Begin Counseling

12/01/2025

December has a way of piling on stress, especially for first responders and anyone carrying the weight of past trauma. You don't have to wait for the new year to make you and your family a priority. Complete the contact form on our website; we’d love to connect with you today.

11/15/2025

What is trauma therapy? We are ready to come alongside you. Fill out the contact form on our website.

11/12/2025

Begin Counseling provided each therapist on our Clinical Team a copy of “Helping the Helpers” in the days following its release in September. This week we met to review and discuss it together. We each dedicate ourselves to deepening our understanding of the unique experiences of our clientele and pursuing the best practices to most effectively and thoughtfully support them in professional counseling. So much goodness in this book, as you can see in this thoroughly highlighted and dog-eared copy. Missing Valerie and Logan, but they joined us in reading!

11/10/2025

📣 If you have worked with us in any capacity (clients, departments, trainings, etc), we would genuinely appreciate your confidential feedback. 💬

11/07/2025

11/06/2025

Resiliency and Anti-Fragility

11/04/2025

Welcome Logan Hartsog, LGSW to Begin Counseling! With availability for new clients, reach out to schedule.

“As a current law enforcement officer with over a decade of experience as a first responder, I bring a unique perspective on the demands of high stress professions. I am no stranger to long hours, difficult scenes, tough decisions, and the challenges associated with disengaging from work.”

11/02/2025

Thank you City of Martinsburg Fire Department for welcoming Karlee into the station last week. Begin Counseling is grateful for our relationships with local departments.

Every ride along, station visit, and conversation around the table matters to us. These experiences don't just strengthen our partnerships; they make us better at what we do. Time spent alongside you helps our therapists provide more informed, competent, professional counseling to first responders and their families.

And thank you black shift for lunch!

10/30/2025

🚨Are you a public safety professional curious about therapy? Read stories from others:

We are expanding our First Responder page to share real, anonymous stories from first responders, helping professionals, and their family members who’ve worked with Begin Counseling.

🔗 Check them out— LINK IN COMMENTS!

If you’re connected to Begin Counseling, we’d love to hear your story too—you could help someone else take that first step.

10/27/2025

Post Traumatic Stress and Moral Injury: what’s the difference, and why does it matter?

10/19/2025

Training for trauma changes everything for first responders and helping professionals in high-stress careers.

10/10/2025

Begin Counseling’s team of therapists consistently develop and tailor their clinical expertise to provide competent and effective trauma therapy for first responders, military, and our community. Karlee Davis, LICSW, Begin’s founder, is a vetted/contracted therapist with The Overwatch Collective, a non-profit with the mission to make therapy accessible and effective for active and retired military and first responders. If you’re about that THF life, they are donating all proceeds from the sale of these shorts on their website to The Overwatch Collective -a great organization that has financially assisted some of our own local public safety professionals.