Chiron Center, Inc.

Mission

The mission of Chiron Center, Inc. is to provide integrative behavioral health education, support, and resources designed to maximize the professional excellence and overall quality of life of those who place themselves in harm’s way in service of others. We accomplish this through our three divisions: Research & Development, Education & Outreach, and Clinical Programs.

Purpose

We serve as a nationally trusted, respected, and valued resource dedicated to promoting resilience and enhancing the behavioral health and wellness of first responders and their loved ones including those in military, law enforcement, prosecution, fire suppression (structure and wildland), emergency medical, communications & dispatch, search & rescue, air medical, social services, chaplaincy, humanitarian aid, and other front line responders.

Philosophy

Chiron Center, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization formed in 2008 by front line responders, in service of front line responders and their loved ones. Chiron believes that the most efficient, effective, and successful individuals operate within systems that value an integrated discipline of development – professionally as well as personally. Cultivating excellence of mind, body, heart, and soul is timelessly human; strategically evolving each of these elements is an operational imperative in the 21st Century.

First responders have chosen a life of service whereby incomprehensible acts of horror are as commonplace as profound acts of selflessness. How these dual realities are reconciled ultimately defines success. Chiron explicitly understands the individual, family, and cultural factors that must be respected and integrated when serving this exceptional population:

The key to significant and lasting value is achieved through a philosophy which integrates mind, body, heart, and soul.
Utilizing Peers as instructors, mentors, and facilitators is the crucial element that maximizes effectiveness.
Partnering with clinicians, coaches, and other professionals with extensive experience and cultural competence who can “translate” concepts, ideas, and resources in the most practical ways possible ensures the highest quality of care.
An experiential, “hands on,” sensory-inclusive, and interactive approach is vital for success.
All activities, programs, and resources must remain timely, practical, useful, accessible, simple, affordable, flexible, and effective.

Chiron: the Wounded Healer

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. ~ K. Gibran