Matt Johnston - Paramilitary Mindsets & Stoic Workplaces

Matt Johnston is a full-time firefighter who’s attended over 3500 calls in Metro Vancouver ranging from medical response to hazardous materials and fires.

He is also an experienced mental health clinician who offers a unique, in-depth understanding of paramilitary mindsets within stoic workplace cultures, and is the Chief Executive Officer of First Responder Health, a service that recently partnered with Wounded Warriors Canada, and helps other mental health clinicians better connect with first responders, law enforcement officers and veterans. Or, in Matt's words, a stoic paramilitary audience. 

In this episode Matt talks about the challenges faced by public safety professionals when trying to connect with mental health providers and why becoming more occupationally aware is critical to providing good mental health care to those who put service over self.   

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