In order to ensure that the Head Space and Timing community is providing the most support possible to veterans, their families, and those who support veterans, we offer weekly posts that highlight free resources for veterans. This is important to us: in our opinion, veterans should not have to pay for their Read more…
There is one barrier to seeking mental health treatment that veterans seem to face. That barrier is often the one that is most difficult to overcome. It’s the barrier inside each of us, the internal stigma against seeking treatment. The whole “suck it up and drive on” mentality. The “I can handle Read more…
If there’s one thing that veterans are familiar with, it’s loss. Sacrifice, by its definition, is to accept loss, and sacrifice is what veterans do. We leave our families behind when we join the military. We leave the familiarity of our environment. When we are in the military, more change, Read more…
In order to ensure that the Head Space and Timing community is providing the most support possible to veterans, their families, and those who support veterans, we offer weekly posts that highlight free resources for veterans. This is important to us: in our opinion, veterans should not have to pay for their Read more…
The boys of Metallica have done it again. They may or may not be to your taste, but for me, the song One from …And Justice For All always summed up what I knew to be the horrors of war. I think back to my own personal soundtracks through all Read more…
While at the 2016 Colorado Mental Health Professionals Conference, I had the opportunity to hear Dr. Irvin Yalom speak about his career, psychotherapy, and existentialism. One key point that I picked up on, out of many, is that clients in therapy often do not approach, consider, or talk about, death and mortality. Read more…
In order to ensure that the Head Space and Timing community is providing the most support possible to veterans, their families, and those who support veterans, we will be starting a new series of weekly posts that will highlight resources for veterans. These posts will highlight a particular resource that Read more…
We find different things important at different times in our lives. When I was young, what was important to me was excitement, adventure, and really wild things. Especially when I first joined the Army. I didn’t follow that age-old military wisdom: “don’t volunteer.” I was raising my hand for just about Read more…
I often talk to other mental health professionals and community members about how to understand veterans. One of the challenges that veterans experience in seeking mental health treatment is the thought that “they don’t understand.” There is the idea that one has to have experienced combat or been in the military before Read more…
Maybe you already know this. Maybe you’re already working towards making this happen. Then again, maybe you’re not. I had three sets of grandparents. What can I say, benefits of the modern blended family. All three of my grandmothers were sweet and loving, my grandfathers caring in their own Read more…