Roots & Rise Wellness

Welcome to Roots & Rise Wellness, a subsidiary of Responding First Counseling. I'm Gina Rivera Sokolich, a Licensed Professional Counselor, retired First Responder, Certified Brainspotting Consultant, speaker, and author. This channel is dedicated to helping first responders, helping professionals, and anyone navigating life's challenges build resilience, understand trauma, process grief, and improve mental wellness. Through educational videos, practical strategies, interviews, retreats, and conversations, you'll learn about the nervous system, burnout, stress, Brainspotting, trauma-informed care, and personal growth. My mission is to provide hope, education, and tools that help you move from surviving to thriving. Subscribe for weekly content designed to support healing, resilience, and lasting transformation. Together, we'll grow stronger—one conversation at a time.

Rooted in healing. Rising with purpose.