Integrated Wellness Institute

Resilience training for the people who run toward the crisis.

IWI builds workforce resilience for first responders, military, healthcare, and other trauma-exposed service professions. Evidence-based course-and-book training systems that move resilience from a workshop to a permanent capability.

NBCC ACEP No. 7535 | Doctorate-led | Turnkey rollout
01 About IWI

We treat resilience like the professional skill it is.

The Integrated Wellness Institute was founded by two doctorate-level clinicians with one shared conviction: resilience is a capability, not a trait. Like any capability, it can be trained, practiced, and reinforced.

That conviction shapes everything we build. Our programs are evidence-based, designed for the operational realities of high-demand professions, and engineered for adoption — not just delivery. We pair every course with a companion book so the work continues long after the training room.

Our mission: equip the people who carry the weight of public safety, public health, and public service with tools that hold when the work demands the most of them.

Evidence-based

Curriculum built on clinical research and refined through years of direct practice with first responders and high-demand professionals.

Operationally realistic

Designed for shift schedules, chronic stress, and the people who don't have the luxury of pausing to recover. No theory you can't use Monday.

Built to scale

Turnkey programs that roll out enterprise-wide without consuming your training infrastructure or operational capacity.

02 Our Programs

Two flagship programs.
One framework.

Both programs are anchored in our PEACE Resilience Model — applied to two distinct organizational needs: workforce-wide resilience, and peer support team effectiveness.

Workforce Program
01

Mastering Resilience

First Responder Edition

A scalable, workforce-wide resilience training designed for trauma-exposed professionals. Embeds resilience as a daily, repeatable practice across the entire organization.

  • 5 PEACE modules · 1.5 hrs of video · 365-day access
  • Companion book: Mastering Resilience: Strategies for High-Demand Professionals
  • Self-paced, instructor-led, or hybrid delivery
  • Implementation guide for in-service or academy integration
Bring it to your organization
Peer Support Program
02

Peer Support in Action

Skills for First Responders

A practical, competency-based training that equips peer support team members to protect, engage, assess, refer, and support their fellow personnel — turning peer support from goodwill into infrastructure.

  • PEACE-anchored · 365-day course access · certificate of completion
  • Four quarterly team practice activities for sustained skill-building
  • Companion book: Peer Support Blueprint (forthcoming)
  • Self-paced + interactive webinar or in-person delivery
Train your peer team
03 The Methodology

The PEACE Resilience Model.

Five evidence-based components that build resilience as a daily, repeatable practice — refined through years of working directly with organizations operating under chronic stress and traumatic exposure.

01 P

Psychoeducation on Trauma

Identify the impact of trauma on the mind and body — and why understanding the mechanism is the first step toward managing it.

02 E

Expand Awareness

Build emotional and environmental awareness so personnel can read their own state — and the situation — before either escalates.

03 A

Activate Healthy Habits

Practical routines that meet needs across every level of wellbeing: physical, cognitive, emotional, and relational.

04 C

Coping with Acute Stress

Evidence-based techniques personnel can use in the moment, on scene, on shift — not just in a quiet room afterward.

05 E

Establish a Plan

An individualized plan personnel actually return to — for building resilience and maintaining wellbeing through a long career.

04 Who We Serve

Built for the organizations who carry the weight of public service.

If your workforce operates under chronic stress, traumatic exposure, or sustained performance pressure, IWI was built with you in mind.

Sheriff's Offices

Sworn deputies, corrections, court services.

Police Departments

Patrol, investigations, support staff.

State Law Enforcement

Highway patrol, statewide units.

Corrections

Detention, jails, probation.

Fire Rescue

Suppression, technical rescue, hazmat.

EMS

EMTs, paramedics, flight medics.

Emergency Communications

911 dispatch, telecommunicators.

Emergency Response Teams

SWAT, tactical EMS, K9.

Emergency Medicine

ER clinicians, trauma teams.

Trauma & Critical Care

ICU, trauma nursing, hospital teams.

Child Welfare / CPS

Caseworkers, investigators, supervisors.

Military & Veterans

Active duty, reservists, veterans.

05 The Founders

Doctorate-level clinicians.
Practitioner credibility.

Dr. Allison Kanter-Agliata

PhD · BCC · CFRP

Co-founder of the Integrated Wellness Institute and a Board Certified Coach with deep experience supporting first responders, executives, and high-performing teams. Co-developer of the PEACE Resilience Model and the IWI training curriculum.

Dr. Sarah Stewart-Spencer

PhD · LMHC · NCC · CFRP

Co-founder of IWI, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and National Certified Counselor. Specializes in trauma exposure in high-demand professions and has built training programs adopted by departments and organizations across the country.

06 Get in Touch

Let's talk about your workforce.

A short conversation is the easiest way to start. We'll learn about your organization, your existing wellness infrastructure, and your goals — and we'll show you exactly how IWI programs fit into your operational reality.

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Schedule a consultation.

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