First Responders and Healthcare Workers...
put their lives on the line every day and face challenges that most people can’t even imagine – they run in when everyone else runs out. Their culture is unique and understood only through experience.
At Responder First, we pride ourselves on providing a culturally competent, comprehensive, and collaborative approach to promote wellness and build the resilience of our own kind. Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress, anxiety, and other concerns can be prevented and successfully treated when active and retired first responders and healthcare workers get the right support.
Our purpose is to support YOU in achieving YOUR goals and to assist with finding the right tools for YOU.
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Navigating Psychiatric Medications – What a First Responder Needs to Know
ZoomAs First Responders putting your life on the line daily, often the very last person taken care of is you. Nataly Kuznetsov, a Board-Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, with Responder First […]
Nataly Kuznetsov
MS, CNS, RN, ACCNS-AG, PMHNP-BC, CEN, TCRN, CCRN, CFRN
Nataly is a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Board Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist in Critical Care/Trauma practicing in the state of California. Her passion is to support First Responders and Healthcare workers’ mental health. This population faces unique challenges and has a unique culture, which can only be understood by being a part of it. Nataly has been a part of that culture for over 13 years, working in various hospitals, being part of a 911 system, and responding to disasters both nationally and internationally.
Nataly graduated with a Master’s Degree from the University of California in San Francisco in 2012 and a post-masters from the University of Cincinnati in 2021. Nataly is the founder of a non-profit organization “Disaster Responder Assets Network” that has been providing various mental health services to First Responders and Disaster Relief Responders over the last five years. She founded a peer support program at a Level 2 Trauma hospital in Santa Clara County. She has created and taught classes about cultural competency to mental health providers and peer responders serving the needs of First Responders and Healthcare workers. She was featured on KTVU-2, Fox-40, Daytime Cares Event, KVON Radio, FireRescue1.com, Arizona Health and Living, and Voice of America News discussing the mental health needs of First Responders and Healthcare Workers.

Dr. Aneel Ursani, MD
Dr. Aneel Ursani is a Board Certified Psychiatrist who earned his medical degree from St. George’s University after receiving dual bachelor’s degrees in Molecular and Cell Biology and Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. He completed his residency training in Psychiatry at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk.
Dr. Ursani has an established reputation as a medical advisor in the telemedicine industry and has served in many different leadership roles focused on clinical quality in several different practice settings.


Nataly Kuznetsov
MS, CNS, RN, ACCNS-AG, PMHNP-BC, CEN, TCRN, CCRN, CFRN
Nataly is a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner practicing in the state of California. Her passion is to support First Responders and Healthcare workers’ mental health. This population faces unique challenges and has a unique culture, which can only be understood by being a part of it. Nataly has been a part of that culture for over 13 years, working in various hospitals, being part of a 911 system, and responding to disasters both nationally and internationally.
Nataly graduated with a Master’s Degree from the University of California in San Francisco and a post-masters from the University of Cincinnati in 2021. Nataly is a creator of a non-profit organization “Disaster Responder Assets Network” that has been providing various mental health services to First Responders and Disaster Relief Responders over the last five years. She founded a peer support program at a Level 2 Trauma hospital in Santa Clara County. She has created and taught classes about cultural competency to mental health providers and peer responders serving the needs of First Responders and Healthcare workers. She was featured on KTVU-2, Fox-40, Daytime Cares Event, KVON Radio, FireRescue1.com, Arizona Health and Living, and Voice of America News discussing the mental health needs of First Responders and Healthcare Workers.

Dr. Aneel Ursani, MD
Dr. Aneel Ursani is a Board Certified Psychiatrist who earned his medical degree from St. George’s University after receiving dual bachelor’s degrees in Molecular and Cell Biology and Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. He completed his residency training in Psychiatry at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk.
Dr. Ursani has an established reputation as a medical advisor in the telemedicine industry and has served in many different leadership roles focused on clinical quality in several different practice settings.