Dr. Steven Nicholas, a licensed marriage and family therapist, discusses his book Warrior Servants, which explores mental health and trauma in demanding professions. They discuss the importance of proactive conversations about mental health in firefighting and the military, normalizing emotions in the firefighting world, building support networks, the significance of peer support in addressing PTSD, the impact of support after witnessing accidents, the burden of being called a hero, the role of an embedded clinician, transitioning and preparing for retirement in firefighting, and prioritizing mental health in the fire service.
