Meet the Team
Dr. Tyson Radons, Psy.D. | Owner and Licensed Psychologist | Director of Wellness Services- Colorado FOP
FROM COP...
13 years in uniform.
More than 200 crisis negotiations.
A firsthand view of what a high stress, high trauma job can cost.
Dr. Tyson Radons, Psy.D. began his public safety career in 2007 at the Vancouver Jail and joined the Vancouver Police Department as a sworn Constable in 2008. Over the next 13 years, he worked patrol, training, mental health outreach, and leadership roles in high-pressure environments across Vancouver.
In 2014, he joined the Crisis Negotiator Unit and later served as a Crisis Negotiator Supervisor, helping lead responses to suicides, kidnappings, barricaded subjects, hostage events, and other critical incidents.
That work made one thing clear: too many responders were being offered support that sounded right on paper but missed the culture, identity, and reality of the job.
...TO CLINICIAN
He left law enforcement to become the kind of psychologist responders could trust.
Dr. Tyson moved to Colorado and earned both his M.A. and Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Denver. He trained across community mental health, forensic settings, and therapy with individuals and couples, while continuing to focus on the populations he knew best: responders and their families.
He later served as an in-house clinician and trainer for the Thornton Police Department and 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.
Today, TFR Wellness Group provides in-person services across the Denver metro area and telehealth throughout Colorado for first responders, military, veterans, couples, and other adults shaped by trauma, burnout, and prolonged stress. The work is direct, evidence-based, and culturally fluent- built for people who carry a lot and show very little.
(Member- IACP Police Psychological Services Section)
(Licensed Psychologist- Colorado- PSY.0007004)
Matt Holl | Clinical Intern
FROM VETERAN/COP...
Matthew Holl brings a distinct background of service to his clinical work, having served as a Staff Sergeant in the Air Force Security Forces from 2014 to 2021, while concurrently entering law enforcement, where he served from 2017 to 2025.
Over his years in uniform, he experienced firsthand what happens when the cumulative trauma of the job piles up, eventually eroding his relationships and his purpose in life. Realizing later that much of that struggle could have been avoided if he had sought help sooner is exactly why he transitioned from the field to the therapy chair.
Matthew does not use academic platitudes or clinical buzzwords; he is dedicated to being the clinician he once needed.
...TO CLINICIAN
His approach is practical, direct, and focused on the person rather than a diagnosis. He works with peers to tackle the specific issues unique to the uniform: trauma, moral injury, burnout, and identity transitions. His goal is to provide a straight-talking, confidential space where first responders can filter out the noise and find concrete strategies to stabilize both their work and home life.
Matthew earned his undergraduate degree from North Carolina Central University and is completing his Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Adams State University. Following his initial clinical training, he begins his formal internship at TFR Wellness Group in August 2026. A Castle Rock resident, husband to a nurse, and father of four, Matthew recharges by fly fishing, hunting, hiking, backpacking, and traveling with his family.
"I have walked the miles in those boots. Let's figure out what comes next."
(Matt practices under the supervision of a contracted Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Colorado)
Julie Nelson | MS, LPCC, NREMTP, CP-C, EMDR
FROM FIRE SERVICE...
Julz has served in emergency services since 1997, when she first worked on an ambulance in LA County. Completing her paramedic internship at LA City Fire in South Central in 1998. She received her 5-year pin from American Medical Response working in San Bernadino and San Diego County. She became a volunteer firefighter, then bridged to career with San Miguel Fire department.
After 9-11, she followed a love of snow and the mountains to Colorado. Working at Platte Valley Ambulance, Boulder County Paramedics, eventually Pridemark Paramedics and volunteering with Rocky Mountain Rescue (RMR). She served with RMR from 2003 as a rescue support to becoming their EMS training group director for close to a decade, helping them establish their EMS training program at the state level. She served as a flight paramedic (FPC) with Med Evac in 2017. She has been a career firefighter with South Metro Fire Rescue for over 20 years as a firefighter paramedic, including serving as a field instructor (FI) for 9 years.
Feeling the personal impact of a long career including responding on 2 mass shootings, working through the pandemic, and being a TBI survivor, she understands hypervigilance, the effects of trauma, and insomnia from a very intimate perspective.
...TO CLINICIAN
Believing effective trauma treatment should be grounded in science, informed by current research, and tailored to each person. Her goal is to help clients address patterns of physiological overarousal or dissociation that may contribute to disrupted sleep, persistent hypervigilance, disengagement, and a diminished sense of self.
Her goal is to provide a collaborative, compassionate, and individualized therapeutic environment. Believing in recovery is about more than managing symptoms—it is about helping people reconnect with who they are beyond their experiences and return to living a meaningful, fulfilling life that involves sleeping deeply.
Julz earned her Bachelors of Science from Metropolitan State University in Fire and Emergency ResponseAdministration graduating Cum Laude. Her Master of Science in Military and Emergency Responder Psychology from Colorado State University. She has been trained in EMDR and neurofeedback and has a deep passion for neuroscience and physiology.
She lives in Denver with her family and dogs. She loves to get out on her bicycle as much as possible. World travel, reading, great food, and whitewater rafting are other passions.
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places" - Ernest Hemingway
(Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate- Colorado #00254499)
What you can expect
Simply put, you can expect direct, grounded, and clinically sharp mental health support. Therapy here is not vague, passive, or one-size-fits-all. The work is thoughtful and practical. We look at what has shaped you, how it is showing up now, and what needs to shift so life feels less driven by pressure and more like your own again.
You may look fine from the outside. You show up, perform, handle responsibility, and keep moving. But internally you may feel worn down, reactive, disconnected, on edge, or unlike yourself. We work with adults dealing with trauma, PTSD, burnout, chronic stress, anxiety, irritability, emotional numbness, overcontrol, and relationship strain. Many of our clients are first responders or professionals in high-responsibility roles, though we also work with adults whose pressure is less visible and just as costly.
Our approach is direct, thoughtful, and grounded. We look at how trauma and prolonged stress show up in daily life, at work, at home, in your body, and in the patterns that once helped you keep going. From there, therapy focuses on meaningful change: less reactivity, more emotional range, stronger relationships, and a life that feels less driven by pressure alone.
If you are tired of holding it together on the outside while paying for it underneath, this may be a good place to start.
