~ Doctoral Psychologist
~ Trauma-Informed Performance Coach
Coaching for first responders, healthcare professionals, and helpers experiencing secondary traumatic stress - without therapy, diagnosis, or labels.
A Practical System for Releasing Trauma Load, Without Therapy
When the Trauma Isn’t Yours – But the Impact Is
Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS), also called vicarious trauma, occurs when you are repeatedly exposed to other people’s pain, fear, or crisis.
Over time, this can lead to:
Chronic tension or irritability
Emotional numbing or detachment
Trouble sleeping or relaxing
Feeling constantly “on alert”
Loss of meaning or joy
This is not weakness.
It’s the cost of caring without recovery.
THE FOUR PILLARS OF THE ASBERRY METHOD™:
1. Awareness Without Overexposure
Who are you REALLY? Not who others demand or expect you to be... Identify how secondary trauma is showing up in your life, without having to re-live painful events.
2. Boundary Reinforcement
What do you really WANT? Understand and accept your true emotions, so you can create real psychological separation between your working role and your human identity.
3. Nervous System Reset
What are you trying to HIDE - from yourself as well as from others? Learn practical, solid techniques for downshifting your stress response, showing your true self, and reclaiming your regulation.
4. Sustainable Recovery Habits
How do you want to SHOW UP in the world? Start by revisiting your core... what are your authentic morals, values, beliefs, non-negotiables? Now, what do you want to do with them?
Building Starts with the Question: Who Do You Want to BECOME?
Who We Serve...
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Helping officers and detectives shed hypervigilance, emotional weight, and job-identity overload while preserving your strength and professional edge.
911 DISPATCHERS
Helping you release accumulated stress from constant crisis exposure - restoring calm, clarity, and emotional separation after every single call.
FIREFIGHTERS
Guiding recovery from repeated exposure to life threatening emergencies, helping you regulate stress responses and prevent long-term burnout.
CRISIS PROFESSIONALS
Providing first responders and social workers with tools to prevent compassion fatigue, maintain boundaries, and fend off emotional depletion.
HEALTHCARE WORKERS
Helping you process the relentless patient trauma, reduce emotional exhaustion, and rebuild resilience without adding yet another demand.
COMBAT VETERANS
Supporting your transition from mission-driven hyper-alertness to a sustainable calm, a new purpose, and an emotional balance in civilian life.
Ask Dr. Falisa: Trusted by Professionals Who Carry the Load.
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Dr. Falisa Asberry doesn’t speak from theory alone.
She has:
Served in law enforcement as both an officer and detective
Worked inside high-stress, trauma-saturated systems
Doctorate in psychology, with a deep understanding of human stress responses
Coached professionals who carry other people’s pain as part of their job
She understands the culture of toughness.
She respects the mission mindset.
And she knows why “just talk about it” doesn’t work for people like you.
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Secondary trauma doesn’t mean you’re failing. It means you’ve been exposed—without enough recovery.
Support doesn’t make you weak.
It makes you sustainable.
Trauma-Informed Coaching for Helpers & First Responders
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She brings a rare combination of lived experience and professional training.
~ She understands the culture.
~ She understands the silence.
~ And she understands why many helpers don’t want – or need – therapy.
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CONTACT DETAILS
- Dr. Falisa Asberry, Founder
- Peacock Training and Consulting Group
- Cleveland, OH
- (216) 223-8444
- connect@drfalisa.com
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Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS), also called vicarious trauma, occurs when you are repeatedly exposed to other people’s pain, fear, or crisis.
This is not weakness.
It’s the cost of caring without recovery.