Author Matt Green shares his unique perspective as an embedded reporter with U.S. troops in Iraq, as well as his observations from working with returning British veterans. He has spent the past 14 years working as a correspondent for the Financial Times and Reuters and has reported from more than 30 countries, most recently Afghanistan and Pakistan, where he investigated subjects including the money men bankrolling the Taliban and the kingpins behind Pakistan's heroin trade.

After studying Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University, Matthew began his career with Reuters, working in east and west Africa and in Iraq, where he was embedded with US Marines during the invasion in 2003.

He later joined the Financial Times, working in Nigeria and then Pakistan and Afghanistan, where he spent time with US forces deployed to Helmand and Kandahar provinces in the Obama administration's troop surge.

Matthew is now based in London and appears regularly as a commentator on the BBC News Channel and World Service radio, and writes for publications including Monocle magazine and the Literary Review. His first book was The Wizard of the Nile: The Hunt for Joseph Kony, which won a Jerwood Award from the Royal Society of Literature and was long-listed for the Orwell Prize.

IN THIS PARTICULAR EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

Similarities between Coalition Forces veteran mental health and U.S. veteran mental health

The gap between resources available and the ability to access those services

Stigma and the military mindset

Posttrauamtic Growth, and the danger of relying on the concept of posttrauamtic growth as a "positive" that comes out of trauma.

Going beyond PTSD to the other mental health concerns

The benefit of Peer Support in recovery and stigma reduction

The impact of psychological injury on military families

LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Time for a radical rethink on how we approach veterans mental health services: Guest Editorial, Journal of Public Mental Health, Volume 16, No 1, 2017

Aftershock: The Untold Story of Surviving Peace: Over the last decade, we have sent thousands of people to fight on our behalf. But what happens when these soldiers come back home, having lost their friends and killed their enemies, having seen and done things that have no place in civilian life? In Aftershock, Matthew Green tells the story of our veterans' journey from the frontline of combat to the reality of return.

The Enemy Within: A radio documentary co-produced by Matthew Green on the impact of veteran mental health on a service member's family. Coming home from war can be messy, especially when the battle doesn't stay on the battlefield. This is the story of what it means to love and care for soldiers who have brought the war home with them.

Rock To Recovery: Inspiring the fight against stress in British Armed Forces, Veterans and their Families.  Their mission: “To preserve lives of distressed servicemen, veterans and their families by connecting them to appropriate mental health professionals for emergency and routine help. To inspire and motivate sufferers to a better future through the power of creativity."

Theater of War: Theater of War presents readings of Sophocles’ Ajax and Philoctetes to military and civilian communities across the United States and Europe. These ancient plays timelessly and universally depict the visible and invisible wounds of war. By presenting these plays to military and civilian audiences, our hope is to de-stigmatize psychological injury, increase awareness of post-deployment psychological health issues, disseminate information regarding available resources, and foster greater family, community, and troop resilience.

About Today’s Guest:

Maureen joined the Army in 2001. During her military career she served in Darmstadt, Germany and Monterey, California. She was promoted to corporal in June 2004 and sergeant in February 2005. Maureen was awarded the Army Achievement Medal and the Army Commendation Medal.

Maureen currently lives in Bowie, Maryland and serves as an ambassador for the Travis Manion Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping Veterans and their families. She received a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling in 2017 and is the assistant director for the Veterans Health Council at Vietnam Veterans of America. Since 2017, Maureen also graduated from the Armed Services Arts Partnership program and has been named a High Ground Veterans Advocacy Fellow, the Fort Meade Spouse of the Year and a Veterans in Global Leadership Fellow.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Maureen's background and experience
• The 2019 VA/DOD Suicide Prevention Conference
• Sharing the research around SMVF Suicide Prevention
• Suicide Risk Prevention Workshops
• Workshop participants
  • Community members
  • First Responders
  • Department of Transportation
• Barriers to treatment
• Creating a safe space for sharing painful experiences
• Maureen's personal experience with suicide
• The Interpersonal Theory of Suicide
• Effective legislative advocacy

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

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LinkedIn

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Maureen joined the Army in 2001. During her military career she served in Darmstadt, Germany and Monterey, California. She was promoted to corporal in June 2004 and sergeant in February 2005. Maureen was awarded the Army Achievement Medal and the Army Commendation Medal.

Maureen currently lives in Bowie, Maryland and serves as an ambassador for the Travis Manion Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping Veterans and their families. She received a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling in 2017 and is the assistant director for the Veterans Health Council at Vietnam Veterans of America. Since 2017, Maureen also graduated from the Armed Services Arts Partnership program and has been named a High Ground Veterans Advocacy Fellow, the Fort Meade Spouse of the Year and a Veterans in Global Leadership Fellow.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Maureen's background and experience
• The 2019 VA/DOD Suicide Prevention Conference
• Sharing the research around SMVF Suicide Prevention
• Suicide Risk Prevention Workshops
• Workshop participants
  • Community members
  • First Responders
  • Department of Transportation
• Barriers to treatment
• Creating a safe space for sharing painful experiences
• Maureen's personal experience with suicide
• The Interpersonal Theory of Suicide
• Effective legislative advocacy

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Connect with Maureen on Social Media:

LinkedIn

Join the Head Space and Timing community on Flick

Want to learn more about Service Members, Veterans, and Military Family Member Mental Health?

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About Today’s Guest:

Bobby Herrera is the author of The Gift of Struggle, a book about leadership and the life-changing lessons we learn through our struggles. He is also the co-founder and president of Populus Group. With a passion for building strong culture and communities through trust and storytelling, his leadership style is about empowerment, connections, and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to succeed.

Bobby grew up in a big family with parents who immigrated to America without much. While this is not an uncommon story, the leadership style and company culture that it inspired is. The belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to succeed is at the core of Bobby’s philosophy in business and in life.

Everyone has struggles and business leaders are no exception. Bobby’s passion is helping others understand how their individual struggles can help them connect with their communities and inspire other is what will ultimately transform their leadership style.

Bobby is a proud Army veteran and currently lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and three children.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Bobby's book and background
• The Bus Story - an event that changed Bobby's life
• The most important part of leadership: recognizing the potential in others
• Overcoming the internal battle with ourselves
• Asking for help is building trust
• Participating in our own rescue by doing the smart thing
• Sharing what drives you
• Slowing down to figure out YOUR bus story
• Deliberately seeing the unseen people
• Trying the uncomfortability of kindness
• About The Gift of Struggle
• Helping just one person

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Bobby's Website 

Bobby's Book:

Connect with Bobby on Social Media:

LinkedIn

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Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

Bobby Herrera is the author of The Gift of Struggle, a book about leadership and the life-changing lessons we learn through our struggles. He is also the co-founder and president of Populus Group. With a passion for building strong culture and communities through trust and storytelling, his leadership style is about empowerment, connections, and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to succeed.

Bobby grew up in a big family with parents who immigrated to America without much. While this is not an uncommon story, the leadership style and company culture that it inspired is. The belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to succeed is at the core of Bobby’s philosophy in business and in life.

Everyone has struggles and business leaders are no exception. Bobby’s passion is helping others understand how their individual struggles can help them connect with their communities and inspire other is what will ultimately transform their leadership style.

Bobby is a proud Army veteran and currently lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and three children.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Bobby's book and background
• The Bus Story - an event that changed Bobby's life
• The most important part of leadership: recognizing the potential in others
• Overcoming the internal battle with ourselves
• Asking for help is building trust
• Participating in our own rescue by doing the smart thing
• Sharing what drives you
• Slowing down to figure out YOUR bus story
• Deliberately seeing the unseen people
• Trying the uncomfortability of kindness
• About The Gift of Struggle
• Helping just one person

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Bobby's Website 

Connect with Bobby on Social Media:

LinkedIn

Join the Head Space and Timing community on Flick

Want to learn more about Service Members, Veterans, and Military Family Member Mental Health?

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As Vice President of Community Partnerships at Cohen Veterans Network, Dr. Caitlin Thompson is responsible for establishing and maintaining critical national and local collaborations between CVN and public-private partners.

