

1:01.8

No police this time. I'm going to do first responders firefighter only right now. His name is

1:07.1

Brian Harkins. Ryan is an army vet and he worked for EMS for 32 years, is in the fire service for 20 years.

1:14.4

He had a mental breakdown in 2015 where he had to go and get some support.

1:19.8

He has learned a whole lot from this and has been hosting a weekly support group on Zoom

1:25.9

and will be also part of the documentary

1:29.4

for someone in regards to the fire service and getting the mental health. He's active on

1:34.8

podcast, preaches the importance of using your resources, including your family and friends.

1:39.7

Can't wait to talk to them. So here is the interview. Well, hi, everyone, and welcome to episode

1:46.6

102 of finding your way through therapy. I'm excited because finally we got rid of the cops,

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