First Responder Care

Sick people in this country have two jobs; fight to manage their illness, and fight the systems that are actively working against them. My goal is to provide a safe container in which chronically ill people feel heard as they process the trauma they continuously endure, to listen as they describe the detrimental effects of medical gaslighting, and to support them in rewriting their narrative in ways that empower them and restore autonomy to their lives.

There is an ongoing, existential grief associated with chronic illness that can feel overwhelming when you face it alone. I want to support you in expressing, processing, and coping with this very real pain. I can't stop the tides of grief or shield you from the waves crashing over you, but I will sit in the current with you and allow it to flow around us.

I pull from a range of modalities including IFS, DBT, ACT, and Narrative Therapy to create a unique therapy plan for every client, leaning into 'saying the quiet part out loud.' I highly value authenticity and showing up earnestly as an imperfect human; I won't pretend to have all the answers, but I am deeply committed to figuring them out together.

My name is Kylee, I was born and raised in Vermont. I grew up in a first responder family and continue the tradition of being a first responder as a firefighter with a local department. Having the experience of being a first responder and growing up in a first responder family has given me a strong desire to work with this population. There is much trauma that comes from working as a first responder and I am dedicated to helping you and your family members through that trauma. I am certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and believe it is an incredible tool when working with trauma. I, also, have experience working with pregnant/parenting women with substance abuse and mental health issues having spent 8 years working for a residential treatment facility specializing in this population. I believe in a client driven practice where I am there to guide you and offer you treatment advice but ultimately this is your therapy not mine.

Jake is a rostered psychotherapist, having earned his Master’s of Social Work from Boston College. Jake knows that life is a long story, and we can decide how we retell it to ourselves. In therapy, he mixes elements of CBT, Narrative Therapy, and WHO approaches such as Problem Management Plus and Self Help Plus.

Jake has moved and resettled and readjusted to new places countless times in his life, living in twelve towns and cities in five countries on four continents. He focused on global practice and social work with refugees in his MSW studies, and interned in Kampala, Uganda with the Jesuit Refugee Service. While there, he worked with clients carrying trauma from war, flight, poverty, discrimination, and gender-based violence.

Jake has years of experience with intercultural communication and adaptation through his studies, his therapy work, his time as an English as a Second Language Teacher, and his own personal experiences as a stranger in strange lands. Jake seeks to continue serving refugees and immigrants as they build a new life in green Vermont, and he wants to put his skills and experience to use for anyone who is grappling with transition, grief, trauma, depression, anxiety, no matter how near or far they are from home.

"You are the expert on you, and it would be my honor to walk beside you on this journey of healing and self-discovery."

There is a core Self within you that already knows how to heal, and as a therapist, Dani aims to support you in connecting and listening to this core Self so that your innate wisdom can shine through.

Dani received her MSW from the University of Vermont and follows a strengths-based, social justice oriented and person centered approach. She mainly draws from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). She is informed by postmodern, queer, feminist, systems, post-colonial and critical race theories.

She has worked in an integrated medical and behavioral health setting and provides support in navigating increasingly complex systems to assure people are able to meet their basic needs. Today's world can be a difficult place to live, and we need every person we can to come together as a community with love and courage to change the systems which cause suffering. We need YOU! Together we can remove internal and external blockages so your light can shine through once again.