She was most recently Executive Director of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Suicide Prevention, leading VA’s integrated public health approach to suicide prevention. She was responsible for the Office’s vision and mission, including the development of VA suicide prevention policy initiatives, education for Veterans and health care providers about suicide awareness and prevention, and dissemination and implementation of assessment and treatment strategies across the Veterans Health Administration. A licensed clinical psychologist, Thompson directed VA’s epidemiological and clinical research in suicide prevention and is recognized internationally as an authority on Veteran suicide prevention. Prior to her work in the VA Suicide Prevention Office, she spent five years as the clinical care coordinator for the Veterans/Military Crisis Line.

Thompson has a BA in music from Brown University and an MEd and PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Virginia.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Caitlin's background and experience
• The common experience of suicide
• Access to mental health for various types of service members and veterans
• Cultural competence for mental health providers
• Mental health resources for spouses and family members
• "Bad paper" as a barrier to care

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Cohen Veterans Network Website 

Cohen Veterans Network on Social Media:

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

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About Today’s Guest:

As Vice President of Community Partnerships at Cohen Veterans Network, Dr. Caitlin Thompson is responsible for establishing and maintaining critical national and local collaborations between CVN and public-private partners.

She was most recently Executive Director of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Suicide Prevention, leading VA’s integrated public health approach to suicide prevention. She was responsible for the Office’s vision and mission, including the development of VA suicide prevention policy initiatives, education for Veterans and health care providers about suicide awareness and prevention, and dissemination and implementation of assessment and treatment strategies across the Veterans Health Administration. A licensed clinical psychologist, Thompson directed VA’s epidemiological and clinical research in suicide prevention and is recognized internationally as an authority on Veteran suicide prevention. Prior to her work in the VA Suicide Prevention Office, she spent five years as the clinical care coordinator for the Veterans/Military Crisis Line.

Thompson has a BA in music from Brown University and an MEd and PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Virginia.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Caitlin's background and experience
• The common experience of suicide
• Access to mental health for various types of service members and veterans
• Cultural competence for mental health providers
• Mental health resources for spouses and family members
• "Bad paper" as a barrier to care

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Cohen Veterans Network Website 

Cohen Veterans Network on Social Media:

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

Join the Head Space and Timing community on Flick

Want to learn more about Service Members, Veterans, and Military Family Member Mental Health?

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Do you want to check out Duane’s latest book, Combat Vet Don’t Mean Crazy: Veteran Mental Health in Post-Military Life

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Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

About Today's Guest:

Shawn is a 14-year veteran with the Kansas City, Missouri Police department. She is a Missouri Dole Caregiver Fellow alumna for the Elizabeth Dole Foundation. Since May of 2013 Shawn has been a caregiver for her husband who is a 23-year Army veteran. She has a passion for supporting and advocating for military and veteran family caregivers. Shawn has earned her Bachelor degree in Social Psychology and is in her last year of her Master’s degree in social work. She was awarded the Field Education Student of the Year for 2018-19 with Park University.

Shawn is the President of the Phi Alpha Rho Epsilon Honor Society at Park University. She is a certified Peer Mentor and Facilitator with the Red Cross Military and Veteran Caregiver Network. She is also a Peer Mentor with the VA Caregiver Program. She was chosen as a Caregiver Visionary winner for Caregiving.com and will be presented the award at the 2019 National Convention in Chicago. Shawn openly shares her caregiver story throughout the United States in hopes that all family caregivers will be recognized for the work they do to take care of our wounded veterans. Shawn has four daughters, two step-sons, and 4 grandchildren. She enjoys reading and traveling.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Shawn's background and experience
• Caregivers On The Homefront
• Shawn's experience with her veteran husband's suicide attempt
• Paying attention to the feeling that something is wrong
• Building a support network for times of crisis
• Need to educate family members
• Safety planning for all members of the family
• Post-attempt support
• Equipping caregivers with resources
• Question, Persuade, Respond gatekeeper prevention training
• Strength through adversity

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Caregivers On The Homefront Website 

Caregivers On The Homefront on Social Media:

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

LinkedIn

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Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

Shawn is a 14-year veteran with the Kansas City, Missouri Police department. She is a Missouri Dole Caregiver Fellow alumna for the Elizabeth Dole Foundation. Since May of 2013 Shawn has been a caregiver for her husband who is a 23-year Army veteran. She has a passion for supporting and advocating for military and veteran family caregivers. Shawn has earned her Bachelor degree in Social Psychology and is in her last year of her Master’s degree in social work. She was awarded the Field Education Student of the Year for 2018-19 with Park University.

Shawn is the President of the Phi Alpha Rho Epsilon Honor Society at Park University. She is a certified Peer Mentor and Facilitator with the Red Cross Military and Veteran Caregiver Network. She is also a Peer Mentor with the VA Caregiver Program. She was chosen as a Caregiver Visionary winner for Caregiving.com and will be presented the award at the 2019 National Convention in Chicago. Shawn openly shares her caregiver story throughout the United States in hopes that all family caregivers will be recognized for the work they do to take care of our wounded veterans. Shawn has four daughters, two step-sons, and 4 grandchildren. She enjoys reading and traveling.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Shawn's background and experience
• Caregivers On The Homefront
• Shawn's experience with her veteran husband's suicide attempt
• Paying attention to the feeling that something is wrong
• Building a support network for times of crisis
• Need to educate family members
• Safety planning for all members of the family
• Post-attempt support
• Equipping caregivers with resources
• Question, Persuade, Respond gatekeeper prevention training
• Strength through adversity

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Caregivers On The Homefront Website 

Caregivers On The Homefront on Social Media:

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

LinkedIn

Join the Head Space and Timing community on Flick

Want to learn more about Service Members, Veterans, and Military Family Member Mental Health?

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Annette M. Whittenberger, currently living in Fairfax, Virginia understands the challenge of veteran transition and development as she is a Retired Combat Veteran, an Army Spouse and mother to a college freshman and high school sophomore. She focuses on coaching others through PTSD, anxiety and depression and trauma.

She is a mentor with Veterati, eMentor and for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS).

She is also a blogger on Medium.com.

Annette has a B.A. in Psychology and an M.S. in Environmental Management.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Annette's background and experience
• Being open and honest about mental health challenges
• Talking openly because others are listening 
• Setting the example for everyone
• Life as a dual military spouse

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Annette's Blog

Article on Military Families.com

Annette on Social Media:

Facebook

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Instagram

LinkedIn

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About Today's Guest:

Annette M. Whittenberger, currently living in Fairfax, Virginia understands the challenge of veteran transition and development as she is a Retired Combat Veteran, an Army Spouse and mother to a college freshman and high school sophomore. She focuses on coaching others through PTSD, anxiety and depression and trauma.

She is a mentor with Veterati, eMentor and for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS).

She is also a blogger on Medium.com.

Annette has a B.A. in Psychology and an M.S. in Environmental Management.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Annette's background and experience
• Being open and honest about mental health challenges
• Talking openly because others are listening 
• Setting the example for everyone
• Life as a dual military spouse

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Annette's Blog

Article on Military Families.com

Annette on Social Media:

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

LinkedIn

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Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

About Today's Guest:

Aaron Hale was an EOD expert in the military for 6 years. Then, an unseen IED exploded in his face and changed his life forever. The accident stole his sight and just a short while later, his hearing. Yet with all this adversity, Aaron managed to pursue his passions and embrace a happy life. This is his story and the birth of EOD Fudge.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Aaron's background and experience from Navy Cook to Army EOD
• The IED Blast that changed Aaron's life
• Growing after adversity
• Increasing wellness instead of managing illness
• Spinal meningitis leading to hearing loss
• Turning familiar hobbies into therapeutic tools
• Optimism in the face of adversity
• Setting the example for others

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Extra Ordinary Delights Web site

EOD Fudge on Social Media:

Facebook

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Aaron Hale was an EOD expert in the military for 6 years. Then, an unseen IED exploded in his face and changed his life forever. The accident stole his sight and just a short while later, his hearing. Yet with all this adversity, Aaron managed to pursue his passions and embrace a happy life. This is his story and the birth of EOD Fudge.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Aaron's background and experience from Navy Cook to Army EOD
• The IED Blast that changed Aaron's life
• Growing after adversity
• Increasing wellness instead of managing illness
• Spinal meningitis leading to hearing loss
• Turning familiar hobbies into therapeutic tools
• Optimism in the face of adversity
• Setting the example for others

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Extra Ordinary Delights Web site

EOD Fudge on Social Media:

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

Join the Head Space and Timing community on Flick

Want to learn more about Service Members, Veterans, and Military Family Member Mental Health?

