Tool Box Tuesdays
August 5, 2025, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Peer Support 101 with Rusty Huff and Eric Kitchen
Chaplains serve an important role in supporting first responders. This session discusses faith in first responders inside the department and outside the department. We will dive into creating and maintaining a Chaplain Program and help in identifying a Chaplain for your department.
August 12, 2025, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Clinical Consultation with Jim Petry, MS, LPC
Jim has spent the past 34 years in public safety as a Firefighter, Paramedic, Fire & EMS Instructor, and achieved many other certifications related to being a first responder. His early goal was to leave the fire service better than it was when he joined in 1989. Through educating new recruits, introducing peer support, and demonstrating quality leadership, I continually work to achieve that goal. Recently, he completed his master’s in clinical Mental Health from Xavier University. With this education, he will continue to serve his brothers and sisters working on the front lines.
His belief is that every person has value, intrapersonal strength, the ability to improve their lives,
and the desire to achieve happiness. As a clinician, his role is to assist them in recognizing and
strengthening their coping skills, support systems, self-value, and ability to affect positive
changes surrounding their thoughts, feelings, and emotions. Through forming a therapeutic
trusting relationship, he can assist them in forming new neural pathways built on strength and
positive reinforcement.
August 19, 2025, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Meet Your Treatment Provider
Dwonna D. Thompson-Lenoir PsyD, LPCC-S from LiveWell Group
Dr. Thompson is dedicated to helping people find the strength inside themselves to triumph in relationships, overall functioning and living a balanced life. Clients have presented with issues such as anxiety, depression, communication problems, marital concerns, parenting, ADHD, eating disorders, grief/loss, self-injury and social skills development. She is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. She believes in the power of the therapeutic relationship helping drive individuals and families to reach their full potential.
She is passionate about helping others and does so with openness, honesty and compassion. She understands that change is difficult. Through positive support and consistent encouragement she assists clients as they take the courageous steps toward impactful change.
August 26 , 2025, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Tactile Tuesday
Bullet Proof Your Body – Hips and Back
with Josh True, Athletic Trainer Beacon Orthopedics and Jen Farmer, Goshen Police and Fire Department
Join us for a discussion about your hips and back. Do you have chronic or acute back pain? Can you walk long distances pain free? Can you carry your gear pain free? Join us for an in-depth discussion about the mobility and flexibility of your hips and back. Watch videos of Josh showing us how to do the exercises. The best part, to improve your core and reduce your pain only takes a few minutes each day.