Putting First Responders and Their Families First
I offer individual counseling - you decide what difficult thoughts, behaviors, or relationship patterns you want to change.
We meet weekly in person so you can learn new ways to cope with the stressors of the job or until you feel better about the past.
Ready to take the next step?
The nightmares can end. You can get close to people again.
The irritability and headaches can subside. It doesn’t have to stay this way forever. Do you wonder if you’ll ever be the same person you were before the critical incident? Maybe not, but you can feel better than you do right now.
Ready to take the next step?
Dr. Anne Bisek
Specialized support for those who serve
Since 2008, I have specialized in Post-Traumatic Stress working specifically with first responders.
My practice is built for:
Fire Service
Treatment for those struggling with the demands of two families, who want a therapist that doesn’t just sit there so they can be at peace with their own performance regardless of the outcome of the call.
I'm in the fire service
Law Enforcement
Therapy for alphas (male or female) who struggle with nightmares and insomnia, who want to fall asleep, function and enjoy life when it is not an emergency.
I'm in law enforcement
Retired First Responder
Whether you retired as planned or left the job without closure, the adjustment to so much unstructured time can seem confusing at first. Let’s meet and figure out a game plan.
I'm retired
Emergency Medical Services
Treatment for EMS professionals who encounter violence on the job, have a slide deck of faces stuck on repeat in their minds’ eye, who want to learn healthier ways of coping with these memories.
I'm an EMS professional
Communications Dispatcher
I use EMDR to help dispatchers mute or delete the scream of a mother who has lost her child. That sound doesn’t have to play in your head on your days off.
I'm a dispatcher
Peer Supporter
Services for the ‘go to person’ at the department who feels like an imposter because they have similar reactions to certain incidents. Sessions focused on boundary setting and creating a plan so you can take care of yourself without feeling selfish.
I'm a peer supporter
Psychological Services
Ready to take the next step?
Individual counseling
Short term individual counseling focused on difficult feelings, thoughts and behaviors you would like to change can be beneficial. Weekly counseling sessions usually last for 50 minutes. We determine together how long we will meet, based on your goals.
Therapy with me is:
Therapy with me is not:
Active: I use a white-board in my office, and so can you!
Passive: I don’t ‘just sit there’
Accountable: we both do our part to get you squared away
A pity party
For alphas
For wimps, pansies or sissies
Educational: A chance to learn a practical skill to fall asleep or talk to your spouse about a difficult topic.
Complaining for an hour
Focused: I base my treatment plan on your goals. Weekly sessions are 50 or 90 minutes.
Forever
Unique. After 18 years working with first responders, I have your sense of humor.
100% serious and depressing
Therapy with me is:
Active: I use a white-board in my office, and so can you!
Educational: A chance to learn a practical skill to fall asleep or talk to your spouse about a difficult topic.
For alphas
Accountable: we both do our part to get you squared away
Accountable: we both do our part to get you squared away
Active: I use a white-board in my office, and so can you!
Therapy with me is not:
Passive: I don’t ‘just sit there’
A pity party
For wimps, pansies or sissies
Complaining for an hour
Forever
100% serious and depressing
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy is best suited for symptoms following a critical incident. It takes the gut punch out of the memory (desensitization) and allows the first responder to put the incident in the past with a more balanced perspective (reprocessing). I have been a certified EMDR therapist since 2011.
WHEN A CHILD DIES
This web site is for first responders (communications, EMTs, police, fire, medical examiners) who witness, attend to or investigate the death of a child during their career.