You don't have to
explain your world
to us. We already get it.
We work with first responders, military personnel, veterans, and public safety professionals across Florida and Georgia — not just in the office, but in the field. This work is personal, not just professional.
Serving FL & GA First Responders
Ride-Alongs & Station Visits
2nd Alarm Project Affiliated
EMDR Trained
Confidential & Judgment-Free
Most Major Insurance Accepted
Fire. EMS. Law Enforcement. Military.
If you serve, this page is for you.
We provide confidential, trauma-informed therapy specifically for the people who run toward what everyone else runs from. Every role. Every branch. Every shift.
Career and volunteer. The cumulative weight of exposure, shift culture, and keeping it together at the station.
The calls you can't forget. The ones you replay. The emotional cost of being the last line before the hospital.
Officers, detectives, deputies — carrying the weight of decisions most people will never understand.
Active duty, reserves, and veterans. The transition. The memories. The VA system that wasn't built for ease.
Secondary trauma is real. You hear everything. You carry it differently — and it deserves to be treated seriously.
Correctional officers, probation, DOJ. High-exposure environments with little acknowledgment of the toll.
Spouses, partners, and children living with the shift schedule, the silence, and the worry. Your needs matter too.
ER nurses, trauma teams, and frontline medical staff — compassion fatigue and moral injury treated seriously.
The people holding everyone else together. Supervision, support, and a space that's yours — not your team's.
Suwannee County Fire/Rescue · Mental Health Training
FFMIA / FAFLSE Conference · Orlando, FL
Suwannee County Fire/Rescue · Mental Health Training
Florida Capitol Visit · Peer Support Members
Station Visit · Suwannee County Fire/Rescue
Fire Service Day · Florida Capitol
Clinician Awareness Program · FL Firefighter Safety & Health Collaborative
Charlotte County Public Safety · Leadership Academy 2024
Peer Support Training · Suwannee County, FL
Fire Service Day · 2023
Charlotte County Public Safety · Leadership Academy 2023
Not just trained for this.
Shaped by it.
This population isn't a niche Courtney selected from a referral list. Her father served with the 3rd Cavalry Regiment during Desert Storm and came home with a PTSD diagnosis that went untreated for years. She learned early what that looks like from the inside of a family — the hypervigilance that never fully powers down, the silence that fills the space where conversation should be, the way it shapes everyone around the person carrying it.
That experience didn't just inform her clinical direction — it gave her a fluency in this world that can't be acquired in a graduate program. When someone in uniform sits across from her, the cultural context, the resistance, the specific weight of a job most people don't understand — none of that needs translating. She already knows the language.
What the field work looks like
Courtney has completed ride-alongs and station visits with fire, law enforcement, and EMS agencies across Florida and Georgia — not as observation exercises, but as a deliberate investment in understanding what the job actually asks of the people doing it. She has provided on-site mental health training, post-incident support, and peer support consultation across multiple departments. That field presence is ongoing, not a line on a resume.
2nd Alarm Project
Through her work with the 2nd Alarm Project, Courtney provides clinical services, critical incident response, and peer support consultation to fire and EMS personnel across the state. The 2AP focuses specifically on breaking access barriers in the fire service — rural departments, volunteer agencies, and the personnel who fall through the gaps of traditional mental health systems. Learn more →
Clinical background in high-stakes systems
Before private practice, Courtney worked within correctional facilities, county jails, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and forensic mental health settings — including cases involving individuals found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity and those deemed Incompetent to Proceed. She understands trauma inside institutional systems, not just the clinical theory of it.
Crisis intervention, critical incident response, peer support consultation, and clinical services for first responder agencies.
2ndalarmproject.org →In-person sessions at our Live Oak, FL office. HIPAA-compliant telehealth for clients anywhere in Florida and Georgia — including shift workers who can't make a standard office hour work.
EMDR is one of the most effective therapies available for first responder trauma and PTSD. It doesn't require talking through every detail. Saturday EMDR Intensives available.
Learn about EMDR Intensives →"Getting help isn't a sign you can't handle the job. It's proof you're serious about keeping it — and yourself — intact."
What therapy actually looks like
when it's built around your world
We're not going to ask you to talk about your feelings in vague terms. Here's what working with us actually looks like.
Fully confidential
Everything discussed in therapy stays there. We understand the specific confidentiality concerns first responders have around fitness for duty and peer perception — and we take that seriously. Therapy does not affect your employment or clearance.
Direct and solution-focused
We don't do vague or circular. Sessions are structured, goal-oriented, and built around real progress — not just processing. You'll know what you're working toward and see it happening.
Evidence-based treatment
EMDR, CBT, and trauma-informed care — approaches with strong research support specifically for first responder trauma, PTSD, and occupational stress. No guesswork.
Flexible scheduling
We understand shift work. In-person appointments in Live Oak, FL plus telehealth throughout Florida and Georgia. Saturday EMDR Intensives available for clients who need a concentrated approach on their schedule.
Most insurance accepted
We accept Aetna, BlueCross/Blue Shield, United Healthcare, Medicare, and most major carriers. EAP benefits through Evernorth and United Healthcare/Optum also accepted. See full insurance list →
No explaining required
You won't spend the first three sessions establishing that your job is actually stressful, or that the culture around mental health makes this hard. We already know. We've been in the station. We've done the ride-alongs. Walk in and we'll get to work.
Ready to take
the first step?
You don't need the right words. You don't need to have it figured out. You just need to make the call — we'll take it from there. In-person in Live Oak, FL and telehealth throughout Florida and Georgia.