Counselors have a significant role to play in helping Afghan refugees and U.S. veterans as they face several challenges and conflicting emotions after the U.S.’s sudden withdrawal from Afghanistan this past summer.
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Professional counselors discuss how to best help veterans and military families who are struggling with complex emotions and mental health issues following the U.S.’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Counselors must first understand the military culture to overcome barriers that keep many service members and veterans from receiving the care and support they need.
Counselors don’t have to work for organizations that are strictly veteran service providers to gain a knowledge base to work with military clients.
By using the public health approach, maximizing protective factors, and minimizing risk factors, professional counselors can help prevent suicide in service members, veterans, and military families.
Although many counselors recognize the unique nature of military service, it’s also essential that they understand how important that culture is to a member’s self-image.
It’s true that there are many common factors among those who serve in or are affiliated with the military, but there are a large number of differences too. Age, ethnicity, gender, period of service, full time or part time, combat or not — all of these factors have their own impact on the experiences of military-affiliated clients.
Counselors who work with military children must understand the unique stressors that these children face, but counselors also must be prepared to help meet these children’s needs in a short amount of time because their families move often.
H ooah: Military slang referring to or meaning “anything and everything except ‘no.’” Used predominantly by soldiers in the U.S. Army. My father was in the U.S. Army for more than 30 years. I grew up as a military dependent, relocating every few years (and attending more than 20
The rate of veteran deaths by suicide increased 32 percent between 2001 and 2014, according to a recent report by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).