We appreciate the great interest that the commentators had in reading our article, “The potential efficacy of psychological first aid on self-reported anxiety and mood” (Everly et al., 2016). We further understand the importance of making contributions to a unique field wherein major international health organizations have taken the unusual stance of supporting the use of psychological first aid (PFA) in advance of the emergence of supportive clinical trials (see Everly and Lating, 2017, for a review). We recognize and respect that a field advances from good discourse, and we agree with the commentators when they “urgently call for more research in the area, either in a more controlled laboratory setting or in a field situation.” This was clearly the intent and stated purpose of our pilot study