477 Butterfield Rd. # 408-410 Lombard, IL 60148
1412 W. Washington 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60607
100 TriState International #260 Lincolnshire, IL 60069
8 am-8 pm M-F Sat 9 am-3 pm
First
Responders
Wellness
Center
Therapy for Police, Fire/EMS, Corrections, Federal Law Enforcement, Dispatch,
ER Staff, and Veterans.
The First Responders Wellness Center (FRWC) is a psychological and training resource for first responders, police and fire departments as well as veterans and federal agencies.
The FRWC was created by a former Chicago Police officer and all of the staff are former or current first responders, veterans or have worked in corrections, VA, and/or the court system. Therefore, we are culturally competent and understand the issues related to first responders. First Responders have a culture, and we are aware of this. We are the only agency in Illinois that all of our FRWC providers have this background.
We are also the only agency in Illinois that ONLY sees first responders and veterans, we do not see civilians. This is a center for you and your partners.
The FRWC provides evidenced based therapy and training through crisis management and interventions. Therapy services include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, Exposure, Cognitive Processing Theory, Dialectic Behavioral Therapy, Clinical Hypnotherapy, Somatic Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. These therapies are all evidenced-based therapies, practical, and action-oriented for the needs of first responders.
The FRWC also conducts psychological testing for police and public safety service members including pre-employment selection, special duty, FOID reinstatements, and fitness for duty.
The FRWC is also in partnership with the "Headstrong Project; to heal the hidden wounds of war" and Bank the Blue; End the Stigma.
The Headstrong Project is a non-profit organization that offers free psychological services to veterans showing signs or symptoms of PTSD and/or mental health issues. If you are a veteran please register through the website at www.getheadstrong.org and click "get treated" tab. The Headstrong Project is designed to offer completely confidential and "bureaucracy-free" psychological services specifically for veterans, service members, and their families, aiming to remove barriers to accessing mental health care by eliminating paperwork and stigma associated with seeking help.
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FRWC provides individual, couple and group therapy, Individual and Group debriefs, Wellness Visits, Pre-employment Evaluations, Fitness for Duty Evaluations, FOID Evaluations, Trainings and Consultation.
Please call 630-909-9094 for FOID or FFDE questions as we offer free consultations.
Therapy
Therapy services include one-on one, group, and couples. We use evidence based treatments that work on present situations. We offer several trauma based therapeutic interventions including:
Wellness Visits
The First Responders Wellness Center offers the confidential wellness visits
Pre-Employment Psychological Evaluations
Pre-employment testing includes a background review and interview.
Fitness for Duty Evaluations
A Fitness for Duty Evaluation is not a standard psychological evaluation but focused upon the question of the first responders' occupational or vocational functionality.
How the First Responders Wellness Center was created by Dr. Steiner
In 1998, I started as a Chicago police officer. My first day out of the academy, I was directed to go to the 18th district. When I arrived, my field training officer stated that we were going to attend a wake of an officer who killed himself from the district. That year, three other officers from the 18th district killed themselves. I was told by officers at the 18th district, that all of the officers who killed themselves had "personal problems". I wondered what type of personal problems they had.
The following year, I remember waiting in roll call for my partner and being told with everyone else in roll call that my partner was dead, and I would be working 99 (by myself). I remember wanting to burst into tears but did not. However, after roll call, I cried in the women’s locker room and then went to my car and worked that night for the first time by myself on midnights. I was told my partner died of positional asphyxiation as he was so drunk and passed out underneath his steering wheel.
CONTACT INFO:
630-909-9094
We want to support our first responders and trauma survivors. Please contact us for help with a crisis, individual and couples therapy, individual and/or group debriefing, psychological testing, or any trainings.