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About Today's Guest:

Shauna Springer, Ph.D., is the TAPS Suicide Prevention & PostventionSenior Director. Known to many veterans as “doc Springer,” she has helped hundreds of warriors reconnect with their tribe, strengthen their most important relationships, and build lives that are driven by their deepest values. She has particular expertise in attachment processes, trauma recovery, innovative suicide prevention approaches, relationship counseling, peer support program development, and Veteran’s issues, including post-discharge adjustment and strategies for engaging Veterans in behavioral health care. Dr. Springer is a licensed Psychologist with an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a Doctoral degree from the University of Florida.

TAPS Suicide Prevention & Postevention draws from a unique combination of professional expertise and survivors’ “lived experience” to shine new light on the critical questions that have challenged military leaders and veteran organizations for decades. TAPS Red Team provides training and consultation to clinicians, military leadership, policy makers, veteran employers, and groups of veterans and their families.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Shauna's background and experience
• The largest number of referrals to TAPS are survivors of suicide loss
• Difference between postvention and prevention
• The appropriate timing of prevention training and postvention support
• Loss survivors becoming advocates for suicide prevention
• Postvention webinars
• TAPS suicide postvention model
  • Stabilization
  • Grief work
  • Posttraumatic Growth
• Using a flexible approach to responding to suicide loss
• Response to suicide is inherently psychological
• TAPS Postvention training support

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Website

TAPS Suicide Postvention Program

PsychArmor Suicide Intervention, Prevention, and Postvention courses 

TAPS on Social Media:

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

YouTube

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Shauna Springer, Ph.D., is the TAPS Suicide Prevention & PostventionSenior Director. Known to many veterans as “doc Springer,” she has helped hundreds of warriors reconnect with their tribe, strengthen their most important relationships, and build lives that are driven by their deepest values. She has particular expertise in attachment processes, trauma recovery, innovative suicide prevention approaches, relationship counseling, peer support program development, and Veteran’s issues, including post-discharge adjustment and strategies for engaging Veterans in behavioral health care. Dr. Springer is a licensed Psychologist with an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a Doctoral degree from the University of Florida.

TAPS Suicide Prevention & Postevention draws from a unique combination of professional expertise and survivors’ “lived experience” to shine new light on the critical questions that have challenged military leaders and veteran organizations for decades. TAPS Red Team provides training and consultation to clinicians, military leadership, policy makers, veteran employers, and groups of veterans and their families.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Shauna's background and experience
• The largest number of referrals to TAPS are survivors of suicide loss
• Difference between postvention and prevention
• The appropriate timing of prevention training and postvention support
• Loss survivors becoming advocates for suicide prevention
• Postvention webinars
• TAPS suicide postvention model
  • Stabilization
  • Grief work
  • Posttraumatic Growth
• Using a flexible approach to responding to suicide loss
• Response to suicide is inherently psychological
• TAPS Postvention training support

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Website

TAPS Suicide Postvention Program

PsychArmor Suicide Intervention, Prevention, and Postvention courses 

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Dr. Julie Kinn is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 15 years of experience researching and implementing health technology for suicide prevention and other behavioral health promotion. At the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Defense Health Agency (DHA), Dr. Kinn oversees the development and implementation of health technology for the military and veteran communities. She also initiated the Military Health Podcast program and produces/hosts three DOD podcasts: “A Better Night’s Sleep”, “The Military Meditation Coach”, and “Next Generation Behavioral Health”

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Dr. Kinn's background and experience
• DHA Connected Health
• Adapting technology use to benefit wellness
• Adapting to using technology for mental health treatment support
• Using technology to familiarize users with treatment
• Clinicians using technology to support therapy the same way they recommend books and other resources
• DHA Connected Health Podcasts
• Podcasts as resources to spread information and increase awareness
• The DHA Technology Education Program

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

DHA Connected Health Website

Apps and Resources for Clinical Integration

DHA Military Mental Health Podcasts

Connected Health on Social Media

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Twitter

YouTube

LinkedIn

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Dr. Julie Kinn is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 15 years of experience researching and implementing health technology for suicide prevention and other behavioral health promotion. At the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Defense Health Agency (DHA), Dr. Kinn oversees the development and implementation of health technology for the military and veteran communities. She also initiated the Military Health Podcast program and produces/hosts three DOD podcasts: “A Better Night’s Sleep”, “The Military Meditation Coach”, and “Next Generation Behavioral Health”

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Dr. Kinn's background and experience
• DHA Connected Health
• Adapting technology use to benefit wellness
• Adapting to using technology for mental health treatment support
• Using technology to familiarize users with treatment
• Clinicians using technology to support therapy the same way they recommend books and other resources
• DHA Connected Health Podcasts
• Podcasts as resources to spread information and increase awareness
• The DHA Technology Education Program

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

DHA Connected Health Website

Apps and Resources for Clinical Integration

DHA Military Mental Health Podcasts

Connected Health on Social Media

Facebook

Twitter

YouTube

LinkedIn

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For more than 38 years, Dr. Kathy Platoni has served our nation as an expert in PTSD and war trauma. She is a practicing clinical psychologist whose passion for the treatment of acute and chronic pain is rooted deeply in her own experience of both.

During WWII, Dr. Platoni’s father was exposed to radiation during the bombing of Nagasaki. As a result, she was born with congenital defects that have required extensive maxillofacial (bone) reconstructive and bone grafting procedures. Since childhood, Dr. Platoni has undergone 58 major and minor procedures to correct these defects – the majority of them with hypnosis as the sole anesthetic.

Dr. Platoni was commissioned as a U.S. Army officer in 1979, and served more than three decades as a clinical psychologist before retiring as a Colonel in October of 2013. Dr. Platoni has deployed on four occasions in times of war, serving in locations ranging from Joint Task Force-Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Iraq and Afghanistan. Dr. Platoni has developed combat stress control, debriefing, and crisis management programs used throughout the U.S. Army. She held the position of U.S. Army Reserve Clinical Psychologist Consultant to the Chief, Medical Service Corps, and is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.

Dr. Platoni’s private practice reflects her expertise in the sub-specialty areas of behavioral medicine and the treatment of chronic pain and chronic, debilitating, and terminal illnesses. She is the co-author/co-editor of two landmark books with Dr. Raymond Scurfield: Healing War Trauma –A Handbook of Creative Approaches, and War Trauma and Its Wake: Expanding the Circle of Healing.

She has also written more than 25 scholarly articles that have been published in professional and lay journals, and is regularly cited as an expert on issues of military mental health in the wartime theaters of both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

Dr. Platoni currently runs a thriving private practice as a clinical psychologist in Centerville, Ohio, and travels nationally as a sought-after author, lecturer, and therapist. Her expertise as a clinician includes a wide spectrum of cognitive behavioral therapies and hypnotherapy. Public and private agencies engaged in disaster preparedness and combat operations value Dr. Platoni's expert treatment of groups and individuals before and after catastrophic events.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Dr. Platoni's background and experience
• Treatment of PTSD
• Natural Disasters and PTSD
• The difference between military and non-military PTSD
• Trauma made worse by not being able to meet our needs
• Providing ongoing support for loss and pain
• Belongingness in post-military life
• Dr. Platoni's transition experience and post-military work

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Dr. Platoni's Website

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For more than 38 years, Dr. Kathy Platoni has served our nation as an expert in PTSD and war trauma. She is a practicing clinical psychologist whose passion for the treatment of acute and chronic pain is rooted deeply in her own experience of both.

During WWII, Dr. Platoni’s father was exposed to radiation during the bombing of Nagasaki. As a result, she was born with congenital defects that have required extensive maxillofacial (bone) reconstructive and bone grafting procedures. Since childhood, Dr. Platoni has undergone 58 major and minor procedures to correct these defects – the majority of them with hypnosis as the sole anesthetic.

Dr. Platoni was commissioned as a U.S. Army officer in 1979, and served more than three decades as a clinical psychologist before retiring as a Colonel in October of 2013. Dr. Platoni has deployed on four occasions in times of war, serving in locations ranging from Joint Task Force-Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Iraq and Afghanistan. Dr. Platoni has developed combat stress control, debriefing, and crisis management programs used throughout the U.S. Army. She held the position of U.S. Army Reserve Clinical Psychologist Consultant to the Chief, Medical Service Corps, and is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.

