Zehira-Kedesh First Responders Long
First Responders face trauma on a daily basis and have mastered the art of compartmentalising. Yet, beneath the tough exterior and brave smile is a person with real struggles and fears. At Zehira-Kedesh, we aim to provide First Responders and their families with a safe space to let go of the unrealistic expectation of being "superhuman" and give themselves permission to just "be"... even if it is just for an hour a week. 
- Madeleine

Counselling 

Counselling for First Responders refers to the therapeutic support offered to people in the Emergency Services. First Responder Counselling is a dual-focus area divided into two categories: work-related and personal life. (Work-related problems often require referrals to existing support systems offered by EAP.) Counselling focuses on fostering healing and increasing resilience on personal and professional levels.

Counselling for First Responder families is aimed at assisting individuals, couples or family members to cope with normative life stressors as well as unique stressors related to loving a First Responder or forming part of a First Responder family. This can include coping with hectic schedules, secondary traumatisation, and more.  

To schedule your counselling session, please contact us now.

  • Burnout
  • Humor
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Trauma Trigger
  • Trauma Bonding
  • Suicide
  • Addictions2
  • Trauma and children
  • Trauma and relationships
  • Trauma and sight
  • Trauma and smell
  • Trauma and Nightmares
  • food
  • sleep
  • compartmentalizing

Debriefings

First Responders encounter trauma on a daily basis and need a safe space to decompress and process trauma - whether it be their own personal trauma (related to their own health, well-being or family) or secondary traumatisation through the exposure of others' trauma.

For more information, please contact us now.

 Support Groups


Zehira-Kedesh First Responder Support Group

First Responder Support Group

  • Support from people who "gets it".
  • Participation can be anonymous.
  • Separate groups for men and women.
  • A support group is NOT group counselling.
  • Participation is 100% free - no costs involved.
  • Meetings are held online every Monday (women) & Thursday (men) from 20h00 - 21h00
  • New link each week and only members who "sign up" a few days in advance will receive the link.
  • Participants can sign on to the meeting using "fake" screen names. Screen names cannot contain any sexual, religious or political opinions/references.
  • Any active/current member of the Emergency Services is welcome.
  • This is a non-religious group, however participants are able to mention faith/God as it applies to their own healing journey.

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Zehira-Kedesh First Responder Family Support Group

FIrst Responder Family (FRF) Support gROUP

  • Adult members only.
  • Support from people who "gets it".
  • Separate groups for men and women.
  • A support group is NOT group counselling.
  • Participation is 100% free - no costs involved.
  • Meetings are held online every Tuesday (women) & Wednesday (men) evening from 20h00 - 21h00
  • New link each week and only members who "sign up" a few days in advance will receive the link.
  • Partners, spouses and family members of active/current First Responders only.
  • This is a non-religious group, however participants are able to mention faith/God as it applies to their own healing journey.

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