First Responders Therapists in Tiffin, IA
I believe that counseling is a process whereby a client voluntarily seeks to resolve interpersonal, emotional, and/or spiritual difficulties with the assistance of another caring individual. I will seek to empower you to make changes for the betterment of your life through a wellness model. I will do my best to offer you the highest ethical standards of care, to listen empathically to you, to persist in hope, to believe in your restoration, and to avoid all forms of judgement. My goal is for you to develop fresh perspectives, to bolster your self confidence in your existing capabilities, and to form a feasible plan of action.
I believe that counseling is a process whereby a client voluntarily seeks to resolve interpersonal, emotional, and/or spiritual difficulties with the assistance of another caring individual. I will seek to empower you to make changes for the betterment of your life through a wellness model. I will do my best to offer you the highest ethical standards of care, to listen empathically to you, to persist in hope, to believe in your restoration, and to avoid all forms of judgement. My goal is for you to develop fresh perspectives, to bolster your self confidence in your existing capabilities, and to form a feasible plan of action.
As a mental health professional with many years of experience in private practice, hospital, community crisis counseling, and corporate settings, Sarah is passionate about helping others. Sarah received her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Iowa.
Throughout her experiences, Sarah has witnessed individuals make meaningful and lasting changes in their lives, drawing strength from their experiences and the struggles they've overcome.
Sarah wants to help individuals work through any past trauma that might be holding them back and help them become the best versions of themselves.
As a mental health professional with many years of experience in private practice, hospital, community crisis counseling, and corporate settings, Sarah is passionate about helping others. Sarah received her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Iowa.
Throughout her experiences, Sarah has witnessed individuals make meaningful and lasting changes in their lives, drawing strength from their experiences and the struggles they've overcome.
Sarah wants to help individuals work through any past trauma that might be holding them back and help them become the best versions of themselves.
Life can feel messy, heavy, or uncertain- and that’s okay. Therapy is a space where you get to be fully yourself: defining what’s working, what’s not, and where you want to go. It’s rooted in real connection, not quick fixes, and guided by the belief that healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken, but rediscovering what’s already inside of you- resilience, clarity, and the strength to move forward. All parts of you are welcome- the messy, the heavy, and the hard to name. If anxiety, grief, trauma, or life changes leave you stuck, therapy can help you find your way.
Life can feel messy, heavy, or uncertain- and that’s okay. Therapy is a space where you get to be fully yourself: defining what’s working, what’s not, and where you want to go. It’s rooted in real connection, not quick fixes, and guided by the belief that healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken, but rediscovering what’s already inside of you- resilience, clarity, and the strength to move forward. All parts of you are welcome- the messy, the heavy, and the hard to name. If anxiety, grief, trauma, or life changes leave you stuck, therapy can help you find your way.
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I bring a unique background and set of skills to the world of therapy with past experiences as a Police Officer and Psychiatric Social Worker.
Welcome! As your therapist, my role is to be your companion on this path and help navigate the challenges along the way. Together we will explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences and celebrate the milestones we make along the way. Whether you're grappling with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, or past traumas, I am here to provide a safe, compassionate, and non-judgmental space for you to express yourself and grow. I utilize routine outcome measurements to make sure therapy is making the changes you want, along with Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) to process trauma and ongoing issues rapidly.
I bring a unique background and set of skills to the world of therapy with past experiences as a Police Officer and Psychiatric Social Worker.
Welcome! As your therapist, my role is to be your companion on this path and help navigate the challenges along the way. Together we will explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences and celebrate the milestones we make along the way. Whether you're grappling with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, or past traumas, I am here to provide a safe, compassionate, and non-judgmental space for you to express yourself and grow. I utilize routine outcome measurements to make sure therapy is making the changes you want, along with Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) to process trauma and ongoing issues rapidly.
When past experiences continue to affect your emotions, relationships, or sense of self, it can feel hard to move forward. I am a Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in trauma therapy for adults, and I help individuals who feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck as a result of trauma. Together, we can help you become the author of your own story as you become your best self.
When past experiences continue to affect your emotions, relationships, or sense of self, it can feel hard to move forward. I am a Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in trauma therapy for adults, and I help individuals who feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck as a result of trauma. Together, we can help you become the author of your own story as you become your best self.
Reaching out to someone you’ve never met and opening up about your life isn’t easy. It’s completely normal to feel unsure or overwhelmed. I’m here to walk alongside you through many of life’s challenges — things like anxiety, depression, relationship stress, big life changes, and all the complicated feelings that come with them.