Dr. Platoni’s private practice reflects her expertise in the sub-specialty areas of behavioral medicine and the treatment of chronic pain and chronic, debilitating, and terminal illnesses. She is the co-author/co-editor of two landmark books with Dr. Raymond Scurfield: Healing War Trauma –A Handbook of Creative Approaches, and War Trauma and Its Wake: Expanding the Circle of Healing.

She has also written more than 25 scholarly articles that have been published in professional and lay journals, and is regularly cited as an expert on issues of military mental health in the wartime theaters of both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

Dr. Platoni currently runs a thriving private practice as a clinical psychologist in Centerville, Ohio, and travels nationally as a sought-after author, lecturer, and therapist. Her expertise as a clinician includes a wide spectrum of cognitive behavioral therapies and hypnotherapy. Public and private agencies engaged in disaster preparedness and combat operations value Dr. Platoni's expert treatment of groups and individuals before and after catastrophic events.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Dr. Platoni's background and experience
• Treatment of PTSD
• Natural Disasters and PTSD
• The difference between military and non-military PTSD
• Trauma made worse by not being able to meet our needs
• Providing ongoing support for loss and pain
• Belongingness in post-military life
• Dr. Platoni's transition experience and post-military work

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Dr. Platoni's Website

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Dan is a founder and Executive Director of Veterans Yoga Project.  He is a licensed clinical psychologist and yoga teacher specializing in the mindful integration of evidence-based psychotherapies and complementary and alternative medicine practices for the treatment of PTS(D) and other psychological and emotional distress in active-duty military and veterans.

As a Postdoctoral Fellow with Yale University’s Department of Psychiatry and the VA’s Mental Illness Research and Education Clinical Center, Dan conducted research investigating the physiological correlates of mindfulness meditation as well as the first epidemiological investigation of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in VA PTSD treatment programs. He is also former Director of Clinical Services for the Starlight Military Rehabilitation Program and has taught mindfulness and yoga to hundreds of veterans and active-duty service members.

Daniel is currently a psychologist at the Oakland Vet Center in Oakland, California, where he teaches several yoga and meditation classes weekly.  A graduate of the 200-hour Embodyoga® Teacher Training, Dan learned everything he ever needed to know at the Feathered Pipe Ranch, the renowned nonprofit educational foundation and yoga retreat center.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Daniel’s background and experience
• Mindfulness and Meditation
• Using mindfulness to address psychological concerns
• Phsyical changes to the brain due to mindfulness
• Yoga as “mindful movement”
• Stereotypes around yoga and how they are changing
• Traumatic stress reaction as a disempowering experience and yoga as a re-empowering experience
• Yoga and Vietnam Veterans
• The Veterans Yoga Project
• Trying multiple types of yoga

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Daniel’s Website

Veterans Yoga Project Website

Veterans Yoga Project on Social Media

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LinkedIn

Twitter

Instagram

Guided Meditation Practice

Navy Seal Jon Macaskill

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Dan is a founder and Executive Director of Veterans Yoga Project.  He is a licensed clinical psychologist and yoga teacher specializing in the mindful integration of evidence-based psychotherapies and complementary and alternative medicine practices for the treatment of PTS(D) and other psychological and emotional distress in active-duty military and veterans.

As a Postdoctoral Fellow with Yale University’s Department of Psychiatry and the VA’s Mental Illness Research and Education Clinical Center, Dan conducted research investigating the physiological correlates of mindfulness meditation as well as the first epidemiological investigation of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in VA PTSD treatment programs. He is also former Director of Clinical Services for the Starlight Military Rehabilitation Program and has taught mindfulness and yoga to hundreds of veterans and active-duty service members.

Daniel is currently a psychologist at the Oakland Vet Center in Oakland, California, where he teaches several yoga and meditation classes weekly.  A graduate of the 200-hour Embodyoga® Teacher Training, Dan learned everything he ever needed to know at the Feathered Pipe Ranch, the renowned nonprofit educational foundation and yoga retreat center.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Daniel's background and experience
• Mindfulness and Meditation
• Using mindfulness to address psychological concerns
• Phsyical changes to the brain due to mindfulness
• Yoga as "mindful movement"
• Stereotypes around yoga and how they are changing
• Traumatic stress reaction as a disempowering experience and yoga as a re-empowering experience
• Yoga and Vietnam Veterans
• The Veterans Yoga Project
• Trying multiple types of yoga

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Daniel's Website

Veterans Yoga Project Website

Daniel's Website

Veterans Yoga Project on Social Media

Facebook

LinkedIn

Twitter

Instagram

Guided Meditation Practice

Navy Seal Jon Macaskill 

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In their description of Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, Slate Magazine said, “Grossman cuts such a heroic, omnicompetent figure, he could have stepped out of a video game.”  He has five patents to his name, has published four novels, two childrens’ books, and six non-fiction books to include his “perennial bestseller” On Killing (with over half a million copies sold), and a New York Times best-selling book co-authored with Glenn Beck.

He is a US Army Ranger, a paratrooper, and a former West Point Psychology Professor.  He has a Black Belt in Hojutsu, the martial art of the firearm, and has been inducted into the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame.

Col. Grossman’s research was cited by the President of the United States in a national address, and he has testified before the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Congress, and numerous state legislatures.  He has served as an expert witness and consultant in state and Federal courts.  He helped train mental health professionals after the Jonesboro school massacre, and he was also involved in counseling or court cases in the aftermath of the Paducah, Springfield, Littleton and Nickel Mines Amish school massacres.

Col. Grossman has been called upon to write the entry on “Aggression and Violence” in the Oxford Companion to American Military History, three entries in the Academic Press Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict and has presented papers before the national conventions of the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

 Since his retirement from the US Army in 1998, he has been on the road almost 300 days a year, for over 19 years, as one of our nation’s leading trainers for military, law enforcement, mental health providers, and school safety organizations.

Today Col. Grossman is the director of the Killology Research Group.  In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks he is has written and spoken extensively on the terrorist threat, with articles published in the Harvard Journal of Law and Civil Policy and many leading law enforcement journals, and he has been inducted as a “Life Diplomate” by the American Board for Certification in Homeland Security, and a “Life Member” of the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Two persistent myths about veterans: the pity party and the macho man
• Neurological impact of combat
• Shortcoming stress reactions by initiating the parasympathetic nervous system
• The impact of insomnia on suicide, health, and psychological wellbeing

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

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LTC Grossman’s Website

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Travel and Speaking Schedule

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In their description of Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, Slate Magazine said, “Grossman cuts such a heroic, omnicompetent figure, he could have stepped out of a video game.”  He has five patents to his name, has published four novels, two childrens’ books, and six non-fiction books to include his “perennial bestseller” On Killing (with over half a million copies sold), and a New York Times best-selling book co-authored with Glenn Beck.

He is a US Army Ranger, a paratrooper, and a former West Point Psychology Professor.  He has a Black Belt in Hojutsu, the martial art of the firearm, and has been inducted into the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame.

Col. Grossman’s research was cited by the President of the United States in a national address, and he has testified before the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Congress, and numerous state legislatures.  He has served as an expert witness and consultant in state and Federal courts.  He helped train mental health professionals after the Jonesboro school massacre, and he was also involved in counseling or court cases in the aftermath of the Paducah, Springfield, Littleton and Nickel Mines Amish school massacres.

Col. Grossman has been called upon to write the entry on “Aggression and Violence” in the Oxford Companion to American Military History, three entries in the Academic Press Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict and has presented papers before the national conventions of the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

 Since his retirement from the US Army in 1998, he has been on the road almost 300 days a year, for over 19 years, as one of our nation’s leading trainers for military, law enforcement, mental health providers, and school safety organizations.

