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Cincinnati’s Lost Year: How the Pandemic is Effecting our First Responders

Back in October, I had a request to talk to Craig Cheetum from Channel 9 News here in Cincinnati about what I was seeing from my first responder clients in regards to the pandemic, and to some degree, the racial unrest that we were seeing across the country.I spoke with Mr. Cheetum over the phone …

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We Need Fire Now

As social workers, we commit not only our professional careers, but our lives to core values and ethics, some of those include service, social justice, dignity and worth of the individual, the importance and centrality of human relationships, integrity and competence. We are committed to these core values for all; for those in our communities …

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Lessons from the Road

This past week I was “back home” in Knox (and Licking) County training. Whole House provided first responders and social service professionals a training on do-it-yourself mental healthcare, as well as the foundation training of TRSI. (If the term TRSI is unfamiliar to you, take a look at our site here, we have a page …

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Hurt and Pain

So the other day I went to my shiatsu session. People ask me often if I have a therapist. I tell them I’ve moved beyond therapy and now have a full body worker! While I’m being funny, there’s some truth to that. I lovingly refer to myself often as the proverbial “puke pucket.” As a trauma …

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