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As veteran suicide rates continue to rise, counselors can incorporate creative clinical approaches to better serve those who serve us.
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.
It is important to understand what we are talking about when we discuss mental health in the military-affiliated population. As mental health professionals, it is equally important to understand the potential psychological impacts that our clients have experienced.
There are not enough veterans in the counseling career field serving others in the military population. At the same time, that truth does not minimize the need for mental health counseling for the military population.
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).