First Responder's Support at Peak Experience Counselling

Why do Emergency Personnel Often Seek Counselling?

 

​​Emergency Service workers face unique demands:

• Repeated exposure to trauma

• Operational and organizational stress

• Strong workplace culture

• Hypervigilance and difficulty "switching off"

• Compartmentalization skills leading to unprocessed trauma

• Fear of opening up "the box"

• Identity

• Moral injury

• Impact of work on family relationships

• Physical manifestations of trauma

• Fear of consequences for seeking help

• Fear that seeking help means incompetence or weakness

 

​​We are honoured to work with the members of our community who are trained and willing to put their own well-being at risk to protect and help our community. It is not easy for someone who is used to being a helper to reach out for support, but we know that you are human. ​There are members of the Peak Experience Counselling team who have specific training, including occupational awareness training and/or trauma processing training, and experience, to support First Responders.​​

 

Rhianna Williams, Kelsey Wright, Paula Lazzuri, Jen Saunders, Julie Petrynko, Christie Holmes and Danielle Buchanan.​We look forward to meeting you.​

 

For other supports or if you are wondering how to support a First Responder in your life, please explore BC First Responders' Mental Health. ​​​​​​​