Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Military Counseling

Films on Demand: 53:55
The Healing explores a life-saving equine welfare program that brings traumatised ex-racehorses and traumatised veterans together to help heal each other.

Alexander Street Video: 1:36:00
HERE. IS. BETTER. chronicles the stories of four service men and women, whose grit, smarts, and perseverance are on full display as they allow cameras to witness their most deeply personal, inevitably tense, raw, and honest therapy sessions in real—time. The film seeks to bring understanding to how the human mind responds to trauma, to what a diagnosis of PTSD means, and how PTSD can impact daily life, far removed from a military setting.

Alexander Street Video: 57:00
Host Stacy Pearsall sits down for a candid conversation with three fellow veterans who help service men and women overcome the challenge of transitioning back to civilian life. They reveal the trials and tribulations of returning home after action.

Alexander Street Video: 51:00
MIND ZONE follows therapists with the 113th Army Combat Stress Control detachment as they carry out two conflicting missions: protecting soldiers from battle fatigue and keeping these same soldiers in the fight. With psychiatric casualties mounting, the United States Army ups the deployment of mental health detachments to war zones—an undertaking on a scale previously unimaginable.

ProQuest Video: 14:03
Stellate ganglion block, a procedure used to ease pain for decades, is now an experimental treatment for PTSD that veterans say is greatly easing their symptoms. Now the Army is testing it as a potential therapy. Some call for the procedure, commonly used since the 1920s for chronic pain treatment, to be made a part of all PTSD treatments. Includes interviews with PTSD sufferers Sergeant First Class Jonathan Zehring, Marine Sergeant Henry Coto, former Green Beret Don Bolduc; Bolduc’s wife Sharon; Dr. Sean Mulvaney; and Dr. Michael Alkire.

Films on Demand: 1:30
Nearly 500,000 American servicemen and women suffered post traumatic stress disorder after the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts. Traumatic brain injury or TBI was also more frequently diagnosed in veterans serving in post 9/11 conflicts. Now a new non drug therapy addresses veterans struggling with headaches caused by both.

Alexander Street Video: Series
"Warrior Films is bringing “Veterans Journey Home” to life. This five film series tells a different kind of “Hero’s Journey” than the one the public is used to. Not the tales of heroism and valor on the battlefield but the story of Veterans willing to fight the battle of the demons within – to find emotional and psychological peace with the ghosts of past decisions and actions.

(American Psychological Association) War can have a powerful psychological impact on participants and civilians alike. Combat can lead to distress or even posttraumatic stress disorder, which is marked by extreme worry, reexperiencing of the event, and avoidance of things reminiscent of the trauma. Prolonged separation from family and friends can also cause problems.

(Military OneSource) Military OneSource is committed to promoting readiness and resilience in military members and families. Confidential non-medical counseling provides service members and their loved ones with resources and support to address a variety of issues and build important skills to tackle life’s challenges.

(American Psychological Association) Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may develop when someone lives through or witnesses an event in which they believe that there is a threat to life or physical integrity and safety and experiences fear, terror, or helplessness.

(U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) The best treatments for PTSD are trauma-focused talk therapies. These treatments help you process—or work through—your traumatic experience. Learn about Prolonged Exposure (PE), which teaches you not to be afraid of the memory of your trauma or other trauma reminders.

(Nebraska Department of Veterans' Affairs) The Nebraska Department of Veterans' Affairs is dedicated to serving our state's military families and caregivers. Below are various state and federal resources available to spouses and dependents of active duty military and veterans.

(National Board for Certified Counselors) An article discusses the unique considerations involved in counseling military and veteran populations, with Dr. W. Bryce Hagedorn.

(U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) Find out how to access VA mental health services for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), psychological effects of military sexual trauma (MST), depression, grief, anxiety, and other needs.