Help Fund Retreats for First Responder Therapists

Living Medicine Institute, Responder Support Services, and Concierge Medicine and Psychiatry, mental health organizations in WNC, are partnering to create programming to support our First Responder Community in the Asheville area.

We are starting with a two-day supportive retreat for RSS therapists embedded with first responders and carrying first responder caseloads. These individuals have been heavily burdened in their dual role, supporting the mental health of the broader responder community while coping with their own losses.

The first retreat will take place in October or November on the donated retreat property of Rites of Passage Council, near Asheville. The purpose will be to support these individuals and assist with acute trauma processing work.

Depending on the amount raised, we would like to continue to offer more of these events for the First Responder Community. Funds raised will pay for ongoing costs: event spaces, staffing, food, and lodging. Thank you.