Tiffany Atalla – M.A., MFT

Tiffany Atalla (MFT #4788) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 17 years of professional experience. She is the Director of Clinical Development and Training at First Responder Wellness, and oversees this area for our family of companies, including Shift Wellness and The Counseling Team International. She is passionate about educating and helping First Responders and their families to improve their lives through wellness therapy and empirically based trauma treatment. Tiffany is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and a Nationally Certified First Responder Counselor. Tiffany served as the Clinical Director of First Responder Wellness and is now the Director of Clinical Development and Training.  Weekly she leads the Post Traumatic Growth group sessions and the Critical Incident Debrief Process groups.  Tiffany is an EAGALA Certified Equine Assisted Psychotherapist and enjoys facilitating the clients experiential and narrative growth through Equine therapy sessions as well.

Tiffany Atalla earned her B.A. in Psychology and M.A. in Marriage Family and Child Counseling from the University of San Diego. Before joining the treatment team at First Responder Wellness, Tiffany worked as a clinician for the Psychiatric Emergency Response Team in San Diego. During the 40 hours a week in a police unit, Tiffany learned a great deal about the needs of the law enforcement community, while gaining valuable hands-on emergency response experience. She has an extensive background as both a culturally competent clinician for First Responders and Recovery principles and works with a specialized First Responder EAP teaching and training departments nationally.

Her genuine understanding for First Responder family life comes from her own life experience as she is married to a Fire Captain and they have 2 children. She is actively involved with First Responder family wellness as Co-Founder of a Fire Family Support Services group and a leader for First Responder Spouse Retreats (Sage Retreats).