TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – Sara Shaw spent more than 25 years with the Oregon Police Division. Now retired, she has turned that experience, and her own personal loss, into a new counseling practice focused on first responders.
Shaw started her career answering calls for help. Now, she answers a different kind of call: helping others with their grief.
From patrol to counseling license
Shaw said some of her job was already counseling, she just didn’t have the license yet.
“We go and we council people all the time when we’re on the job,” Shaw, a licensed professional counselor, said. “Really giving people suggestions — ‘Hey, that might not be the best idea because of this.’ And we really help people think through some of their thoughts.”…