Today Col. Grossman is the director of theKillology Research Group.  In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks he is has written and spoken extensively on the terrorist threat, with articles published in the Harvard Journal of Law and Civil Policy and many leading law enforcement journals, and he has been inducted as a "Life Diplomate" by the American Board for Certification in Homeland Security, and a "Life Member" of the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Two persistent myths about veterans: the pity party and the macho man
• Neurological impact of combat
• Shortcoming stress reactions by initiating the parasympathetic nervous system
• The impact of insomnia on suicide, health, and psychological wellbeing

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

LTC Grossman's Website

Killology Website

Travel and Speaking Schedule

About Today’s Guest:

Donleigh Gaunky is a veteran of the Iraq war, having deployed there twice.  Utilyzing his skills as a former army intelligence analyst and as a political scientist, Donleigh has spent the last decade trying to understand and address the complex issue that has plagued the veterans community for over a generation, the issue of veterans suicide.  Donleigh is also a Gold Star Sibling, and, when not trying to address the veteran suicide crisis, spends significant time trying to help other survivors of military service loss.  He presently lives in western Wisconsin.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Donleigh’s background and experience
• Researching suicide from a personal perspective
• Common misconceptions about suicide numbers and rates
• Challenging assumptions that suicide is tied to combat
• Policy changes related to suicide
• Cross-generational and multi-conflict impact on suicide
• Putting context to suicide awareness
• Donleigh’s upcoming book

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Donleigh’s book:

The Hardest Journey Home: A True Story of Loss and Duty during the Iraq WarBy Donleigh O. Gaunky (Hardcover - Nov 11, 2017)$12.67$24.00Rated 5 out of 5 by 5 reviewers on Amazon.com

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Donleigh Gaunky is a veteran of the Iraq war, having deployed there twice.  Utilyzing his skills as a former army intelligence analyst and as a political scientist, Donleigh has spent the last decade trying to understand and address the complex issue that has plagued the veterans community for over a generation, the issue of veterans suicide.  Donleigh is also a Gold Star Sibling, and, when not trying to address the veteran suicide crisis, spends significant time trying to help other survivors of military service loss.  He presently lives in western Wisconsin.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Donleigh's background and experience
• Researching suicide from a personal perspective
• Common misconceptions about suicide numbers and rates
• Challenging assumptions that suicide is tied to combat
• Policy changes related to suicide
• Cross-generational and multi-conflict impact on suicide
• Putting context to suicide awareness
• Donleigh's upcoming book

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Donleigh on Social Media:

Twitter

Facebook

About Today's Guest:

Karl Marlantes graduated from Yale University and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, before serving as a Marine in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Bronze Star, two Navy Commendation Medals for valor, two Purple Hearts, and ten air medals. He is the bestselling author of Matterhornand What It Is Like to Go to War. He lives in rural Washington.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Karl's background and experience
• Homecoming for Vietnam Vets
• How to interact with veterans beyond "thank you for your service"
• The responsibility of a nation for the conduct of it's warriors
• Matterhorn the novel
• Karl's initial experience with counseling
• Impact of combat stress reaction on the family
• Deep River, Karl's new book
• Helping veterans talk about war in therapy

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Karl's author page

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

Karl Marlantes graduated from Yale University and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, before serving as a Marine in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Bronze Star, two Navy Commendation Medals for valor, two Purple Hearts, and ten air medals. He is the bestselling author of Matterhornand What It Is Like to Go to War. He lives in rural Washington.

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About Today's Guest:

Donald McCasland, LCSW-CCTP is one of the Cohen Veteran's Network’s committed therapists at the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Centerstone, in Clarksville, TN. As a veteran himself, Don uses his experiences during his 21 years in the service to better assist veterans and their family members by giving them the same quality care that saved his life. He is a big advocate of self-care and sees the importance of unplugging in nature, spending time with family, and engaging in other hobbies to de-stress and live a balanced lifestyle.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Don's background and experience
• Working with veterans as a veteran therapist
• Getting veterans to seek treatment 
• Warrior's Heart and Dr. Ed Tick
• Alternative modalities to standard care
• Military requiring service members to act in ways opposite of what they were taught as "right" as a child
• Vet Centers
• Similarities and differences of veterans from different eras
• Veteran suicide
• Cohen Veteran Network
• The Functional Veteran Blog

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Don's Web Site

Don's profile on the Cohen Veteran Network

Don on Social Media:

Twitter

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

About Today's Guest:

Dr. David Kieran is an Assistant Professor of History at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, PA. He is particularly interested in the interactions of war, the military, and American culture from the Vietnam War era to the present.

David has published widely on the legacy of the U.S. war in Vietnam and the cultural history of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. Recently, he completed the manuscript of Signature Wounds: The Untold Story of the Military's Mental Health Crisis, published by New York University Press. This book, which draws upon interviews with nearly 50 high-ranking Army officials and thousands of pages of documents released through Freedom of Information Act requests, tells the story of the Army's and the VA's efforts to address the mental health issues that the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars produced, as well as how activists, politicians, and citizens seized upon mental health issues as a primary avenue to critique the wars.

He regularly teaches courses on topics related to twentieth-century America, War & Society, public memory, and African-American history and culture, as well as the capstone course for W&J's American Studies concentration.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• David's background and experience
• The defining aspect of Vietnam
• Non-Veterans talking to veterans
• Being respectfully curious about service members
• How Vietnam influenced lawmakers' approach to the Global War on Terror
• Differences in mental health from Vietnam to today
• Increased connectivity as additional stress
• Addressing mental health issues after service
• Good, bad, and adaptable responses to combat
• Treatment and recovery while remaining in the service
• Perceptions that others don't understand that leads to desire to remain in or return to the military
• Writing history while conflicts are still occurring
• Need for cultural competence to provide care

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

David's Web Site

David on Social Media:

Twitter

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About Today's Guest:

Barry Zworestine was born in Southern Rhodesia (in what is now Zimbabwe) in 1953. After a fairly uneventful schooling in which he focused more on sports than on academics, he went to university in South Africa, where he spent several years training in the field of education.

In 1976, Barry returned to Rhodesia to comply with national service requirements and was involved in the Rhodesian Bush War. On leaving the war in 1977, he spent a number of years living and working in South Africa before emigrating to Australia, where he lived for several years before settling in England for a brief period of time. After unsuccessfully attempting to mountain bike from Great Britain to Israel in 1984, Barry flew there instead and spent four years developing the British Council English Language Centre. While in Israel he developed a passion for marathon running, which then extended to ultra marathon running after he returned to South Africa to qualify as a clinical psychologist.

Barry returned to Australia in 2000, where he has remained ever since. In 2002, given his military experience and psychological qualifications, he was accepted as a contractor with a veteran organization; he still continues with this work today. He also continues to run short distances and is passionate about music. He plays the African drum, American Indian flute and the Australian didgeridoo.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Barry's background and experience
• Advances in treatment of combat trauma 
• Similarites between combat veterans of different nations and different eras
• Integrating the warrior with the civilian
• Shame and guilt in the veteran population
• Shared experiences of service members
• Differences between veterans of different eras of service
• Suicide in Australian veterans
• Obligation of a nation to support veterans when they return
• Using military language and concepts in therapy and counseling
• Beyond PTSD

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Barry's Web Site

Barry on Social Media:

LinkedIn

Facebook

Instagram

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

About Today's Guest:

JJ Pinter is the Executive Director of Team Red, White, and Blue. As Team RWB’s 2nd employee, he has played a key role the development, growth, and operation of the organization. JJ works closely with board members, staff, and volunteer leaders to ensure the delivery of excellent programs that deliver impact. He provides strategic guidance in addition to building and managing critical partnerships.

JJ is a West Point graduate and combat veteran, serving as a Field Artillery officer. After his military service, he held both leadership and analytical positions in the construction, defense and medical industries. He currently resides outside Louisville, KY with his wife and 3 kids, where he loves to coach youth sports and be outdoors with his family.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• JJ's background and experience
• Shifting from corporate culture to the veteran support space
• Beginning of Team RWB
• Team RWB Programs
• Impact of RWB's core mission on mental health
• Quantifying the value of wellness
• A benefits-centric transition mindset compared to a well-being centric mindset
• Keys to successful transition:
  • Fitness
  • Friendship
  • Community Activities
• Transactional transition versus Transformation transition
• Self-agency in transition 
• Giving veterans what they want rather than what organizations think they need
• Resisting the idea that military service is something that needs to be recovered from
• Journal Article: Team Red, White & Blue: a community-based model for harnessing positive social networks to enhance enrichment outcomes in military veterans reintegrating to civilian life
• RWB as an outcomes-based organization
• The Enriched Life Scale
• Integrating mental health into transition
• Eagle Nation Podcast
• Soling problems at the lowest level with the least resources required
• Using data to back up results

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Team RWB Web Site

Eagle Nation Podcast

Team RWB on Social Media:

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

YouTube

JJ Pinter on Social Media:

Twitter

LinkedIn

Facebook

Instagram

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

About Today's Guest:

Arie T. Greenleaf is Assistant Professor in the College of Education at Seattle University. He earned a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from The University of Iowa, a bachelor’s degree in political science from The University of Wisconsin – Madison, and a master’s degree in counseling from Clemson University.

