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Code 3 Podcast: What happens when you see a therapist?

A licensed professional counselor explains the process of counseling and how it can help firefighters

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By now, you’ve heard over and over about the value of professional counseling to manage mental or behavioral health challenges, particularly those associated with work-related stress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Are you still skeptical? Maybe you think it’s too-touchy feely. Maybe you’re worried that word will get out that you’re seeing a therapist. Or it could be that you just don’t think a therapist will understand what you do for a living.

In this episode of Code 3 Podcast, host Scott Orr speaks with Courtney Stewart about what exactly happens when you walk into a therapist’s office. Stewart is a licensed professional counselor in Wisconsin and Illinois, as well as a law enforcement wife, and a mother. She works in corrections as a therapist and volunteers as a mental health consultant for law enforcement peer support teams.

Code 3 is hosted by award-winning journalist Scott Orr, who has covered the fire/EMS/police beat for most of his 30-plus year career in news. He’s worked around the country in both TV and print. Orr was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease over a decade ago, but that doesn’t stop him from interviewing fire service leaders on issues that concern firefighters around the nation.

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