Atrium Academy

Wellness Science for
High Intensity / High Impact
Professions

Training · Consulting · Interdisciplinary Cohorts

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47%
Voluntary resignation rate among sworn law enforcement officers
Police Executive Research Forum, 2023
40%
Annual turnover rate in community mental health — driven by caseload, secondary trauma, and administrative burden
SAMHSA, 2022
40%
of NCAA head coaches report near-constant mental exhaustion
NCAA Coach Well-Being Study, 2023

The Framework

What Are High Intensity /
High Impact Professions?

Not every demanding job is a HI/HI profession. Our work focuses on a specific intersection — professions where intensity and impact are structural features of the work itself, not occasional stressors.

High-Intensity Professions

Work that consistently shapes the physical, emotional, and psychological wellbeing of the person doing it. Long hours, high-stakes decisions, repeated exposure to stress or trauma, and sustained demands on attention, judgment, and emotional regulation.

High-Impact Professions

Work that directly influences the wellbeing, safety, development, or future of others. These roles carry responsibility for outcomes that matter deeply — involving health, safety, learning, freedom, or long-term life trajectories.

Professions we currently serve

First Responders
Collegiate Coaches & Athletic Staff
Healthcare & Helping Professionals
Mental Health Professionals
Educators & School Leaders

Every job has stressful moments. Our work focuses on professions where intensity and impact are persistent features of the work — not episodic ones.

Why This Work Matters

Healthy professionals
build healthy communities.

We believe workplace mental health is the foundation of community health. When HI/HI professionals are not supported well, the communities they serve pay the price — in turnover, in trauma, and in systems that can no longer hold.

Research consistently shows high rates of burnout, turnover, and secondary trauma across HI/HI professions. Yet prevention, wellness, and sustainable ways of working remain underdeveloped — addressed only after people are already depleted. We think that is backwards.

52%
of EMS clinicians report high personal burnout — with 49% reporting high work-related burnout
National EMS Clinician Study, 2022
80%
of collegiate coaches were unaware of any work-related resources available to help them cope with stress or mental health challenges
Smith et al., cited in Wright, Walker & Hall, Frontiers in Sports, 2023
27.5%
average annual staff turnover at behavioral health facilities nationwide — a persistent workforce crisis
Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service, 2023
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Organizations that invest proactively in wellness see measurable gains in retention, engagement, and team function — and lower cost of turnover
Research consensus across HI/HI populations

How We Work

Three ways to bring this
work into your organization

Every engagement is scoped to your organization's context, readiness, and goals. We don't do one-size-fits-all. We do evidence-based, human-centered, and built for real workplaces.

Training

Evidence-based curriculum delivered to your team or leadership group. Practical, human-centered, and built for real workplaces — not conference-room theory.

  • Nine Dimensions of Wellness curriculum
  • Leadership development programming
  • Profession-specific deep-dive electives
  • Custom course development available

Consulting

Organizational assessment and systems-level wellness strategy. We look at the structures, cultures, and conditions that shape how your people experience their work.

  • Organizational wellness assessment
  • Leadership consultation and strategy
  • Culture-informed recommendations
  • Implementation support and follow-through

Interdisciplinary Cohorts

Guided peer learning designed for leaders and practitioners navigating HI/HI work. Cohorts bring together professionals across roles and disciplines to learn with and from each other.

  • Structured cross-disciplinary peer groups
  • Facilitated by clinicians and educators
  • Organization-specific or open enrollment
  • Built around real professional challenges
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Course Catalog

Four tracks. One framework.
Built for the long haul.

Our curriculum is organized into four program tracks — for leaders, managers, individual professionals, and experiential practice. Every track begins with the same foundation and builds from there. Click any track to see what's inside.

