Mental Health Services
Individual Stress Debriefings & Officer Assistance Programs
Intervention Services
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Wellness Visits
Wellness Visits are mandatory, confidential, annual (or more frequently) meetings with a mental health provider. These can be conducted virtually or in-person. To be a legally defensible service offering, wellness visits must be psychoeducational in nature and, therefore, tangibly different than a counseling session or a fitness for duty evaluation.
While attendance is mandatory, participation is not, making wellness visits more self-directed by the employee than a typical counseling session or evaluation.
Confidentiality of all information shared in a wellness visit is guaranteed by doctor/counselor-patient privilege and the only information shared with the employer is attendance or lack thereof. All other information discussed in a wellness visit is confidential with exceptions for mandated reporting information including: Imminent threat of harm to self or others, Engagement in elder abuse, and Engagement in child abuse – all of which is disclosed with the employee at the onset of the wellness visit and detailed in the consent form to be signed during the wellness visit. If mandated reporting information is revealed during a wellness visit, appropriate professional action will be taken by the provider to ensure the safety of the individual(s) involved.

Wellness Visits are mandatory, confidential, annual (or more frequently) meetings with a mental health provider. These can be conducted virtually or in-person. To be a legally defensible service offering, wellness visits must be psychoeducational in nature and, therefore, tangibly different than a counseling session or a fitness for duty evaluation.
While attendance is mandatory, participation is not, making wellness visits more self-directed by the employee than a typical counseling session or evaluation.
Confidentiality of all information shared in a wellness visit is guaranteed by doctor/counselor-patient privilege and the only information shared with the employer is attendance or lack thereof. All other information discussed in a wellness visit is confidential with exceptions for mandated reporting information including: Imminent threat of harm to self or others, Engagement in elder abuse, and Engagement in child abuse – all of which is disclosed with the employee at the onset of the wellness visit and detailed in the consent form to be signed during the wellness visit. If mandated reporting information is revealed during a wellness visit, appropriate professional action will be taken by the provider to ensure the safety of the individual(s) involved.

Follow-Up Visits (Virtual or In-Person)
This service serves as a wraparound offering for wellness visits and is intended for those employees who would like to meet with their wellness visit provider for one or more follow up counseling sessions after having completed their mandated wellness check. The combination of wellness visits and follow up sessions are what make up the bulk of our Officer Assistance Program (OAP) listed on the site.
In my professional experience to date, approximately 20-25% of employees who attend a wellness visit with my practice have requested follow up sessions afterwards. This level of service utilization, especially amongst public safety employees who do not readily seek out counseling, is extremely rare and speaks not only to the quality of services provided, but also to the desperate need for quality services within this population. Employees want to talk, but they only want to do so with providers who “get it” and understand the unique culture and needs of public safety employees. By offering follow up sessions, you are essentially creating a public safety-specific Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for your agency.
Follow up counseling sessions are intended to be utilized for short-term mental health needs. When a higher level of care is required, the provider or the Company will work with the employee to find an appropriate solution (e.g., a capable provider within their insurance network, inpatient or outpatient treatment program, etc.).
This service serves as a wraparound offering for wellness visits and is intended for those employees who would like to meet with their wellness visit provider for one or more follow up counseling sessions after having completed their mandated wellness check. The combination of wellness visits and follow up sessions are what make up the bulk of our Officer Assistance Program (OAP) listed on the site.
In my professional experience to date, approximately 20-25% of employees who attend a wellness visit with my practice have requested follow up sessions afterwards. This level of service utilization, especially amongst public safety employees who do not readily seek out counseling, is extremely rare and speaks not only to the quality of services provided, but also to the desperate need for quality services within this population. Employees want to talk, but they only want to do so with providers who “get it” and understand the unique culture and needs of public safety employees. By offering follow up sessions, you are essentially creating a public safety-specific Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for your agency.
Follow up counseling sessions are intended to be utilized for short-term mental health needs. When a higher level of care is required, the provider or the Company will work with the employee to find an appropriate solution (e.g., a capable provider within their insurance network, inpatient or outpatient treatment program, etc.).
Officer Assistance Program (OAP)
The combination of the above-listed Wellness visits and follow up counseling sessions is what makes up our Officer Assistance Program (OAP).
Our OAP program is a specialty service meant to supplement the department’s current Employee Assistance Program (EAP). EAP utilization rates among public safety employees are consistently low (2-3%) and referrals to the EAP programs themselves are often viewed as a form of punishment.
The OAP program utilizes highly trained providers familiar with the unique difficulties faced by those in public safety positions. Our providers understand how to work with those in uniform and can “speak their language” making treatment far more likely to succeed. OAP sessions are completely confidential (much like EAP sessions) and funded by the department/municipality so there is no charge to the individual officer or their family members.

The combination of the above-listed Wellness visits and follow up counseling sessions is what makes up our Officer Assistance Program (OAP).
Our OAP program is a specialty service meant to supplement the department’s current Employee Assistance Program (EAP). EAP utilization rates among public safety employees are consistently low (2-3%) and referrals to the EAP programs themselves are often viewed as a form of punishment.
The OAP program utilizes highly trained providers familiar with the unique difficulties faced by those in public safety positions. Our providers understand how to work with those in uniform and can “speak their language” making treatment far more likely to succeed. OAP sessions are completely confidential (much like EAP sessions) and funded by the department/municipality so there is no charge to the individual officer or their family members.

Individual Stress Debriefings
Stress debriefings are mandatory “check-in” sessions for employees following traumatic events to help minimize psychological damage to departmental personnel. Individual Debriefings should be conducted as soon as possible following a traumatic event and have been shown to reduce anxiety surrounding the appearance of common symptoms associated with Acute Stress Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Scheduled stress debriefings can also be utilized by those in highly demanding or sensitive assignments such as undercover officers or child abuse investigators. The sessions are mandatory, which reduces the stigma attached to talking to a psychologist and makes it simply part of the assignment. While attendance is mandatory, the content of the sessions will remain strictly confidential unless the officer is believed to be at risk of substantial harm to themselves or others.
Stress debriefings are mandatory “check-in” sessions for employees following traumatic events to help minimize psychological damage to departmental personnel. Individual Debriefings should be conducted as soon as possible following a traumatic event and have been shown to reduce anxiety surrounding the appearance of common symptoms associated with Acute Stress Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Scheduled stress debriefings can also be utilized by those in highly demanding or sensitive assignments such as undercover officers or child abuse investigators. The sessions are mandatory, which reduces the stigma attached to talking to a psychologist and makes it simply part of the assignment. While attendance is mandatory, the content of the sessions will remain strictly confidential unless the officer is believed to be at risk of substantial harm to themselves or others.
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