If you’re feeling stuck, disconnected, weighed down, or simply not yourself, you don’t have to sort through it alone. I offer a steady, compassionate space where you can talk openly, make sense of what’s going on, and start moving toward the kind of change that feels meaningful to you.
Reaching out to someone you’ve never met and opening up about your life isn’t easy. It’s completely normal to feel unsure or overwhelmed. I’m here to walk alongside you through many of life’s challenges — things like anxiety, depression, relationship stress, big life changes, and all the complicated feelings that come with them.
If you’re feeling stuck, disconnected, weighed down, or simply not yourself, you don’t have to sort through it alone. I offer a steady, compassionate space where you can talk openly, make sense of what’s going on, and start moving toward the kind of change that feels meaningful to you.
You keep asking yourself, Why can’t I just let it go? You’ve tried to move on. You’ve buried the memories, pushed through the pain, told yourself it wasn’t that bad. But it still shows up—in your body, in your relationships, in those moments when you feel anxious, frozen, or overwhelmed. You’ve been told to forgive, to forget, to be strong—but deep down, you don’t feel safe. Maybe part of you still believes it was your fault. The truth is, you don’t need to ‘get over it.’ You need space to heal. Safely. Gently. In your own time. That’s where trauma therapy begins in IA (50067), WA (98520, 99166, 98841) & WI (54154, 54456, 54521).
You keep asking yourself, Why can’t I just let it go? You’ve tried to move on. You’ve buried the memories, pushed through the pain, told yourself it wasn’t that bad. But it still shows up—in your body, in your relationships, in those moments when you feel anxious, frozen, or overwhelmed. You’ve been told to forgive, to forget, to be strong—but deep down, you don’t feel safe. Maybe part of you still believes it was your fault. The truth is, you don’t need to ‘get over it.’ You need space to heal. Safely. Gently. In your own time. That’s where trauma therapy begins in IA (50067), WA (98520, 99166, 98841) & WI (54154, 54456, 54521).
Beyond The Matter Counseling & Consulting Srv LLC
Counselor, LMHC, QualSup, Veteran
4 Endorsed
Online Only
I'm a 20-year Navy Veteran who understands the unique stresses and the full impact of the military lifestyle on our active, retired, and veteran service members and their families.
Areas of expertise include trauma, relationship/intimacy issues, emotional difficulties, phase-of-life challenges, personal growth and development, and LGBTQ+ issues. Therapy isn't a "one-size-fits-all" endeavor. Your job is to create your own individual objectives for being in therapy. As a trusted guide, my job is to help you reach them.
I'm a 20-year Navy Veteran who understands the unique stresses and the full impact of the military lifestyle on our active, retired, and veteran service members and their families.
Areas of expertise include trauma, relationship/intimacy issues, emotional difficulties, phase-of-life challenges, personal growth and development, and LGBTQ+ issues. Therapy isn't a "one-size-fits-all" endeavor. Your job is to create your own individual objectives for being in therapy. As a trusted guide, my job is to help you reach them.
It's never easy to admit that sometimes we need help. But, what do we do when we are not sure what help really even looks like? Perhaps you've reached out to friends and loved ones, but nothing they offer seems to quite fit for you. Eventually, you might find your life feeling a bit like that car ride home from work after a long day; pulling up to your home but not really remembering how you got there because there is so much happening in your mind.
Perhaps you don't need help, just someone to listen and work with you to figure out what help looks like.
It's never easy to admit that sometimes we need help. But, what do we do when we are not sure what help really even looks like? Perhaps you've reached out to friends and loved ones, but nothing they offer seems to quite fit for you. Eventually, you might find your life feeling a bit like that car ride home from work after a long day; pulling up to your home but not really remembering how you got there because there is so much happening in your mind.
Perhaps you don't need help, just someone to listen and work with you to figure out what help looks like.
I am a licensed independent social worker (LISW) with 29 years of experience providing therapy and coaching to individuals navigating life’s challenges. I support clients experiencing depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, parenting struggles, career transitions, obsessive-compulsive disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and the lasting effects of physical and emotional trauma. Many of the individuals I work with seek relief from emotional distress, greater clarity during times of transition, improved relationships, and a deeper sense of balance and fulfillment.
I am a licensed independent social worker (LISW) with 29 years of experience providing therapy and coaching to individuals navigating life’s challenges. I support clients experiencing depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, parenting struggles, career transitions, obsessive-compulsive disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and the lasting effects of physical and emotional trauma. Many of the individuals I work with seek relief from emotional distress, greater clarity during times of transition, improved relationships, and a deeper sense of balance and fulfillment.