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Program Track 01
Program for HI/HI Leaders
Chiefs · Directors · Head Coaches · Clinical Directors · Principals · CEOs
6 hours
Understanding the 9 Dimensions of Wellness for HI/HI Professionals
Foundation course. Explores the nine dimensions as they apply specifically to HI/HI professionals and the unique role senior leaders play in building wellness into organizational culture.
Prerequisites: None — entry-level course
2–3 days
Personal Wellness Tools & Skills for HI/HI Professionals
Participants learn the skills they and their employees need to begin a personal wellness journey. Topics include empathic listening, awareness, emotional vocabulary, boundary setting, emotion regulation, and group dynamics.
Prerequisites: Understanding the 9 Dimensions
6 hours
Advanced Personal Wellness Tools & Skills (IFS-Based)
A deep dive into the personal wellness journey through the lens of Internal Family Systems. Topics include understanding Parts & Self, identifying conflicts, and building Part-to-Self relationships.
Prerequisites: Personal Wellness Tools & Skills
6 hours
Designing a Workplace Wellness Strategic Plan
Participants learn the factors that make up an effective wellness plan — communicating its value, co-creating definitions with employees, building mutual respect, and planning for the employee lifespan.
Prerequisites: Personal Wellness Tools & Skills
6 hours
Advanced Workplace Wellness Tools & Skills
For leaders implementing a wellness strategy. Explores how Parts work against strategic plans and how to build Part-to-Part and Self-to-Part relationships to sustain culture change.
Prerequisites: Personal Wellness Tools & Skills
4 hours
Understanding the Role of Personality & Communication Styles on Workplace Wellness
Myers-Briggs and DISC frameworks applied to understanding manager and employee behaviors. Includes communication strategies for normal and high-stress situations, difficult conversations, and conflict navigation.
Prerequisites: Advanced Workplace Wellness Tools & Skills
Ongoing
Processing Groups for HI/HI Senior Leaders
Structured peer groups for accountability and growth. Participants set personal development goals and support one another's progress. Teams may invite a leader to join once per month.
Prerequisites: Personal Wellness Tools & Skills
Program Track 02
Program for HI/HI Managers
Sergeants · Strength Coaches · Student Development Personnel · Counselor Supervisors · Assistant Principals
6 hours
Understanding the 9 Dimensions of Wellness for HI/HI Professionals
Foundation course adapted for first-line managers. Explores the unique role managers play in identifying and addressing wellness concerns in employees and departments.
Prerequisites: None — entry-level course
2–3 days
Personal Wellness Tools & Skills for HI/HI Professionals
The same foundational skills course — adapted for the manager context. Topics include empathic listening, boundary setting, emotion regulation, and group dynamics.
Prerequisites: Understanding the 9 Dimensions
6 hours
Advanced Personal Wellness Tools & Skills (IFS-Based)
Internal Family Systems applied to personal wellness. Understanding Parts & Self, identifying and diffusing conflicts, building Part-to-Self relationships.
Prerequisites: Personal Wellness Tools & Skills
6 hours
Designing a Workplace Wellness Strategic Plan
For first-line managers developing a wellness culture. Topics include communicating wellness value at every organizational level and co-creating definitions with employees.
Prerequisites: Personal Wellness Tools & Skills
6 hours
Advanced Workplace Wellness Tools & Skills
Explores the skills needed to develop and sustain a wellness culture. Applies IFS concepts to organizational change — building Part-to-Part and Self-to-Part relationships.
Prerequisites: Designing a Workplace Wellness Strategic Plan
4 hours
Managing Up & Down the Organization
Explores the unique challenges of first-line managers navigating both directions of the org chart. Myers-Briggs, DISC, and communication strategies for high-stress situations, difficult conversations, and conflict.
Prerequisites: Advanced Workplace Wellness Tools & Skills
Ongoing
Processing Groups for HI/HI First-Line Managers
Structured peer groups for accountability and growth. Participants set personal development goals and support one another. Teams may invite a leader to join once per month.
Prerequisites: Personal Wellness Tools & Skills
Program Track 03
Deep Dive Courses for HI/HI Professionals
Any HI/HI Professional · All courses are experiential
6 hours
Understanding the 9 Dimensions of Wellness for HI/HI Professionals
Foundation course for individual professionals. Participants evaluate their wellness across all nine dimensions and develop a personal plan to address the areas of greatest importance.
Prerequisites: None — entry-level course
6 hours each
Dimension Deep Dives
Dedicated courses for each of the nine dimensions: Financial · Environmental · Spiritual · Mental/Emotional · Social/Relational · Cultural/Community · Physical · Work/Career. Each co-taught with guest experts from relevant fields.
Prerequisites: Understanding the 9 Dimensions · Personal Wellness Tools & Skills
2 hrs, 2×/month
Processing Group for HI/HI Professionals
Small groups facilitated by a mental health professional. Participants share, reflect, and plan personal growth. Discussion topics determined by the group.
Prerequisites: Personal Wellness Tools & Skills
Ongoing
Growth & Accountability Partners / Groups
Peer partnerships for accountability and personal development. Participants set their own meeting cadence and growth goals.
Prerequisites: Personal Wellness Tools & Skills
Program Track 04
Wellness in Practice
Any HI/HI Professional · All courses are experiential
6 hours
Creativity and Mental Health
Interactive workshops pairing creative activity with wellness processing. Creative mediums: glass fusing · pottery · jewelry making · digital art. Wellness focus areas include mindfulness, trauma recovery, and personal expression.
Prerequisites: Understanding the 9 Dimensions
6 hours
Movement and Mental Health
Workshops pairing physical movement with wellness processing. Activities include basketball, soccer, hiking, and more. Wellness focus areas include mindfulness, trauma recovery, and self-concept.
Prerequisites: Understanding the 9 Dimensions
6 hours
Ecotherapy in Action
Workshops combining ecotherapy with wellness processing. Activities include ropes course, nature walks, forest bathing, and outdoor yoga. Focus areas include mindfulness and existential processing.
Prerequisites: Personal Wellness Tools & Skills
4 hours
Language and Mental Health
Workshops pairing language and literacy with wellness processing. Mediums include reading/book club, writing/journaling, and storytelling. Focus areas include finding your voice and relationship healing.
Prerequisites: Personal Wellness Tools & Skills
As needed
Conflict Resolution & Relationship Mending
A therapeutic intervention for individuals or teams experiencing conflict or relationship rupture. All sessions are facilitated by at least one mental health professional.
Prerequisites: Personal Wellness Tools & Skills
2–3 days
Incorporating Wellness in Practice into Your Workplace
Participants design a Wellness in Practice program for their organization — moving from wellness as a shared value to wellness in action. Includes considerations for unique employee needs and organizational liability.
Prerequisites: Advanced Workplace Wellness Tools & Skills
Organization-defined
Custom WIP Programs (Designed & Facilitated by Atrium)
Fully customized Wellness in Practice programs designed and facilitated in partnership with your organization's leadership team. May draw from creative, movement, and ecotherapy formats.
Prerequisites: Advanced Workplace Wellness Tools & Skills (org lead)

