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Resilience Development in Action

E.2 A Conversation About First Responders and Mental Health With Jay Ball

Resilience Development in Action

Steve Bisson

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

51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Send us a text In this episode, I interview Jay Ball, Police Officer and certified trainer in Mental Health First Aid, about the different challenges first responders face with their work, how it can affect their mental health, and the challenges in seeking help. Support the show YouTube Channel For The Podcast

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0:00.0

Hi and welcome to finding your way through therapy.

0:04.5

I am your host, Steve Bissan.

0:06.7

I'm an author and mental health counselor.

0:09.6

Are you curious about therapy?

0:11.7

Do you feel there is a lot of mystery about therapy?

0:14.6

Do you wonder what your therapist is doing and why?

0:17.5

The goal of this podcast is to make therapy and psychology accessible to all by using real language and straight to the point discussions.

0:24.5

This podcast wants to remind you to take care of your mental health, just like you would your physical health.

0:30.4

Therapy should not be intimidating. It should be a great way to better health.

0:34.6

I will demystify what happens in counseling, discuss topics related to mental

0:38.8

health, and discussions you can have with your therapist. I also want to introduce psychology

0:43.4

in everyday life, as I feel most of our lives are enmeshed in psychology. I want to introduce

0:49.4

the subtle and not so subtle way psychology plays a factor in our lives. It will be my own mix of thoughts as well as special guests.

0:57.9

So join me on this discovery of therapy and psychology.

1:03.4

For episode two of finding your way through therapy,

1:06.7

I interviewed a friend of mine.

1:08.5

His name is Jason Ball.

1:10.3

He's a police officer currently at Framingham Police Department,

1:15.0

serving as the school resource officer.

1:17.7

I got to tell you that everyone that I know calls him Jay Ball.

1:21.7

I don't know of anyone who calls him Jason other than his mom.

1:25.3

And I think that Jay has such an interesting career.

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