I specialize in helping clients struggling with chronic illness, grief and loss related to losing someone or major life changes, caregiver fatigue, end-of-life issues and related burnout. Having personally experienced all of these things, gives me a true understanding and unique perspective, as well as the ability to work with clients in a meaningful and helpful way. Counseling provides a way for you to heal without the fear of answering unwelcome questions or hearing hurtful advice. I also offer crisis counseling and intensives.
I specialize in helping clients struggling with chronic illness, grief and loss related to losing someone or major life changes, caregiver fatigue, end-of-life issues and related burnout. Having personally experienced all of these things, gives me a true understanding and unique perspective, as well as the ability to work with clients in a meaningful and helpful way. Counseling provides a way for you to heal without the fear of answering unwelcome questions or hearing hurtful advice. I also offer crisis counseling and intensives.
Struggling with life’s hardest changes—from grief to the daily hurdles of ADHD—can feel isolating, but there is a path forward. I bring 13 years of expertise in ADHD care, relationship dynamics, and Christian-integrated therapy to help you bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be. My approach is simple: I combine professional experience with deep compassion to ensure you feel seen, understood, and equipped for the journey ahead.
Struggling with life’s hardest changes—from grief to the daily hurdles of ADHD—can feel isolating, but there is a path forward. I bring 13 years of expertise in ADHD care, relationship dynamics, and Christian-integrated therapy to help you bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be. My approach is simple: I combine professional experience with deep compassion to ensure you feel seen, understood, and equipped for the journey ahead.
Issues like scary new circumstances, behavior patterns that seem so ingrained it’s hard to imagine life without them, and relationship troubles seeming to come from nowhere can easily leave you feeling stuck. When you’re stuck, it’s hard to find a way to get un-stuck – but I’ve seen change take unexpected shapes before, let’s find the one that fits you best.
Issues like scary new circumstances, behavior patterns that seem so ingrained it’s hard to imagine life without them, and relationship troubles seeming to come from nowhere can easily leave you feeling stuck. When you’re stuck, it’s hard to find a way to get un-stuck – but I’ve seen change take unexpected shapes before, let’s find the one that fits you best.
My practice prioritizes helping individuals build awareness, gain new insights, and understand themselves in ways that lead to creating a deeper sense of safety, trust, and compassion for oneself and others.
A few examples of how our time could be used:
- explore how your past influences behaviors and perceptions
- enhance awareness on your mind and body connection
- establish goals that guide you to the life you want
I can help with chronic stress, trauma, relationship and family issues, anxiety, perinatal loss and mood disorders, and ADHD.
My practice prioritizes helping individuals build awareness, gain new insights, and understand themselves in ways that lead to creating a deeper sense of safety, trust, and compassion for oneself and others.
A few examples of how our time could be used:
- explore how your past influences behaviors and perceptions
- enhance awareness on your mind and body connection
- establish goals that guide you to the life you want
I can help with chronic stress, trauma, relationship and family issues, anxiety, perinatal loss and mood disorders, and ADHD.
I work with first responders, medical workers, college students, individuals in difficult relationships, parents, pregnant women, postpartum, LGBTQ+ persons, other therapists, and so many others who find themselves in a place that feels confusing or frustrating.
Within our sessions, I will support you in identifying, processing and responding to your emotions in healthier ways; improve communication between you and loved ones, and really picking apart what you want and need in order to create a balance that will allow for you to genuinely enjoy the life that you have imagined for yourself.
I work with first responders, medical workers, college students, individuals in difficult relationships, parents, pregnant women, postpartum, LGBTQ+ persons, other therapists, and so many others who find themselves in a place that feels confusing or frustrating.
Within our sessions, I will support you in identifying, processing and responding to your emotions in healthier ways; improve communication between you and loved ones, and really picking apart what you want and need in order to create a balance that will allow for you to genuinely enjoy the life that you have imagined for yourself.
Immediate Availability!
You might be someone who looks like they’re “doing fine” on the outside but feels anxious, stuck, burned out, or disconnected on the inside. Maybe you’re carrying old wounds, repeating relationship patterns you don’t understand, or feeling overwhelmed by a life transition. You want more than surface-level coping skills; you want insight, emotional safety, and real change. You’re ready to understand yourself more deeply and create a life that feels more grounded and authentic.
Immediate Availability!
You might be someone who looks like they’re “doing fine” on the outside but feels anxious, stuck, burned out, or disconnected on the inside. Maybe you’re carrying old wounds, repeating relationship patterns you don’t understand, or feeling overwhelmed by a life transition. You want more than surface-level coping skills; you want insight, emotional safety, and real change. You’re ready to understand yourself more deeply and create a life that feels more grounded and authentic.