Prior to joining the counseling faculty at Seattle University in 2013, he was Assistant Professor of Counseling at The University of Arkansas – Fayetteville. He has counseled in a variety of clinical and educational settings, including K-12, community college, and university counseling centers. Dr. Greenleaf serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Humanistic Counseling and is a reviewer for the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology. Dr. Greenleaf has also served on the leadership board of Counselors for Social Justice, a division of the American Counseling Association (ACA).

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Arie's background and experience
• Intuitively finding flow in post-military life
• Healing and meaning-making of loss through outdoor activities
• Research and effectiveness of rite of passage rituals
• Veterans Vision Fast and basis in Native American ceremonies
• Societal separation as a modifying factor of PTSD
• Care farming
• Experiential loneliness 

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Arie's Seattle University Profile (with contact information)

Episode 117 Tribe and the New Veteran Homecoming with Sebastian Junger

Episode 109 Moral Injury with Dr. Ed Tick

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About Today's Guest:

Sheila A.M. Rauch, Ph.D., ABPP, is Associate Professor in Psychiatry at in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Emory University School of Medicine. She serves as Clinical Director of the Emory University Veterans Program and Director of Mental Health Research and Program Evaluation at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. Dr. Rauch has been conducting research and providing PTSD and Anxiety Disorders treatment for over 20 years. Her research focuses on examination of mechanisms involved in the development and treatment of PTSD and improving access to effective interventions. 

She is currently Principal Investigator of two PTSD treatment outcome and mechanisms trials including a DOD funded, multi-site PTSD treatment trial comparing prolonged exposure and sertraline and a VA/DOD collaboratively funded trial examining biomarkers in veterans and active duty military service members.  She has been training providers in PTSD treatment since 2000 and has served as a VHA Prolonged Exposure Therapy Roll Out Trainer since the start of the program.  She has published scholarly articles and book chapters in the areas of anxiety disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) focusing on neurobiology and factors involved in the development, maintenance, and treatment of anxiety disorders, psychosocial factors in medical settings, and the relation between physical health and anxiety.

Dr. Rauch has been involved in the modification and adaptation of proven psychotherapeutic interventions for anxiety disorders for various populations and settings, including primary care. Her role in VHA continues to focus on growing VA Program Evaluation and Research and establishing new and effective treatment programs for our Veterans.  She holds a diplomate in Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology. She is a fellow of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy (ABCT) and a member of the Board of Directors and Scientific Council of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.  In 2017, she was awarded the Outstanding Mentor Award from the Emory University School of Medicine.  She served on the VA/DOD PTSD Clinical Practice Guideline Committee in 2010 and 2015.  

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Sheila's background and experience
• Working at the Department of Veterans Affairs in the early stages of the Global War on Terror
• Early treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Emory Healthcare Veterans Program
• The benefits of shorter but more intense PTSD treatment
• Treating co-occuring disorders, such as depression and substance abuse
• Partnerships with the Wounded Warrior Project and the VA
• Bringing back purpose and meaning after removing symptoms of PTSD
• Non-VA clients of the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program
• MST Survivors and the Warrior Care Network
• Structure of the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program
• PTSD as a memory issue
• Neurological changes as a result of PTSD and treatment
• Removing barriers to treatment 

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Emory Healthcare Veterans Program Web Site

Warrior Care Network Web Site

Warrior Wellness Alliance Web Site

HST054 The Warrior Wellness Alliance with Kacie Kelly

Episode 92 Rush University Road Home Program with Dr. Michael Brennan

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

About Today's Guest:

Joseph Smarro was born in Virginia and raised in New York. He graduated from Hadley-

Luzerne High School in 2000. Immediately after graduating, he joined the United States Marine Corps, where he served honorably for four years with the 1st Battalion 4th Marines, Camp Pendleton, California. Joseph served in Operation Enduring Freedom as well as Operation Iraqi Freedom, and received his combat action ribbon with a Distinction for Valor. During his time in Iraq, Smarro was selected to provide security for two Vietnam Era veterans (Bing West and Major General Ray L. Smith), authors of The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the United States Marines. Upon his honorable discharge, Joseph moved to San Antonio, Texas in 2004.

Smarro joined the San Antonio Police Department in October of 2005, and was initially assigned to the south patrol service area, where he worked for five years. Joseph then became one of the original members of SAPD’s Mental Health Unit, and helped make it one of the most recognized police programs in the nation. During his nine years with the Mental Health Unit, he has dealt with some of the most severe cases of individuals suffering from mental health crises, saving countless lives. He has been featured on ABC Nightline, Brave New Films documentary, and various other media outlets. He will be headlining an upcoming full-feature documentary, to be released in 2019.

During his time with the Mental Health Unit, Joseph earned his Associate’s and Bachelor’s Degrees in Criminal Justice from Wayland Baptist University. He graduated Magna Cum Laude and earned the Hector Garza Award for being the top graduate in Criminal Justice. Currently, Joseph is working toward his Master’s in Business Administration. He was accepted into an Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for Veterans course at Texas A&M May’s Business School in 2016, where he was revered as the most-outstanding visionary of the group. In 2018 he was accepted into a similar entrepreneur boot camp program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he won the “Best Pitch” award for having an established business.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Military response to wellness and transition from the service to the first responder community
• Role of the Crisis Intervention Team shifting from intervening with the community to intervening with peers
• Joseph's background
• Developing awareness in others that it's okay to not be okay...it's not okay to stay that way
• Meeting people where they are rather than where we want them to be
• Importance of crisis intervention training for all first responders
• Law Enforcement Officers exposure to suicide and violent death is 3:1 ratio
• Role of middle management in mental health and wellness
• Ernie and Joe the Documentary

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Solution Point Plus Web Site

Give An Hour and Campaign to Change Direction on Social Media:

Joseph on LinkedIn

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

About This Week's Show:

Today’s show is a preview of the great episodes we have coming up this month. This month, we’re talking about the intersection between first responder and veteran mental health, the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program, Native American ceremonial healing, Team Red White and Blue, The similarities between Australian and American veteran mental health, A couple of newly released books and insights about veteran mental health from authors David Kieran and Karl Marlantes, and another combat veteran who became a clinical mental health counselor after their retirement, like me.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• HST130 Joseph Smarro- Veteran and First Responder Mental Health
• HST131 Dr. Sheila Rauch- The Emory Healthcare Veterans Program
• HST132 Dr. Arie T. Greenleaf- Native American Ceremonial Healing
• HST133 JJ Pinter- Team Red, White and Blue
• HST134 Barry Zworestine- Australian Veteran Mental Health
• HST135 Dr. David Kieren- Signature Wounds
• HST136 Don MacCasland- From Combat Veteran to Therapist
• HST137 Karl Marlantes- What It Is Like to Go To War

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

About Today's Guest:

Dr. Keita Franklin, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the National Director of Suicide Prevention for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention. Dr. Franklin serves as the principal advisor to VA leadership for all matters pertaining to suicide prevention. She leads a team of experts engaged in research, program evaluation, innovation, program development, data and surveillance, and partnerships. Before joining VA, Dr. Franklin served as the Director of the Defense Suicide Prevention Office where she was responsible for policy and oversight of the U.S. Department of Defense suicide prevention programs.

