Episode 2: Mike Wells, Mental Readiness and the Role of Peer Support

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Therapy Café® Podcast

Kathleen Tallent, Ph.D.

6 episodes

1 month ago

Welcome to the Therapy Café® Podcast, a new kind of podcast for therapists and other health care professionals where we have real, deep conversations about holistic mental wellness topics. This podcast is hosted by Dr. Kathleen Tallent, licensed psychologist, and Allison Stenson, business/marketing expert/ordained minister, and includes conversations with expert clinicians, researchers, and first-hand accounts of those with lived experience of mental illness to shed light on current issues and solutions. We strive to apply psychological research to solve real-world problems and "think outside the box" when it comes to mental health to help you bring about real, lasting change in your community. Topics include engaging underserved populations, reducing the stigma of mental illness, holistic approaches, and how to care for ourselves so we can show up for clients and be our authentic selves. We’ll be bringing you these conversations every week starting in 2021. Join us for Season 1, where we focus on First Responder Mental Wellness and how to develop cultural competence when working with firefighters, police officers, Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), paramedics, 911 dispatchers, and other public safety personnel. Be sure to subscribe on YouTube and follow us on Facebook to be the first to know when a new episode is out.

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Episode 2: Mike Wells, Mental Readiness and the Role of Peer Support

Therapy Café® Podcast

47 minutes 46 seconds

4 years ago

Episode 2: Mike Wells, Mental Readiness and the Role of Peer Support

Mike Wells is a 14-year veteran career firefighter working in Prince Georges County, Maryland. His love of the fire service began as a young boy riding along with his dad, a former volunteer captain in their hometown of Wallingford, CT, where Mike later became a Junior Volunteer. Moving for college to College Park, MD, Mike joined College Park Volunteer Fire Department as part of the live-in program while taking classes before coming to work for PGFD full-time. In 2016, Mike was one of the founders of PGFD’s labor union’s peer support team. He has served as coordinator for the program and has been a Master Instructor for the IAFF’s Peer Support Program since 2018, teaching and consulting internationally. Through the IAFF, Mike has deployed across the United States following natural disasters and line of duty deaths, supporting his brothers and sisters of the fire service in their time of need. Currently, Mike has broadened his work beyond the IAFF Local, working full-time for PGFD to ensure that the peer support program and behavioral health are accessible to all of its 3,000 members.

In this Episode:

IAFF Local 1619 Peer Support Team website

https://www.pgfdpeersupport.org

International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), Behavioral Health Program

https://www.iaff.org/behavioral-health/

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