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[What I Treat](/what-art-treats)

-   [Acute and Complex Trauma](/what-art-treats/acute-and-complex-trauma)
-   [PTSD](/what-art-treats/ptsd)
-   [Single-Incident Trauma](/what-art-treats/single-incident-trauma)
-   [Phobias](/what-art-treats/phobias)
-   [Medical, Dental and Needle Fear](/what-art-treats/medical-and-dental-fear)
-   [Car Accidents and Driving Anxiety](/what-art-treats/car-accidents-and-driving-anxiety)
-   [Grief and Sudden Loss](/what-art-treats/grief-and-sudden-loss)
-   [Anxiety](/what-art-treats/anxiety)
-   [OCD](/what-art-treats/ocd)
-   [Emotion Regulation](/what-art-treats/emotion-regulation)

[Who I Work With](/who-i-work-with)

-   [First Responders](/who-i-work-with/first-responders)
-   [Veterans](/who-i-work-with/veterans)
-   [EMTs, ER and Healthcare Workers](/who-i-work-with/healthcare-workers)
-   [Therapists](/who-i-work-with/therapists)
-   [Doctors](/who-i-work-with/doctors)
-   [Corporate Leaders](/who-i-work-with/corporate-leaders)

[ART Intensives](/art-intensives)

[Locations](/locations)

-   [Kentucky](/locations/kentucky)
-   [Ohio](/locations/ohio)

[Rates](/rates)[For Clinicians](/for-clinicians)[Contact](/contact)[Schedule a consultation](https://calendly.com/reclaimtraumatherapy/freeconsultation)

Lexington, Kentucky

# Therapy for First Responders in Lexington, KY

For career and volunteer responders in Fayette County and the counties that surround it, where the same crew answers everything.

## Small Departments, Familiar Names

Outside the city line, response is personal in a way metro work usually is not. You run a car into a tree on a two-lane at midnight and you recognize the vehicle before you are out of the truck. You work a cardiac arrest on somebody who taught your children. On a volunteer department you may be the person who then sees the widow at church that Sunday.

Inside Lexington the volume is higher and the anonymity only slightly better. Campus calls, a large hospital as the receiving end of everything serious in the region, interstate wrecks that come in fast. Either way, the runs that stick are rarely the ones an outsider would predict.

## Why People Look Outside Their Own County

In a smaller community, the local counselor may be somebody you transported, or their spouse works dispatch, or their office is on the square where your truck is parked. That is not paranoia, it is arithmetic, and it is why many responders here look for a clinician who is not local.

I am independent. Not contracted to a department, a fiscal court, a union or an employer program, and I do not send reports to anyone. Nothing about your care touches a personnel file.

## How Sessions Are Set Up

Video only. There is no office in Lexington and no in-person appointments at all, which for people who live an hour out means the appointment costs an hour, not a day. You need to be physically in Kentucky or Ohio when we meet.

Some people take a standard hour. Others use longer intensive blocks because their rotation makes a weekly time impossible. You are not required to walk through a run in detail. Adults only, private pay.

This is not a crisis service.

If you are in crisis, please call or text 988, call 911, or go to your nearest emergency room. ART is not appropriate during active psychosis or acute crisis. Individual outcomes vary.

## Also in Lexington

Everything here is by secure video, so where you are in Lexington makes no difference to the work. These are the other things I am most often asked about locally.

-   [ART therapy in Lexington](/therapy/lexington-art)
-   [PTSD therapy in Lexington](/therapy/lexington-ptsd)
-   [Phobia therapy in Lexington](/therapy/lexington-phobias)

[More about working with first responders](/who-i-work-with/first-responders)

## A short call, nothing on paper.

Fifteen free minutes to ask how confidentiality works and what a session looks like before you commit to anything.

[Schedule a free consultation](https://calendly.com/reclaimtraumatherapy/freeconsultation)[More for First Responders](/who-i-work-with/first-responders)[Therapy in Kentucky](/locations/kentucky)

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Reclaim Trauma Therapy

Focused, practical trauma therapy for adults. Accelerated Resolution Therapy and extended ART intensives, by secure video in Kentucky and Ohio.

Charle Peck, LCSW, LISW, M.Ed.

Practice

-   [Meet Charle](/meet-charle)
-   [Rates & Policies](/rates)
-   [For Referring Clinicians](/for-clinicians)
-   [Contact](/contact)

Treatment

-   [How ART Works](/how-art-works)
-   [ART Intensives](/art-intensives)
-   [Is ART Right for Me?](/is-art-right-for-me)
-   [Frequently Asked Questions](/faq)
-   [Writing](/blog)

What I Treat

-   [Acute and Complex Trauma](/what-art-treats/acute-and-complex-trauma)
-   [PTSD](/what-art-treats/ptsd)
-   [Phobias](/what-art-treats/phobias)
-   [Anxiety](/what-art-treats/anxiety)
-   [OCD](/what-art-treats/ocd)
-   [All Conditions](/what-art-treats)

Who I Work With

-   [First Responders](/who-i-work-with/first-responders)
-   [Veterans](/who-i-work-with/veterans)
-   [EMTs, ER and Healthcare Workers](/who-i-work-with/healthcare-workers)
-   [Therapists](/who-i-work-with/therapists)
-   [Doctors](/who-i-work-with/doctors)
-   [Corporate Leaders](/who-i-work-with/corporate-leaders)
-   [Who I Work With](/who-i-work-with)

Serving

-   [Kentucky](/locations/kentucky)
-   [Ohio](/locations/ohio)
-   [Where I Practice](/locations)

This practice is not a crisis or emergency service, and messages are not monitored around the clock. If you are in immediate danger, experiencing a mental health emergency, or having thoughts of ending your life with intent or a plan, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), call 911, or go to your nearest emergency room for an assessment. Veterans can press 1 after dialing 988.

Contacting this practice does not establish a client relationship. Individual outcomes vary. Nothing on this site guarantees a specific clinical result.

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