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Resilience Development in Action

E.216 Building Resilience as First Responder Couples: Lessons from Dustin and Ashley Wright

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

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Send us a text What happens when a police sergeant and a therapist build a life together? Dustin and Ashley Wright open up about their 13-year journey as a first responder couple in this vulnerable and insightful conversation that challenges conventional thinking about trauma, communication, and resilience. The conversation takes an unexpected turn when Dustin shares how a seemingly routine cardiac arrest call triggered a trauma response that affected his intimate relationship with Ashley. T...

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0:00.0

Welcome to Resilience Development and Action, where strength meets strategy and courage to help you move forward.

0:07.3

Each week, your host, Steve Bisson, a therapist with over two decades of experience in the first responder community,

0:13.0

brings you powerful conversations about resilience, growth, and healing through trauma and grief.

0:19.0

Through authentic interviews, expert discussions, and real-world

0:22.2

experiences, we dive deep into the heart of human resilience. We explore crucial topics like

0:28.4

trauma recovery, grief processing, stress management, and emotional well-being. This is

0:34.4

Resilience Development and Action with Steve Bisson.

0:44.5

Well, hi, everyone, and welcome to episode 216.

0:47.1

If you haven't listened to episode 215, you'd go back and listen.

0:50.5

It's a conclusion of episode 212 with Lee Povey.

0:51.4

It was really good.

0:52.6

I hope you go back and listen.

0:55.1

But episode 216, which will also be episode 217. I'm planning to do a pretty long interview, is with Dustin and Ashley Wright.

1:00.6

Dustley and Ashley Wright are the proud owners of the Valor Counseling Center, a private

1:04.6

counseling practice focused on working with first responders in Holly Springs, North Carolina.

1:10.1

Dustin is a police sergeant and has been in the field

1:12.4

for over 16 years and as assisted in areas such as SWAT, community service supervisor, as well as

1:19.8

patrolling. He also started Wright training and consulting to help families and business

1:24.8

better prepare for threats. Ashley is a licensed counselor and supervisor and specializes in trauma,

1:32.7

response, wellness, and building a team with clinicians.

1:35.3

We're passionate about helping our heroes in the community.

1:37.9

Both have been married for 13 years together and they've been together for 15 years.

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