Brower Psychological Services specializes in culturally competent mental, emotional, behavioral, and relational healthcare of emergency responders and their family members. Brower Psychological works to address how work-related or personal circumstances, experiences, and/or trauma may impact effective professional or personal functioning.
At Brower Psychological Services, we strive to provide the highest standard of care. Our clinicians have been carefully selected and trained to ensure that they possess the required cultural competence to effectively work with emergency responders and their family members. Our clinicians utilize evidence-based and trauma informed/focused therapeutic modalities.
Brower Psychological Services provides short-to-medium term therapy. In addition to caring for responders, we support the responder’s family members, age 6 to adult, who may be impacted by their responder family member’s work-related circumstances or experiences. Sessions can be conducted in an individual, couples, or family counseling format.
Due to the specialty that defines the scope of practice of Brower Psychological Services, scheduling priority is reserved for clients who experience or are directly impacted by Potentially Traumatic Events (PTEs) such as an Officer Involved Shooting (OIS), Critical Incident (CI), or other work-related call.
Therapeutic Modalities
Evidence-based Treatment Modalities Offered (not an all-inclusive list)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
- Attachment-focused EMDR Therapy (AF-EMDR)
- Positive Psychology
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MB-CBT)
- Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB)
- Humanistic and Existential Therapy
- Sand Tray Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Stages of Change
Experiences Addressed Through Counseling
Common Problem Areas Addressed Through Counseling (not an all-inclusive list)
- Wellness and Resiliency
- Trauma and post-critical incident aftermath and intervention
- Acute stress, general stress, post-traumatic stress, and stress injury
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Adjustment to academy, field training, operations
- Family adjustment to high stress occupation
- Relationship challenges
- LBGTQIA+
- Sleep difficulties
- Work/Life balance
- Anger management and general emotional regulation
- Parenting, step parenting, blended family
- Divorce/Separation
- Childhood behavioral concerns
- Suicidal ideation/intent (triage)
- Grey-area substance use (mild-moderate use, triage only for heavy use)
With the exception for trauma therapy (work-related, personal, relational), the scope of practice of Brower Psychological Services does NOT include intensive treatment for major psychiatric problems or diagnoses including but not limited to: suicidality; homicidality; substance use disorder or addiction; personality disorders; developmental/intellectual/relational disorders or disabilities; chronic, treatment resistant depression or anxiety; sexual dysfunction. Additionally, the scope of practice does NOT include long-term psychological or psychiatric care.
When a client presents with concerns outside of the scope of practice including a requirement for a higher level of care, the client will be triaged and referred to another provider for appropriate treatment. Whenever possible a referral to a specific provider or treatment center will be made.
Brower Psychological may accept a client for short-to-medium term outpatient treatment following successful completion of any required higher levels of care. For high acuity concerns and/or substance use disorder/addiction, the typical levels of care include (listed in descending order)
- In-patient/residential treatment or hospitalization
- Partial hospitalization program (PHP)
- Intensive outpatient program (IOP)
- Outpatient therapy
- Outpatient therapy
- Intensive outpatient program (IOP)
- Partial hospitalization program (PHP)
Payment for Services
Through direct contracting and private payment, Brower Psychological provides accessible, high-quality care without the administrative burdens of insurance.
Contracted Agency Services
The majority of our services are covered through contracts with emergency service agencies and local governments. Contract terms determine:
- Eligible covered clients
- Allowed number of sessions per client
- Reimbursement procedures
Individual Private Payment
We also accept private payment for services. Private pay clients are billed on a monthly basis for services rendered the previous calendar month. An authorization form to enable charges is required at intake.
More details regarding the scope of practice, treatment planning and duration, and payment sources are available in the full text of the Brower Psychological Services Scope of Practice Policy