Partnership Pathways

How do organizations
typically work with us?

Every organization is different. These five pathways represent the most common ways we structure our work together — select one to learn more.

Not sure which fits? Let's talk →

Our Approach

What makes this work
different

01

Grounded in Science

Our framework is built on clinical research, not intuition or repackaged corporate thinking. Every training, assessment, and recommendation has a research foundation — and we can show you the work.

02

Led by Clinicians and HI/HI Professionals

Atrium Academy is founded and led by a licensed clinical counselor and associate professor. Our team includes practitioners, researchers, and HI/HI subject matter experts — not generalist consultants.

03

Wellness Is a Systems Issue

We don't treat burnout as a personal failure. Sustainable wellness requires change at the individual, team, leadership, and organizational level — and we design for all of it.

04

Profession-Specific, Not Generic

A first responder's experience of workplace stress is not the same as a collegiate coach's. Our frameworks and instruments are developed for specific HI/HI populations — not adapted from something designed for everyone.

What this is not

This is not therapy. It is not crisis response. It is not a pizza party and a pamphlet. It is proactive, skill-based, and designed for real workplaces with real demands — for professionals who are ready for something that actually works.

Who We Are

Decades of expertise.
Built for this work.

Atrium Academy grew out of Atrium Counseling Services — a clinician-led practice that has supported individuals and organizations in the Dayton region for 15 years. The Academy was founded to take that depth of clinical knowledge into the organizational space: not as therapy, but as proactive, science-backed wellness strategy for the professionals who need it most.

Our team includes practitioners who have spent entire careers in HI/HI work — not observers, not generalists, but people who have done this work from the inside.

Founded and led by a Supervising Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC-S), Associate Professor of Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and Chair of the Greater Dayton Brain Health Foundation
Active research portfolio in HI/HI professional identity, wellness, and retention — including IRB-approved studies currently in data analysis
Team of licensed clinicians, educators, and profession-specific subject matter experts including law enforcement leadership and collegiate coaching professionals
Celebrating 15 years of clinical practice — September 2026
Dr. Meredith Montgomery, EdD, LPCC-S — Founder, Atrium Academy

Dr. Meredith Montgomery

EdD, LPCC-S
Founder, Atrium Academy
Associate Professor, Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Dr. Montgomery has spent her career at the intersection of clinical practice, academic research, and organizational wellness. Her High Intensity / High Impact framework — developed through years of direct work with first responders, coaches, healthcare professionals, and their organizations — forms the research foundation of every Atrium Academy engagement.

Atrium Academy is a service of Atrium Counseling Services, Moraine, Ohio. In clinical practice since 2011.

Wellness Assessments

Know where your people
actually stand

Our HI/HI Wellness Assessment Suite measures wellbeing across nine dimensions — giving individuals and organizations a clear, evidence-based picture of where they are, where burdens are stacking, and where to focus first.

Assessments are administered through our secure client portal. Access is provided through your organization's partnership with Atrium Academy.

  • · General Wellness Foundation Inventory
  • · First Responder Wellness Inventory
  • · Collegiate Coach Wellness Inventory (coming soon)
  • · Mental Health Specialist Inventory (coming soon)
Ask about organizational access →

These are not diagnostic instruments. For professional development and organizational wellness purposes only.

Get in Touch

Ready to start a
real conversation?

Whether you are exploring a training partnership, want to understand the assessment suite, or just want to learn more — we would like to hear from you. Every inquiry is read and responded to personally.

Direct Contact

Dr. Meredith Montgomery, EdD, LPCC-S
meredith@atriumtherapy.com
937-999-9677

Office

2621 Dryden Road, Suite 300
Moraine, Ohio 45439

Response Time

Every inquiry is read and responded to personally — typically within one to two business days.

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