Services
We take pride in offering first responders and their families a variety of options to help them cope with certain triggers and live the life they deserve to live. We work hard to ensure our first responders are fit for duty, are of sound mind, and will be positive contributors to the departments and communities they serve.
New Hire Evaluations
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Psychological assessment and documentation of post-conditional offer new hire candidates for certified law enforcement officer positions and other related positions within public safety agencies, including (but not limited to) civilian jailers and detention center employees, firefighters, paramedics, and dispatchers.
Fitness for Duty Evaluations
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Purpose: Determination of safety of employee in work setting, along with an evaluation of the individual's mental capability to perform the duties required.
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Criteria for Initiation: A determination that the individual's psychological status is likely to impair or has already impaired their work reliability, stability, and/or engagement
Formal Management Referral
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Purpose: Addressing problematic behaviors in the work setting that likely have a psychological component, while aiming to re-engage the individual back into the work setting in a positive manner
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May occasionally be a part of progressive discipline
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Criteria for Initiation: A need for improvement in work-related behavior, along with a suspected psychological reason for under-performance, either as expressed by the employee or noted
and/or suspected by a supervisor
Independent Medical Evaluation
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Purpose: Determination of factors related to psychiatric illness, along with a determination of the causation so that a pay source can be established
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Criteria for Initiation: A request for Worker’s Compensation coverage for mental illness
Promotional Readiness Evaluation
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Purpose: Intended to supplement an agency-initiated promotional process to determine who
may possess better skills for the environment in which they will be leading others. This includes an explanation of individual strengths and weaknesses as it pertains to leadership and supervisory skills. -
Additionally intended to identify potential pitfalls or challenges that may be likely if the individual is selected for a promotion. This evaluation may help screen out individuals with toxic or harmful leadership traits that could negatively impact those they supervise, the quality of the work environment, and/or the agency overall.
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Criteria for Initiation: A natural part of the promotional process initiated by an agency
Evaluations
Wellness Check/Individual Critical Incident Stress Debrief (Including Officer-Involved Shootings)
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Purpose: Offered as a courtesy to the employee and aimed at managing the psychological impact of a singular event or compounding events
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Criteria for Initiation: Involvement in a critical incident in the work setting or an extreme personal situation, along with cumulative stress related to work or duties related to work (e.g. Peer Support team member, dispatch understaffing, multiple bad calls or difficult situations back-to-back)
Critical Incident Response
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Purpose: Prevention of cumulative stress/trauma effects associated with an occupation, along with early identification and treatment of major psychiatric issues; extend the duration of an individual's capacity to stay in highly skilled positions
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Criteria for Initiation: Being in a high-stress or high-risk position such as special victims, sex crimes, homicide, cyber-crimes (such as child porn), and taskforce work; strongly recommended for undercover positions
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These safeguardings are usually mandated by departments as a requirement of being in a specialized unit or position
Yearly Safeguardings
Therapeutic services offered to first responders and their family members to address challenges related to their work life, home life, and the variety of stressors that affect them. Some challenges that we help clients work through include PTSD, anxiety, addiction, depression, and grief.
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We take most major insurances and Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs).
We also have cash-pay rates set for each individual provider, ranging from $80 to $100 per visit.
Individual Therapy