Full Episode Summary Episode About Today’s Guest: For more than 38 years, Dr. Kathy Platoni has served our nation as an expert in PTSD and war trauma. She is a practicing clinical psychologist whose passion for the treatment of acute and chronic pain is rooted deeply in her own experience Read more…
The sheer number of things that we hide from ourself is staggering. We may see others clearly, but when it comes to our own blind spots, they’re as big as a house. We see our face in the mirror, see the impact of our behaviors on our own lives, but Read more…
Full Episode Summary Episode About Today’s Guest: Dan is a founder and Executive Director of Veterans Yoga Project. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and yoga teacher specializing in the mindful integration of evidence-based psychotherapies and complementary and alternative medicine practices for the treatment of PTS(D) and other psychological and Read more…
We are pleased to announce an upcoming webinar series presented in partnership with the NAADAC, the National Association for Addiction Professionals Starting August 24th, 2019, NAADAC is hosting a series of live and on-demand webinars looking at clinical mental health treatment for service members and veterans.The webinars will Read more…
If you’re a veteran, think of one of the hardest things you ever endured while in the military. For many, it’s probably traumatic and comes with some painful memories, but think about that time where you were just on the edge of keeping it together. Handling your business. That moment Read more…
Full Episode Summary Episode Summary Video About Today’s Guest: In their description of Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, Slate Magazine said, “Grossman cuts such a heroic, omnicompetent figure, he could have stepped out of a video game.” He has five patents to his name, has published four novels, two childrens’ books, and six Read more…
Beginning in the month of July, I’ve started to write an online column for Counseling Today, the print and online news outlet for the American Counseling Association. Once a month, I’ll be writing about the military affiliated population for mental health professionals. I’ll be sharing them here Read more…
Full Episode Summary Episode About Today’s Guest: Donleigh Gaunky is a veteran of the Iraq war, having deployed there twice. Utilyzing his skills as a former army intelligence analyst and as a political scientist, Donleigh has spent the last decade trying to understand and address the complex issue that has Read more…
Full Episode Summary Episode Summary Video About Today’s Guest: Karl Marlantes graduated from Yale University and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, before serving as a Marine in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Bronze Star, two Navy Commendation Medals for valor, two Purple Hearts, and Read more…
In my work as a clinical mental health counselor, I see a wide range of service members and veterans. Cold War veterans, Post 9/11 veterans, Vietnam and Gulf War vets…I’ve even had the honor of working with a couple of Korean War veterans. All of them, to a person, had Read more…