Healing Partners Psychiatric Services

01/09/2025

Sign up soon for the upcoming Dover-Foxcroft Struggle Well Training. Spots are limited and filling fast for this free two day program. Thanks to Dover-Foxcroft Police Department for their leadership in sponsoring this event!

01/08/2025

Meeting Mitch and hearing his entire story in person a few months ago was an incredible experience. He is a first responder who now saves lives in a different way, by teaching about mindset and post traumatic growth. Check
out his recent Ted talk

Seth shares a powerful tale of survival and the birth of an outdoor apparel brand. Mitch is a retired firefighter and paramedic for the S.W.A.T. team in Bal...

10/30/2024

09/27/2024

What an honor to know and work with these people. Each of you exemplifies a life of selfless service and make huge but often unrecognized impacts on the lives of so many in the public safety and veteran communities in Maine. Thanks for all you - so glad to be part of this group!

I cannot express the gratitude and respect I have for this group of people. It’s an honor to work with, and among them; not only as MAP’s executive director, but just as a person, as part of an incredible group of people who are mutual partners, mentors and friends.

I was honored to attend the Wellness And Resiliency Seminar hosted by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and created by a true friend and brother, Sgt. Ryan Close.

To say the least, it was an incredible day and gave all who attended the hope that we will begin to turn the tide on eradicating the stigma of mental health and creating a culture which constantly works towards the eradication of the deaths of our fellow officers and all first responders by their own hand and the loss their families endure.

I’m blessed to have crossed paths with all in this photo and am proud to be a small part in this noble and crucial endeavor!

To quote: “No one is coming to save us”.

We must work together; not as employers or employees, administrators or subordinates, but how this profession has always been fabled to be - to be the one who listened and stepped up for the people that serve to your left and your right.

This common cause is long overdue and regardless of the generation, we need to reconstitute the fraternal nature of this profession.

THESE folks - to the left and right of me, are leaders in this effort and I couldn’t be more fortunate to learn, lean on and lean into when the task seems too large or overwhelming to create this change.

Wednesday’s seminar was a crucial step and it was astounding to see the revelatory work that cops, those affected by PTSD, practitioners and most importantly, the incredible first responders that serve in our peer support groups.

There’s no doubt that without all these caring and dedicated people, we would truly know the depths of the darkness in the loss of any of our brothers and sisters throughout our first responder family.

Stay safe, check in and watch out for each other. - PG

08/25/2024

Hey everyone, check out Jason’s new coffee line! And get some resilient responder gear while you’re on his website!

08/15/2024

So proud of our dear friend and colleague Jason Mills, as he brings his message of promoting resilience in public safety to an international audience- great job Jason!

Day one of complete.✔️
We’re excited to be at Fire-Rescue International in Dallas, Texas from August 14th-16th to discuss the importance of implementing proactive mental health and resiliency programs in the fire service. If you are attending make sure to stop by and say hello—let’s keep building resilience together! 💪

08/11/2024

Please join us for a day of collaboration, learning, and national network building with an incredible group of first responder peer support leaders.

07/31/2024

I'm speaking at in Dallas on August 15th! I'll be discussing the importance of implementing proactive mental health and resiliency programs in the fire service.

Join me in promoting this important topic!
https://l.feathr.co/FRI2024_education

05/28/2024

Years spent living in elevated state of biological threat response impact all areas of your health if left unchecked- decreased immunity, greatly increased sleep apnea risk, impaired cardiovascular health, endocrine dysfunction, GI disturbance, sexual dysfunction- all a product of "just sucking it up" and doing the job. Knowing your risks allows you to completely change these outcomes and take charge of your health, relationships, and resilience. This is a great short podcast, give it a listen.

‎Show Hey Chaplain: The Police Wellness Podcast, Ep 085 - Good Cop, Bad Health: Dr. Melody Rodarte - May 20, 2024

04/13/2024

Piscataquis County First Responder Peer Support Team was extremely fortunate to do their first CISM training with this rockstar group of instructors! Justin Fowlie with the Maine Warden Service, Tommy Reardon with Marine Patrol, and Kevin Brooks, Chaplain for the Maine State Police and Somerset County Sheriff's Office taught our multiagency, countywide team best practice interventions to assist first responders after a critical incident. This group of people is doing extraordinary work to support public safety peers- many on a totally volunteer basis. Statewide, multi agency, multi team collaboration is new, forward thinking, and life saving. Thank you to everyone who is helping us build a more effective and interconnected network of force multipliers! It is a great time to be doing this work in the State of Maine with these partners.

03/06/2024

03/06/2024

Great job Jason! Check out this episode where Jason Mills, of The Resilient Responder and The Wellness Center of Maine, discusses strategies for healthy mindset.

27 - Behaviors and Mindsets become Contagious with Jason MillsOn this special edition of the First Responder Wellness Podcast, Jason Mills talks about his ca...