The Impact First Responders program serves our community's first responders through education, peer support, and counseling to address the chronic stress and trauma experienced on and off the job.

 

Don't let stress and trauma take over your life.

Life is too short to live unhappily.

Take back control and enjoy your life again.

 
 
 

Once this form is submitted, you will receive a call back within 24 hours. Counseling is off the grid; services do not require a diagnosis.

Powered through Impact Living Services, our counselors understand first responder culture. Our counselors have training in trauma and resiliency. Our team is prepared to hear about your hardest moments.

 
 

Counseling is available at no cost to any first responder participating in the Impact First Responder program who reaches out for help. Powered through Impact Living Services, our counselors understand first responder culture. We know life is messy. Counseling is off the grid; services do not require a diagnosis.

 
 

Stress doesn't just happen after a bad call. Pressure also develops from the daily stressors that each first responder faces. Chronic stress often takes up the most mental and emotional capacity, and critical stress incidents are the tipping point. When first responders have informal peer support conversations, whole teams can access the tools needed to work things off their plates instead of carrying that load into every aspect of life. Once healthy practices become the regular rhythm, a critical incident doesn't derail everything, and first responders can find themselves even stronger after the incident.

 
 

How Impact First Responders Works

 

Impact First Responders is a three-tiered program developed by the First Responder Resiliency Program out of Fort Worth, TX.  

The three basic tiers of Impact First Responder are:

  • For outcomes to change, culture must evolve, and conversations must adapt at the peer-to-peer level. The Impact Firsts Responders program provides extensive training and support through peer-to-peer training and interactions. Education breaks down stigmas and integrates resiliency into the culture of the organization.

    Certification Includes:

    SCIENCE OF TRAUMA FOR LEADERSHIP

    Topics include peer support in the leadership role and transformational leadership to build a robust peer support program in your department.

    PEER ADVOCATE TRAINING

    Covering the peer support process and the framework for building a department peer support program.

    SCIENCE OF TRAUMA FOR FIRST RESPONDERS

    Explaining the science of trauma and the process of building a resiliency program.

    FIRST RESPONDER CULTURAL AWARENESS COURSE FOR MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS

    Working with the first responder culture, having a conversation with first responders to break the stigma.

  • Once training is complete, participating departments will have a team of peers available to provide resources. The peer program provides the education, resources, and framework necessary for a sustainable support program. Every department is different. Therefore, the peer program is adaptable to unique department-specific needs.

    PEERS

    All your fellow first responders are considered peers. As a trained participant, you have the freedom to provide resources to anyone in your department who may benefit from them. It does not have to be a peer advocate or director.

    PEER ADVOCATES & DIRECTORS

    Peer Advocates receive additional training about screening mental health and program administration. These individuals will provide information to the departments.

  • Counseling is available, at no cost, to any First Responder who reaches out for help. Powered through Impact Living Services, our counselors understand first responder culture. We know life is messy.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Contact us today to request an appointment!

Kristen Sharrett, LPC-S

Program Director

kristen.sharrett@impactlivingservices.org

(p) 434-533-1088 (Ext. 150)

(f) 434-664-1177