Police, firefighters, EMS, and dispatchers see in a career what most people never see once. That exposure adds up. If the job is following you home, into your sleep, your relationships, your sense of calm, there's real, confidential help.
First responders face something unusual: repeated exposure to trauma, high-stakes decisions, and long, irregular hours, often with a culture that treats asking for help as a weakness. Over time that can show up as PTSD, depression, anxiety, sleep problems, or using substances to decompress. It's a normal response to an abnormal amount of exposure.
Better Balance Psychiatry provides confidential, trauma-informed care designed to fit a first responder's life, including telehealth visits that work around shift schedules. From EMDR and therapy to advanced treatments for stubborn depression, we help you get back to steady, on and off the clock.
Call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, free and confidential, any time. If you're in immediate danger, call 911. To begin confidential care with our team, call (435) 879-7411.
If any of this is part of your life right now, reaching out is worth it.
Confidential, evidence-based treatment, with telehealth options that work around your schedule. Your psychiatrist tailors the plan to you.
EMDR and trauma-focused care for combat, operational, and repeated-exposure trauma.
Learn More →Non-invasive, drug-free treatment for depression, with no downtime.
Learn More →Fast relief for depression and trauma that hasn't responded to other care.
Learn More →A structured therapy that helps the brain reprocess traumatic memories.
Learn More →Psychiatrist-led care for depression, anxiety, and sleep.
Learn More →Secure video visits that fit shift work and rotating schedules.
Learn More →We understand cumulative, on-the-job trauma and treat it with approaches that have strong evidence, led by a board-certified psychiatrist.
What you share stays between you and your care team. Seeking care is a strength, not a liability.
Telehealth visits across Utah mean care that fits rotating schedules and long hours, without another commute.
Dr. Hendleman founded Better Balance Psychiatry to bring advanced, evidence-based care to southern Utah. He specializes in treatment-resistant depression, trauma in uniformed service members, and advanced treatments including TMS, Spravato, and IV ketamine.
Learn MoreYes. We provide confidential, trauma-informed care for police, firefighters, EMS, dispatchers, and their families, including PTSD, depression, anxiety, and co-occurring substance use.
Yes. What you share stays between you and your care team. We understand the concern that seeking care could affect your job, and we take your privacy seriously.
Yes. We offer secure telehealth visits across Utah, which make it far easier to fit care around rotating shifts and long hours, plus in-person visits in St. George and Cedar City.
Trauma-focused therapies like EMDR have the strongest evidence, medication can help with sleep and hyperarousal, and advanced options such as TMS and IV ketamine can help when depression or trauma hasn't responded to first-line care.
No referral is required. You can contact us directly for an evaluation in St. George, Cedar City, or by telehealth across Utah.
Yes. We provide trauma-informed, confidential care for veterans as well. See our veterans page for more.
Reach out for a confidential consultation. We'll work around your schedule and build a plan that fits your life. No referral required. Veteran? See our veterans page for care built around service.
In-person care in St. George and Cedar City · Telehealth across Utah