She is a licensed social worker with a specialization in children and families, and has a PhD in social work with specialized training and certifications from the Center for Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis. Dr. Franklin received a leadership award from Virginia Commonwealth University for leading efforts to help train and advise the social work profession on working with military families.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Dr. Franklin's background and experience
• The complexity of suicide
• VA Suicide Prevention Program
• Public Health Approach to addressing veteran suicide
• Partnerships with community to address the problem
• #BeThere
• Peer Support
• Potential causes for the increase in veteran suicides
• Asking the question about military service

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

www.bethereforveterans.com

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

About Today's Guest:

Eric Burleson is a US Army veteran. His work focuses on how the brain and mind work for veterans in transition to civilian life. He lives in Austin, TX with his wife and children. He is the author of Separating from Service, a book that describes the challenges veterans face as they transition out of the military and provides an actionable framework to address those challenges.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Eric's background and experience
• Differentiation between the military and post-military life
• Eric's book Separating from Service
• Suicide in the Special Operations community
• Breaking points and developing resilience
• Talking about mental health openly to combat stigma
• Integrating behavioral health during transition
• Luck and taking advantage of opportunities during transition
• Getting over problems by getting through them
• Taking care of mental health the way we take care of physical health

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Separating from Service Web Site

Eric on Social Media:

 Eric on Twitter

Separating from Service on Twitter

LinkedIn

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

About Today's Guest:

As the National President and CEO of Student Veterans of America (SVA), Jared Lyon leads the organization’s efforts to empower student veterans to, through, and beyond higher education.

Since his appointment in January 2016, Lyon has overseen SVA’s growth to now include a network of more than 1,500 chapters on campuses in all 50 states and four countries representing more than 750,000 student veterans. During his tenure, he co-authored the National Veteran Education Success Tracker (NVEST) research, a comprehensive study of the first 854,000 student veterans to use the Post-9/11 GI Bill, and in 2017 led SVA’s commitment to pass the “Forever GI Bill,” the largest expansion of college aid for military veterans in a decade.

Prior to becoming CEO, Lyon was SVA's Chief Development Officer and Executive Vice President of Operations where he implemented plans to ensure organizational sustainability.

A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Lyon served as a submariner and diver, taking part in multiple deployments in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Upon separating from the military with an honorable discharge in 2005, he became an electronic-systems administrator at Northrop Grumman, and went on to manage Florida operations for the Washington Nationals Major League Baseball team while working on an Associate of Arts degree at night from Eastern Florida State College.

After five years in the private sector, Lyon returned to higher education full-time, earning a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University. As an undergraduate he served as president of the school’s SVA chapter and was recognized as the National Student Veteran of the Year by SVA in 2011. Lyon then served as National Program Manager for the Institute for Veterans and Military Family’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans and the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans’ Families programs.

Lyon holds a Master of Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, where he is an adjunct professor at the Whitman School of Management. In addition to serving on the SVA national board of directors, Lyon is the Vice Chair for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veteran’s Advisory Committee on Education, a commissioner for the American Council on Education’s Commission for Education Attainment and Innovation and sits on the Florida State University Veteran Advisory Board. Lyon is a 2018 Presidential Leadership Scholar, a bi-partisan effort to cultivate high-impact leaders applying the lessons in leadership learned from the presidential experiences of George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Jared's background and experience
• Enlisted service members leading national programs
• 2/3 of student veterans are first generation college students
• Community colleges as easy entry into higher education for student veterans
• "Veteran Students" vs. "Student Veterans"
• “The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.” – Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
• History of the GI Bill and Student Veterans of America
• Jared almost quitting college
• Challenging stigma-supporting data in research
• 72% of Post 9/11 veterans have a college degree
• Providing access to data in order to support and develop the Post 9/11 generation as this century's greatest generation
• The Warrior Wellness Alliance
• Veteran Wellbeing Survey
• Changing perceptions of veterans to improve wellness

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Student Veterans of America Web Site

Jared on Social Media:

 Twitter

Facebook

LinkedIn

Instagram

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

About Today's Guest:

Dr MacAulay is a 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran with experience leading and building teams, designing & implementing complex organizational change, and creating innovative solutions to optimize the human weapon system when operating in rugged and high-stress environments. Highly educated critical thinker, strategist, leadership & professionalism educator, and partner/co-founder of elite high-performance warrior mindset training experience for individuals and organizations.

Dr MacAulay commanded the 400 member joint 305th Operations Support Squadron - DoD's only tri-service OSS, with 10 flights, two airfields, & the largest KC-10 Formal Training Unit. Under her command, the 305th OSS was awarded Air Mobility Command’s Operations Support Squadron of the Year in 2016, and Airfield Operations Complex of the Year for 2015 & 2016 - earning the honor at the Air Force level in 2016. A retired USAF Lt Colonel, Dr MacAulay was a professionalism and leadership instructor for Air Education and Training Command, and served as the Director of Human Performance and Leadership for the 58th Special Operations Wing.

Most recently, she serves as a Human Performance consultant for the US Air Force, Department of Justice, and corporate America. She is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, has a Masters Degree in Kinesiology from Penn State University, and a PhD with work in the field of strategic health & human performance. Dr MacAulay is a certified wellness educator, yoga instructor, mindfulness researcher, and holds a certificate in plant-based nutrition. She is a proud military spouse, mother of two, and a combat veteran with over 3000 flying hours as a pilot in the C-21, C-130, & KC-10 aircraft.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Dr. MacAulay's background and experience
• Building confidence at a young age
• Protecting your dream from others
• Not letting "no" be an obstacle
• Growth mindset vs. fixed mindset
• Mental fitness
• Developing a healthy mindset to prevent breakdown, burnout, and become a better leader
• Change in the military after 9/11
• Mid-career burnout and negative mindsets
• "Imperfection is the path to learning and growth"
• Awareness of how stress impacts us and then the people around us
  • The awareness of the need for resources
  • The awareness of what resources are availalbe
• Mindfulness as a path to awareness
• An ancient brain living in a modern world
• "Many change only through pain and suffering"
• Mental Fitness as a way of improving life
• The Compete to Create program

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Dr. MacAulay's Web Site

Dr. MacAulay on Social Media:

 Twitter

Facebook

LinkedIn

Instagram

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

About Today's Guest:

Brent Gleeson is a highly sought-after business consultant, a serial entrepreneur, and a decorated Navy SEAL. He has degrees in finance and economics from Southern Methodist University, English and history from Oxford University, and a graduate business degree from the University of San Diego. As a member of SEAL Team 5, Gleeson’s platoon had some of the first SEALs deployed to Iraq in early 2003. He served several tours in Iraq, Africa, and other theaters of war. After returning to civilian life, he built award-winning, multi-million dollar organizations that were repeatedly named in the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing private companies. He has been featured on many business podcasts and local and national news channels such as CNBC, Fox, CBS, NBC, ABC, TMZ, and the Discovery Channel. For the past five years he’s written about business and change in his two regular business columns in Forbes and Inc. TakingPoint is his first book.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Brent's background and experience
• Brent's decision to leave the Navy
• Adaptation to Post-Military life
• Ease of Post-Military life if planned and supported
• Transition can be challenging, regardless of length of service
• Honest discussions about mental health and national security
• Taking Point Leadership
• Taking military lessons and translating them to the business sector
• The Seal Family Foundation
• Suicide Epidemic and Mental Health in the Special Ops community
• Late onset PTSD and Vicarious Trauma
• Building family resilience and addressing the divorce rate in the Navy Seal Community
• Brent's upcoming book: Embracing the Suck

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Brent's Web Site

Brent on Social Media:

Brent Gleeson on Twitter

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

About Today's Guest:

Barbara Van Dahlen, Ph.D., named to TIME magazine’s 2012 list of the 100 most influential people in the world, is the president of Give an Hour. A licensed clinical psychologist who has been practicing in the Washington, D.C., area for over 20 years, she received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Maryland in 1991. Concerned about the mental health implications of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Dr. Van Dahlen founded Give an Hour in 2005 to enlist mental health professionals to provide free services to U.S. troops, veterans, their loved ones, and their communities. C

urrently, the network has nearly 7,000 providers, who have collectively given $19 million worth of services. As part of her work with Give an Hour, Dr. Van Dahlen has joined numerous panels, conferences, and hearings on issues facing veterans. She has participated in discussions at the Pentagon, VA, White House, and Congress, most recently appearing on the White House June 2013 panel about mental health in America, moderated by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, and testifying in March of 2013 before the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on the topic “VA Mental Health Care: Ensuring Timely Access to High-Quality Care.” She has become a notable expert on the psychological impact of war on troops and families and a thought leader in mobilizing civilian constituencies in support of active duty service members, veterans, and their families.

Working with other nonprofit leaders, Dr. Van Dahlen developed the Community Blueprint, a national initiative and online tool to assist communities in more effectively and strategically supporting veterans and military families. Give an Hour has implemented the Blueprint approach in two demonstration sites and continues to lead community collaboration projects.

