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Resilience Development in Action: First Responder Mental Health

E.145 Supporting the Mental Health of First Responders: A Conversation with Kathryn Branca, LADC I

Resilience Development in Action: First Responder Mental Health

Steve Bisson

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

51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Send us a text When the weight of a badge or the stress of an emergency call becomes a silent burden, where do our first responders turn for help? It's a question that haunted me until Kathryn Branca, a licensed alcohol and drug counselor, sat across from me to share her invaluable insights. Peeling back the curtain on the often-misunderstood world of therapy, particularly for those facing the front lines of crisis day in and day out, our latest conversation isn't just enlightening; it's a li...

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0:00.0

Hi and welcome to finding your way through therapy a proud member of the

0:07.6

Site Craft Network. The goal of this podcast is to demystify therapy, what can happen in therapy, and the wide array of

0:15.1

conversations you can have in and about therapy.

0:19.0

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

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therapy are present in many places in their lives, with lots of authenticity and a

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touch of humor. Here is your host, Steve Bissant.

0:38.0

It's very nice and thank you and welcome to episode 145.

0:43.0

If you haven't listened episode 144, go back and listen to it

0:46.0

with my guess Ivana Calangelo.

0:48.0

We talked about relationship, we talked about our new program,

0:51.0

looking forward for you guys to hear about all that and go look at

0:54.8

and check it out but episode 145 will be one part of two we already break a little

0:59.4

wall here I recorded this and I'm like oh this is two episodes not one with a colleague of

1:04.4

mine called Katrin Branca. Katrin's someone that I've known for a while

1:08.8

now and I'm so happy that she's decided to do the interview with me. Catherine is a licensed alcohol and drug counselor

1:15.6

with 10 years of experience of mental health

1:17.3

and substance abuse fields.

1:19.5

She brings her clinical expertise

1:21.0

and occupational stress and resiliency, trauma, suicide

1:23.9

prevention and substance use and misuse in the work, especially with her work in

1:29.5

the first responders field and other high stress industries. She's passionate about

1:34.2

holistic treatment like nutrition, coaching movement, and meditation. We'll talk

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