E.196 Supporting First Responders: Effective Therapy Techniques & Approaches

Finding Your Way Through Therapy

Steve Bisson

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

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Send us a text First responders—police officers, firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, and emergency room personnel—face unique psychological stressors that extend far beyond trauma exposure. In this insightful Podcourse, I'm joined by Steve Bisson, LMHC, to explore the complexities of first responder mental health and how therapists can effectively support this population. Purchase this Podcourse here! You will gain an in-depth understanding of the unique challenges first responders encount...

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to Finding Your Way Through Therapy, a proud member of the SightCraft Network.
0:09.4	The goal of this podcast is to demystify therapy, what can happen in therapy, and the wide array of conversations you can have in and about therapy.
0:18.8	Through personal experiences, guests will talk about therapy, their experiences with it,
0:23.9	and how psychology and therapy are present in many places in their lives,
0:28.1	with lots of authenticity and a touch of humor.
0:31.5	Here is your host, Steve Bisson.
0:38.1	I've learned something. Edgar shows Learn Something.
0:40.3	Welcome to episode 196.
0:41.7	If you have to listen to Episode 195, it is with Jennifer Shrapi.
0:44.8	She is a great interview.
0:46.6	I really enjoy talking about different things,
0:48.3	including the trauma and how she got to where she was and all stuff like that.
0:52.7	So please go listen to that.
0:54.0	But episode 196 will be a CEU course.
0:58.6	So what this is is Lisa Mustard does podcourses.
1:02.4	And with the podcourses, you can get one CEU for listening to the podcast,
1:06.7	answering a few questions, pretty basic stuff.
1:09.1	And me and Lisa Mustard talked about something that's really dear in my heart,
1:12.4	obviously with the podcast being, you know, resiliency development in action,
1:16.6	or resilience development and action, pardon me.
1:19.1	I really want to talk about how to work with first responders.
1:22.0	This is an hour course.
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