From Cop To Clinician: Meet Dr. Tyson Radons, Psy. D., LP
FROM COP...
In 2007, Dr. Tyson Radons, Psy.D., began his public safety career in Vancouver, British Columbia, as a Special Constable at the Vancouver Jail, working in booking, security, and operational coordination. In 2008, he was hired as a fully sworn Constable with the Vancouver Police Department and served in patrol for 13 years beginning in the Downtown Vancouver district and then across multiple districts and assignments. His roles included Field Training Officer, relief Mental Health Outreach, and Acting Sergeant- positions that required real-time decision-making, leadership under pressure, and repeated exposure to high-impact calls involving suicide, homicide, major investigations, and complex community crises.
In 2014, Dr. Tyson was selected for the Crisis Negotiator Unit and later served as a Crisis Negotiator Supervisor- one of five supervisors responsible for 24/7/365 monitoring and coordination of critical incidents in Vancouver. Across this period, he participated in over 200 negotiations including barricaded subjects, kidnappings, suicidal persons, jumpers, hostage takings, and terrorist incidents. He completed advanced crisis negotiation certifications through the London Metropolitan Police, developed specialized expertise in kidnapping negotiation, and was trained as a counter-terrorism information officer.
That combination, deep operational experience and repeated exposure to the psychological aftermath of critical incident, made one reality unavoidable: many exceptional responders were being offered “generic” support that didn’t match the culture, the identity, or the lived experience of the work. That gap is what ultimately drove the next step.
...To Clinician
Dr. Tyson left law enforcement with a deliberate objective to become a Psychologist who could provide credible, culturally fluent clinical care for the people he served alongside. He moved to Colorado for graduate training at the University of Denver where he completed his M.A. in Clinical Psychology and Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology. He now calls Denver home.
During doctoral training, Dr. Tyson built broad clinical range across community mental health, forensic and offender-focused treatment settings, and integrative psychotherapy work with individuals and couples. He also pursued specialized work that aligned with his mission: serving responders and their families as a therapist in a dedicated responder-focused private practice.
Within the practice, his caseload was intentionally split between individual therapy and couples therapy, and his work included post-incident support, wellness check involvement, and wellness program development.
Dr. Tyson also served as an in-house clinician and trainer for the Thornton Police Department and then as a Wellness Specialist and Crisis Consultant with the Denver Department of Public Safety- supporting Denver Police, Denver Fire, the Denver Sheriff Department, and Community Corrections through wellness program development, training, consultation, crisis intervention, and wellness checks.
Today, TFR Wellness Group provides in-person services in the Denver Metro area and telehealth across Colorado, specializing in culturally informed therapy for first responders, military and veterans, and couples. The clinical identity is straightforward: evidence-based work, deep respect for responder culture, and a focus on sustainable outcomes- including post-trauma growth and high-conflict couples work when the relationship has become another battleground.
(Licensed Psychologist- Colorado- PSY.0007004)