HOW THE DECOMPRESSION ROOM WAS BORN

The Decompression Room was built from a simple truth: Therapy is unlikely.

This Isn’t Therapy.

The Decompression Room was created for first responders who carry too much and talk about it too little. Law enforcement. Dispatch. Nurses. Crisis. Fire/EMS. Corrections.

Most aren’t going to therapy, and not because they don’t need help. But because what’s offered doesn’t match the reality of what they’re carrying.

And that’s the difference here.
This isn’t just about mental health.
It’s about the body. The brain. The nervous system.

Because when you face trauma day after day, talking about it isn’t always enough. You need tools that speak the same language your body does. Tools that help your system come down after staying “on” for too long. Tools that work when you’re still in survival mode.

That’s what we build here—tactical resets that help your body unload survival stress and start to rewire. Real recovery doesn’t come from talking it out. It happens in the nervous system, where all that trauma and tension is stored.

I built this after years as a Crisis Response Social Worker—on scene, in the chaos, standing beside the people doing the job and feeling the cost of it up close.

Departments mean well. They’re trying, and they care, but most “mental health” tools are built for people who have space to process, not for the ones still inside the storm.

So this isn’t therapy.
It’s something else.
Something built for your system.

This is The Decompression Room.
For the ones who don’t talk about it.
But still carry it.


ABOUT SHEILA
Sheila Seaborg is a crisis responder and founder of The Decompression Room—a space built for first responders who carry too much and talk about it too little.

She holds a Master’s in Counseling, a Bachelor’s in Psychology, and is a certified life coach.

Before starting The Decompression Room, Sheila responded on scene, first in community mental health, then alongside law enforcement as a co-responder with the Sheriff’s Office. She knows the job. She’s walked in it.
Her work is built for people still in it, not recovering from it.