Some stories leave echoes that show up long after the moment has passed. I work with clients navigating complex trauma, dissociation, relational wounds and personality disorders to better understand these patterns and reconnect with themselves. Therapy doesn’t have to mean forcing change, it can begin with curiosity and safety. My approach is direct, compassionate, and grounded in authenticity and an evidenced-based approach as we explore the different parts of your experience together. If you’ve landed here unsure but hopeful, that’s okay. Taking the first step toward healing often begins with simply being willing to look.
Some stories leave echoes that show up long after the moment has passed. I work with clients navigating complex trauma, dissociation, relational wounds and personality disorders to better understand these patterns and reconnect with themselves. Therapy doesn’t have to mean forcing change, it can begin with curiosity and safety. My approach is direct, compassionate, and grounded in authenticity and an evidenced-based approach as we explore the different parts of your experience together. If you’ve landed here unsure but hopeful, that’s okay. Taking the first step toward healing often begins with simply being willing to look.
I hope to help those working through trauma related disorders, anxiety related disorders, depression, grief, and those who need encouragement/reassurance. Sometimes it's tough navigating what life throws your way. I hope to help you find your passion, joy, and motivation to continue to thrive.
I hope to help those working through trauma related disorders, anxiety related disorders, depression, grief, and those who need encouragement/reassurance. Sometimes it's tough navigating what life throws your way. I hope to help you find your passion, joy, and motivation to continue to thrive.
I approach therapy through a person-centered lens. I believe that my client’s are the experts on their lives, and I work to meet them where they’re at, serving as an objective guide to healing or change. Each of us has the unique strengths within ourselves to find the healing or change we want to. Therapy is extremely individualized, and for this reason I have background and training experience in the application of therapeutic interventions from a wide variety of therapeutic approaches, including cognitive-behavioral, narrative, acceptance and commitment, strengths-based, developmental, and humanistic.
I approach therapy through a person-centered lens. I believe that my client’s are the experts on their lives, and I work to meet them where they’re at, serving as an objective guide to healing or change. Each of us has the unique strengths within ourselves to find the healing or change we want to. Therapy is extremely individualized, and for this reason I have background and training experience in the application of therapeutic interventions from a wide variety of therapeutic approaches, including cognitive-behavioral, narrative, acceptance and commitment, strengths-based, developmental, and humanistic.
Pulse Counseling & Wellness Center
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, LMHC, CAADC
Serves Area
Are you struggling with trauma, addiction, attachment concerns, or feeling overwhelmed? Whether you're a child, teen, adult, or part of a family seeking support, you're not alone. At Pulse, we understand the challenges you face and your desire for genuine, holistic healing that goes beyond quick fixes.
Are you struggling with trauma, addiction, attachment concerns, or feeling overwhelmed? Whether you're a child, teen, adult, or part of a family seeking support, you're not alone. At Pulse, we understand the challenges you face and your desire for genuine, holistic healing that goes beyond quick fixes.
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Why is mental health important for first responders?
As part of their work, first responders are often exposed to high levels of stress, trauma, and physical injury that can put them at a greater risk for serious mental health conditions than the general population. Conditions like PTSD, anxiety, substance use, and depression are more common in first responders, which can greatly reduce quality of life and lead to burnout, sleep disruption, and even suicidal thoughts. Therapy can offer an opportunity for first responders to process difficult on-the-job experiences and develop coping skills to better manage any mental health symptoms they may experience.
How can first responders get access to mental health support?
Many first responders can access therapy for free or at a very low cost through their employer, such as through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Workplaces may also offer or have referral recommendations for support groups, where first responders can meet with others in their profession to receive support. Individuals who would like to access mental health services outside of their employer may use their insurance benefits to see a therapist, which they can find by searching for therapists online or asking for recommendations from their primary care physician.
What type of therapy is best for first responders?
The best therapy approach depends on the mental health concerns of the client. Since many first responders struggle with trauma or PTSD, they may benefit from trauma-specific therapeutic approaches, such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, Exposure Therapy, or Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). Individuals with symptoms of anxiety, depression, or stress may alternatively benefit from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) or mindfulness-based therapeutic approaches, which can help clients develop coping skills to manage distressing thoughts.
Can therapy for first responders help with trauma and PTSD?
Therapy can be highly effective in both treating and preventing trauma and PTSD in first responders. Typically, therapy for trauma and PTSD focuses on developing stress management skills and managing intrusive or unwanted thoughts. Therapists working with first responders often help clients strengthen their relationships and reduce harmful coping mechanisms, such as excessive substance use. Additionally, therapists assist first responders in establishing daily habits that support overall mental and physical health and enhance resilience to future stress, such as regular physical exercise, mindfulness practices, and improved eating habits.