Summary: Larry R. Decker, Ph.D.has specialized in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder for 34 years, as a clinical supervisor at a Vet Center, a tenured professor at a California State university, a contract/provider with the Department of Veterans Affairs, and as the Read more…
Veterans face many challenges in post-military life. It’s not that these challenges can’t be overcome, or that veterans are somehow deficient because they experience these challenges. It’s what happens when we move from one culture to another. One of the Read more…
Summary: Stephanie Lincoln is a former Army Captain. She is an AFAA Certified Personal Trainer and holds several group fitness certifications. Her personal style to fitness is mainly the use of high intensity intervals, for short, but efficient workouts. She Read more…
What you talk about you can control, influence and change – David Osborn As I was listening to an episode of the Follow Your Different podcast hosted by Christopher Lochhead, I was struck by this statement by his guest. In Read more…
Summary: Eric R. Pedersen is a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation. His research interests are primarily in areas of young adult/adolescent alcohol use and comorbid mental health disorders. Pedersen has received funding to develop brief, online interventions to Read more…
I was getting ready for the day recently, and I felt on edge. Ready. Anticipating. I had a lot of stuff to do that day, and I was ready to get cracking. It was exactly the same feeling I had Read more…
Summary: Sarah and Mike Verardo have become a national face for severely wounded combat Veterans andtheir Caregivers. They’ve appeared on numeroustelevision programs and news outlets over the past several years to push for Veterans Affairs healthcare reform. Sarah has dedicated Read more…
You don’t climb a mountain by saying you wish you could. One of the challenges that I see with the veterans I work with as a mental health counselor is an experience of being stuck. Regardless of how things were Read more…
Summary: The background of The Veterans Hub, Weymouth and Andy can be found on their Facebook page here The Veterans Hub was founded in 2017 by a local man called Andy Price, who served in the Armed forces as well Read more…
A friend of mine, Special Operations Soldier, once told me: “It’s one thing to think that fear is weak, that suicide is the coward’s way out. I thought the same way, once. It’s totally different when it happens to you, Read more…
