Responder Mental Health Summit

Friday, October 30, 2026
A Prevail gathering of the Rally Point Wellness Network
Conway Police Department 1105 Prarie Street Conway, AR 72032

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Command staff, clinicians, peer supporters, and families should not have to hunt the state for a room where first-responder mental health is treated as an operational issue — not a weakness.

The Responder Mental Health Summit is that room. One day to put chiefs, sheriffs, fire and EMS leaders, 911 supervisors, counselors, chaplains, and the people who love them in the same place, with the same map: what actually works after the call, how agencies build it, and where Arkansas already has help.

This summit is a tool, not a replacement for care.

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Who Should Attend

Law enforcement, fire, EMS, 911, corrections, department wellness leads, HR, clinicians who serve public safety, chaplains, peer teams, and immediate family

RegistrationRequired. Space is limited.

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Arkansas already has pieces of the answer — peer teams, culturally competent clinicians, agency wellness units, Camp Connect resources, and the Rally Point Wellness Network. They are not always in the same conversation. The summit exists so counselors, department leaders, and families leave with names, next steps, and a shared directory instead of another stack of business cards.

It sits beside two other Prevail tools:

• the First Responder Resource Database (the map you can use after you leave)

• the quarterly Servant Leader Luncheon (where the people who run the work take care of themselves)

One vector. Same rule: front sight focused.

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What the day is built to do

Expect working sessions,

• Responder Culture

• Ethical Considerations

• Trauma-Informed Care

• Families: how to find help without starting from scratch

• System Collaboration

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Your Presenters:

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Dr. Wendy Blackwood, PsyD, LPC-S, NCC, EMDR-C

Healing Path Counseling · Conway, Arkansas

Dr. Blackwood founded Healing Path Counseling in 2005. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor, National Certified Counselor, EMDR Consultant, and grief-certified clinician. Her practice specializes in trauma and PTSD with first responders, medical professionals, and other mental health professionals — people used to being the steady one who are overwhelmed on the inside. She has volunteered with the Trauma Recovery Network and the Arkansas Law Enforcement Assistance Program, and has served on the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy. Conway recognized her as Mental Health Professional of the Year.

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Katelyn Coney, MS, LPC-S, CFRC, AADC

In Sync Counseling · Conway and Greenbrier, Arkansas

Katelyn Coney is owner of In Sync Counseling, a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor, Certified First Responder Counselor, and Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor. She is ICISF-trained in individual and group Critical Incident Stress Management and Power in Peer trained through the Fraternal Order of Police. She uses EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, and other trauma-informed methods with law enforcement, fire, EMS, and dispatch. She founded In Sync in 2020 and has done the work on-scene — riding along, talking through the call, and reducing the load of a critical incident instead of telling people to toughen up.

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If You Are In Crisis or Need Emergency Help Now

This directory is a tool, not a crisis line and not a replacement for care.

• Immediate danger, medical emergency, or someone is not safe right now: call 911.

• Suicide, mental-health, or substance-use crisis: call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org. This is the official 24/7 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. In Arkansas it routes to trained local centers, including the Arkansas Lifeline Call Center and the Arkansas Crisis Center.

• Veterans, service members, and their families: call 988, then press 1, or text 838255.

• Need local help and are not in immediate crisis: dial 211 (Arkansas 211) for food, housing, and community resources. 211 can warm-transfer to crisis staff or 911 when needed.​

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