Sometimes It Helps to Talk With Someone Who Understands.
Professional counseling and support for first responders, veterans, service members and their families.
First Responder & Veteran Counseling Services
Trauma-informed counseling and support for veterans, active-duty service members, firefighters, EMS professionals, law enforcement personnel, first responders and their families.
Life Management Group provides a place to talk about the experiences, pressures and challenges that can come with military service and first responder careers. Whether you are dealing with a traumatic event, years of accumulated stress, changes at home, grief, anger, anxiety, substance use or simply need someone to talk with, our team is here to help.
You do not have to wait for a crisis to reach out.
Support for Those Who Serve, Protect & Respond
Military and first responder careers can expose people to situations, responsibilities and losses that are difficult to explain to someone who has never experienced them. Support should recognize that reality.
Veterans
Counseling and support for combat experiences, trauma, grief, relationships, transition to civilian life and the long-term effects of military service.
Explore Trauma Support →Active-Duty Military
Support for operational stress, deployments, separation, relationships, family pressures, career challenges and personal concerns.
Explore Counseling Services →Firefighters & EMS
Support following critical incidents, cumulative exposure to trauma and loss, occupational stress, burnout, sleep difficulties and challenges that follow responders home.
Explore First Responder Support →Law Enforcement & First Responders
Counseling for critical incidents, occupational stress, trauma exposure, grief, anger, relationships and adjusting between the demands of the job and life outside the uniform.
Talk With Our Team →Trauma Does Not Always Come From One Event
Trauma can result from a single incident, combat experience, repeated exposure to emergencies and loss, experiences from childhood or events that occurred long before a military or first responder career began.
What matters is not whether your experience looks like someone else's. If something is affecting your relationships, sleep, emotions, work, health or ability to enjoy your life, it is worth talking about.
You Don't Have to Be in Crisis to Talk to Someone.
Counseling can be useful when something is clearly wrong, but it can also be a place to talk before stress, trauma or relationship problems reach a breaking point. Reaching out can simply mean deciding you do not want to keep carrying everything by yourself.
Help for More Than the Experiences on the Job
Military service and first responder careers are only one part of a person's life. Relationships, family, grief, addiction, anger and major life changes can intersect with occupational stress and trauma.
Individual Counseling
One-on-one support for personal concerns, emotional wellbeing, stress, trauma and life challenges.
Therapy Services →Marriage & Relationships
Help with communication, connection, conflict and relationship challenges affected by service, stress or life changes.
Marriage Counseling →Family Support
Counseling and guidance when stress, deployment, trauma, reintegration or other challenges affect the family.
Family Support →Grief & Loss
Support for personal loss, professional loss and grief following difficult or traumatic experiences.
Grief Therapy →Addiction & Substance Use
Professional support when alcohol or substance use becomes part of coping with stress, trauma or other difficulties.
Substance Abuse Services →Intervention Services
Help for individuals and families facing serious behavioral, substance-related or personal concerns that require intervention.
Intervention Services →The Job Can Affect More Than the Person Wearing the Uniform
Military service and first responder careers can place unique pressures on marriages and families. Long or unpredictable hours, deployments, traumatic experiences, emotional withdrawal, grief, occupational stress and the transition between work and home can affect everyone in the household.
Life Management Group works with individuals, couples and families facing relationship difficulties, parenting concerns, communication problems, grief and other challenges that can accompany demanding careers and major life experiences.
Support May Include:
- Communication and relationship concerns
- Marriage and couples counseling
- Parenting and family stress
- Deployment and reintegration challenges
- Grief and loss
- Anger and emotional withdrawal
- Major life transitions
- Supporting a loved one experiencing trauma
Information When You Need It
Life Management's EAP resource library provides additional information about mental health, relationships, parenting, addiction, grief, wellness and everyday challenges.
Trauma & PTSD
Information about trauma responses, PTSD, childhood trauma, combat trauma and recovery.
Visit EAP Resources →Marriage & Relationships
Information for couples navigating communication, conflict, stress and relationship challenges.
Marriage Resources →Parenting & Family
Educational resources for parents and families dealing with everyday and complex family concerns.
Parenting Resources →Anger & Stress
Resources for understanding anger, stress responses and healthier ways to cope with difficult emotions.
Anger Resources →Addiction
Information about addiction, substance use and challenges that can affect individuals and families.
Addiction Resources →Grief, Death & Dying
Information and support resources for grief, bereavement and difficult experiences involving loss.
Grief Resources →Professionals With Relevant Military & Trauma Experience
Finding the right person matters. Life Management Group includes professionals whose backgrounds and training include military, veteran, trauma, crisis and first responder concerns.
James Getts, D.Min.
Retired U.S. Army Major and combat veteran with experience and training involving military and veteran advocacy, PTSD, combat trauma, crisis intervention and pastoral counseling.
View James' ProfileLacole Harrison, LMSW
Licensed Master Social Worker with experience supporting active-duty service members, veterans and first responders, including trauma and PTSD concerns.
View Lacole's ProfileBrandy Getts
Board-certified pastoral counselor and crisis and trauma coach with specialized training involving PTSD and combat stress and previous experience working in Emergency Medical Services.
View Brandy's ProfileFirst Responder & Veteran Counseling FAQ
Do I need to have PTSD to seek counseling?
No. People seek counseling for many reasons, including stress, relationships, grief, anger, anxiety, life transitions, occupational pressures or simply wanting a place to talk through what they have experienced.
Do you work with veterans and active-duty service members?
Life Management Group provides counseling and support for veterans, active-duty service members and military families. Contact the office so the team can help determine the appropriate provider for your needs.
Do you work with firefighters, EMS and law enforcement?
Yes. Life Management Group has professionals whose backgrounds and areas of focus include first responder concerns, trauma, crisis support and related issues.
Can counseling help with trauma that happened during childhood?
Yes. Trauma does not have to be related to military service or a first responder career. Childhood and other earlier experiences can continue affecting people during adulthood and can be addressed in counseling.
Can my spouse or family participate in counseling?
Life Management Group provides marriage, relationship, parenting and family support in addition to individual counseling. Contact the office to discuss the type of support that best fits your situation.
What if I am not comfortable talking about what happened?
You can begin by talking about what is affecting you now and what you hope to change. Reaching out does not mean you have to explain everything at once.
How do I schedule an appointment?
Call Life Management Group at (706) 733-0333 or use the contact form to request an appointment. The office can help connect you with an appropriate provider.
You Spend Your Career Being There for Others. We're Here for You.
You do not need to have all the answers before reaching out. Whether something happened yesterday, years ago, or the weight has simply accumulated over time, talking with someone can be a place to start.
Life Management Group
2808 Hillcreek Drive
Augusta, GA 30909