E.155 Writing for Healing: The Therapeutic Power of Words For First Responders With Keith Hanks

Finding Your Way Through Therapy

Steve Bisson

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

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🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Send us a Text Message.Imagine dedicating 21 years of your life to saving others, only to find yourself grappling with your own inner battles. This episode features an incredibly candid conversation with Keith Hanks, a retired firefighter and EMT, who opens up about his complex PTSD diagnosis and the rocky journey from active duty to retirement. We unwrap Keith's transition, the trauma that led to his early retirement, and the powerful mission he has since undertaken to support fellow first r...

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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
0:25.0	therapy are present in many places in their lives, with lots of authenticity and a
0:30.0	touch of humor. Here is your host, Steve Bissant.
0:37.0	A lot, always happy to see you back.
0:41.0	This is episode 155, having to listen to episode 154 yet. Please go back and
0:46.7	listen to it. It was people pleasing and a little bit about people pleasing because I have
0:50.9	a few clients who have shown a lot of interest with that.
0:53.2	I have a few ideas in the long term for that but please go back and listen so all good
0:58.0	information. But episode 155 is a returning guest. A returning guest that was on
1:02.3	with like three other people on episode
1:04.4	119. His name is Keith Hanks. He's is a retired firefighter EMT who dedicated 21 years of his life to the service of others.
1:13.7	Keat was diagnosed with complex PTSD in 2015, the job, the service, and his dedication
1:19.4	caused him injuries that caused him to go on retirement.
1:23.6	Since then, he started a mission to build international support through Facebook with
1:29.2	the first responders and veterans for PTSD and other job-related stuff that he really enjoys. He was part of, when you listen to it on
1:39.3	episode 119, he was part of the First Responder in Crisis documentary.
1:42.6	Please go listen to that.
1:44.3	And Keith's transparency in his own life has led him to share his story through social
1:47.4	media, as well as many other platforms, including speaking and hoping he'll talk
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