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Lighthouse Services for
First Responders

Being a First Responder is a calling. It's your purpose! You are the Heroes of our communities! You have a passion for the job, however, having to work long shifts, mandatory overtime, families misunderstanding shift work, and miss spending time with your loved ones is beginning to take its toll on you and the relationships in your life. 

It has been normalized for you to function and respond to another call after having experienced one of the most traumatic calls of your life! You want your loved ones to understand the things that transpire throughout your day and why you need time to decompress. You just desperately want for your life to just flow the way it once did after a shift. 

Everyday you leave the comfort of your home to face the most difficult of situations. And face individuals who do not value and appreciate the work you do and the safety you provide. So you are left wondering, who is taking care of me? 

Here, at The Lighthouse MHS, our main mission is to provide you with the foundation of peace and purpose on the job and in your life! We understand the various situations you encounter and how those situations remain within you because you do not feel you can share them with others. 

The Lighthouse MHS is here to provide you individualized and specialized services to address your mental health and relationship needs. You deserve to be seen and heard in a safe and encouraging environment with supportive counselors that serves your needs and the needs of your loved ones.

We are here to assure the profession you have selected is the perfect one for you and that the great person you are at your core continues to serve others!

Thank you for your service!

Individual Counseling

We undertsand the conflicts First Responders endure. We are here to help navigate through the hardships to create a more secure, peaceful, and purposeful existence. We offer the following Individual Counseling Services:

  • Anxiety Counseling

  • Critical Incident Counseling

  • Grief Counseling

  • Stress Management

  • Career Dissatisfaction

  • Retirement/Career Transition

  • Trauma Counseling

Critical Incident Stress Management and Support Services

As a First Responder, you are always the first to arrive at a critical incident. But there was that one call you responded to where you cannot unsee the graphic details at the scene. And since that day, something has changed within you. You are on edge. You cannot eat or sleep well. You are not the same with your loved ones at home. And you dread having to respond to another call like the one cannot let go of.  As much as you try to tell yourself that this is part of the job, you find it impossible to be at peace. 

 

Understand you do not have to live this way any longer. Counselors at The Lighthouse MHS LLC will work with you to overcome the trauma you have experienced and help you build a life where you are in control of your thoughts and your emotions. And more importantly, bring you back to being yourself for you, your loved ones, your agency, and your community. 

 

The Lighthouse MHS LLC provides agencies with comprehensive Critical Incident Stress Management protocol. Crisis Intervention Services are available to support individuals, small groups and large groups, specifically in demobilizations and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD).  The Lighthouse MHS LLC will also provide support for Peer Support Teams to facilitate group meetings.  

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For more information, please email CISMSS@thelighthousemhsllc.org, or call (718) 720-9265.

Couples Counseling

The life of a First Responder is an honorable one. However, that is not to say it does not have its share of difficult times, especially when you share this life with a loved one. Navigating long shifts, mandatory overtime, understanding shift work, and missing holidays and family gatherings can take its toll on a First Responder family. The Lighthouse MHS offers the following counseling services for couples:

  • Pre Marital Counseling

  • Marriage Counseling

  • Affair Recovery Counseling

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Hearts Behind the Badge 

On Monday, April 29, 2024, the U.S. Marshals Task Force were attempting to serve a warrant to a male subject in North Carolina. As officers approached, the subject discharged his firearm striking multiple officers. Four officers succumbed to their injuries. One of them, a U.S. Deputy Marshal. 

This tragic incident was particularly difficult for me as the love of my life is a

U. S. Deputy Marshal. When I received the notification on my phone, my heart sank. I immediately texted him, "Is everything alright?" Every emotion ran through me. My world was not in peace until his response came through. And it was this day The Lighthouse MHS -Hearts Behind the Badge was created.

Hearts Behind the Badge is a support group for the spouses and families of First Responders. Hearts Behind the Badge provides its members the opportunity to build community with other First Responder loved ones. We come together to inform and educate each other about being part of a First Responder community. Being each other's support provides us with the best resources to support and love our First Responder even more! 

Please reach out to HBB@thelighthousemhsllc.org for more information about Hearts Behind the Badge.

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