Category Archives: Suicide Prevention

Warrior Resilience Training / Warrior Resilience & Thriving (WRT)

Here is some excellent material that may be very useful to families, veterans, and active Military. This program is by Major Thomas A. Jarrett, “an Army licensed clinical social worker, executive coach, rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) doctoral fellow, and … Continue reading

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MENTORING COMBAT WARRIORS REACHES 4,500 AND GROWING…

Most Recent Mentoring Sessions I conducted another group of Mentoring Sessions to approximately 700 Combat Veterans at Fort Carson the 6th and 7th of this month.  This takes the total troop mentoring sessions to over 4,500 participants.  The feedback from … Continue reading

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LIVING WITH COMBAT TRAUMA: An Essay to Remember…

Parallel Universe An essay on Overcoming Trauma By Alison Lighthall,  RN, MS Combat Stress Specialist May 15, 2009 Emotional trauma is a special kind of broken heartedness.  It is a permanent condition that, on some rare and lucky occasions, may … Continue reading

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Support the Post Deployment Health Assessment Act of 2009!

Urge your Senator to support S.711, the “Post Deployment Health Assessment Act of 2009” Background The mental health needs of the 1.64 million troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to make headlines.  Over 18 percent of troops … Continue reading

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