Dr. Van Dahlen has received numerous awards. In addition to her selection for the 2012 TIME 100, she received the American Psychological Association’s Presidential Citation and the 2013 Richard Cornuelle Award for Social Entrepreneurship of the Manhattan Institute. In 2014 she was named a Woman of Distinction by the Coastal Bend Women Lawyers Association and honored by the Chief of Staff of the United States Army as an outstanding civilian who has made significant voluntary contributions to our military and the United States Army.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Dr. Van Dahlen's Background and experience
• Everyone has a backstory
• Struggles beginning Give An Hour
• The Campaign to Change Direction
• Shame around hidden mental health challenges in families
• The growing conversation about veteran mental health
• Building resilience
• The Five Signs of Emotional Pain
  • Personality Change
  • Agitation
  • Being Withdrawn
  • Poor Self-Care
  • Hopelessness
• The Five Healthy Habits of Emotional Well-Being
  • Take Care of Yourself
  • Check In with Professionals
  • Engage with others
  • Relax
  • Know the Five Signs

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

The Campaign to Change Direction Web Site

Give An Hour and Campaign to Change Direction on Social Media:

Dr. Van Dahlen on Twitter

Give An Hour on Twitter

Campaign to Change Direction on Twitter

Campaign to Change Direction on Facebook

Campaign to Change Direction on Vimeo

Campaign to Change Direction on Instagram

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

About This Week's Guest:

Pat Williams is a basketball Hall-of-Famer, co-founder of the NBA’s Orlando Magic and former general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers. Also one of America’s top motivational and inspirational corporate speakers, Pat has addressed employees from many of the Fortune 500 companies. Pat is also the author of over 100 books, his most recent title highlighting the leadership secrets of the United States Military Academy at West Point in CHARACTER CARVED IN STONE.

Pat has been the general manager with NBA teams in Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Orlando, including the 1983 World Champion 76ers. In 1996, Pat was named as one of the 50 most influential people in NBA history. In 2012, Pat received the John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Pat was diagnosed in February of 2011 with Multiple Myeloma, an incurable form of cancer. However, after several rounds of chemo, Pat’s doctors have told him that they are unable to detect any myeloma in his body and have given him a clean bill of health.

Pat and his wife, Ruth, are the parents of 19 children, including 14 adopted from four nations. Additionally, Pat has been blessed with 17 grandchildren. Pat and his family have been featured on CBS This Morning, Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, and Mike and Mike as well as in such diverse publications as Sports Illustrated, Reader’s Digest, Good Housekeeping, The Wall Street Journal, and Focus on the Family.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Learning life-long values while in the military
• The genesis of the idea behind the book
• Importance of values in leadership
• The Twelve Virtues
• Value of Compassion - Ulysses S. Grant
• Leadership is about People
• Value of Loyalty - Matt Ridgeway
• Value of Responsibility - Mike Krzyewksi
• Value of Integrity - Eisenhower
• Values preparing us for the time we are called to serve
• Studying leadership - "Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers" - Harry S. Truman
• Reading what interests you
• Preparing a back up plan for the second half of your life
• Value of Determination - Maggie Dixon
• Peter Wang - Heroism On Display

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Pat's Website

Pat's Amazon Author Page

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

About This Week's Show:

This week's episode is a preview show that’s going to give you a quick peek into what we have coming up. We’ve got authors, mental health professionals, mental health professionals who have become authors, authors who are vetearns, the leader of the larges nonprofit serving student veterans in the united states, and the head of the Dpeartment of Veterans Affairs Suicide Prevention Program. Make sure to subscribe on your podcast player of choice so you don’t miss any of them.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• HST122 Pat Williams - Character Carved in Stone
• HST123 Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen - The Campaign to Change Direction
• HST124 Brent Gleeson - Taking Point Leadership
• HST125 Dr. Jannell MacAulay - Human Performance and Wellness
• HST126 Jared Lyon - Student Veterans of America
• HST127 Eric Burleson - Separating from Service
• HST128 Dr. Keita Franklin - VA Office of Suicide Prevention

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

Summary:

One Common Bond was founded by Mrs. Kimberly Franco. She was an Army Soldier serving her 22nd year of service when she lost her brother to suicide. She was not prepared for his death and in an instant, her life was changed forever.

Over the course of the days and months after losing her brother, she was in position to help other families through the pain of losing a loved one to suicide. Kimberly immediately realized that what she learned through the loss of her brother allowed her to be of help to others who were faced with sudden loss.

Kimberly retired early in order to pursue work in the field of suicide prevention full-time. Her faith helped her during this time and she held to the words in Genesis 50:20 about how God can turn what is meant to harm us into something good that helps others.

She founded One Common Bond as a means to connect those with like loss so they could work on their grief journey together.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Kimberly's Background and Experience
• Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention
• Reacting to a suicide in a group or a unit
• Post-suicide response in National Guard and Reserve units
• Community response to suicide prevention
• Raising awareness about suicide in the veteran population
• Preparing for transition out of the military from a cultural aspect
• Resource gaps in different locations
• Duplicate resources balanced with multiplication of specific resources for different populations
• Cross-agency collaboration
• Cost of suicide prevention training mitigated by online training
• One Common Bond

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

One Common Bond Website

Kimberly and One Common Bond Social Media:

LinkedIn

Facebook

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

Summary:

Dr. Jessica B. Stern is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with a speciality in trauma, mood and anxiety disorders, and health psychology, particularly in the Military and Veteran population. She is a clinician, supervisor, and researcher.

She obtained her PhD from Drexel University in 2017, and completed a fellowship with  NYU Langone Health Dept. of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology in 2018. She is currently a Clinical Psychologist on the Faculty of Psychology with NYU Langone Health, with dual appointment to the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic and NYU Psychiatry Associates(Faculty Group Practice).

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Jessica's background and experience
• Veteran mental health beyond PTSD and TBI
• Misdiagnosing a mental health condition due to snap judgements
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Examples of negative cognitions
• Thoughts leading to both emotions and behaivors
• Challenging negative thoughts to influence motions and behaviors
• Behaviors as an entry point to awareness
• Identifying themes and patterns in thought
• Awareness of problems coming from inside and outisde
• Common patters of negative thought:
  • Catastrophizing
  • Mind reading
  • Black and white thinking
  • All or nothing thingking
  • Absolute thinking
• Three Cs of CBT: Catch it, Check it, Change it
• Thoughts and behaviors being appropriate or inappropriate based on which environment you're in

Links Mentioned in this Episode:
 

Dr. Stern on the NYU Langone Website

Dr. Stern on Social Media:

Twitter

LinkedIn

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

Summary:

Michael “Rod” Rodriguez is a retired Special Forces Green Beret with nine deployments, from his first in Somalia with 10th Mountain Division to his last in Afghanistan with 7th Special Forces Group. His last assignment as a Green Beret was as a Sniper Instructor at Fort Bragg, NC (Range 37). After 21 years of continuous service, he was medically retired for numerous injuries he received while in service to our great nation.

He comes from a military family, his Grandfathers served during WWII, and his father is a Vietnam Veteran. His wife retired recently after 21 years in the U.S. Army, and his eldest son is currently serving with the 82nd Airborne Division and recently returned home from Afghanistan, marking the 16th deployment for the Rodriguez Household. He advocates for Veterans and their families and speaks publicly on the need to decrease the misunderstanding between civilians and the military. He is an active advocate for Art and the impact it has on everyone’s lives; he practices his very own in the form of metalwork and blacksmithing.

Rod is not only the President and Chief Executive Officer for the GWOT Memorial Foundation, in November 2015 he was selected and served for over three years as a member for President George W. Bush’s Military Service Initiative Advisory Council with the role of advising and supporting the President and leadership of the Bush Institute on key Strategic and Programming priorities in support of Veterans and their families. He is on the Veteran Advisory Council for the VA in North Carolina and also assists with several other non-profits and is always only a phone call or email away from both the Civilian and Military community. In 2013 Rod was inducted into the lauded “Explorers Club” based in Manhattan as a “Fellow” for his research efforts on Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress. He is currently a graduate student at Norwich University pursuing a Masters Degree in Diplomacy, but most importantly he is a proud Grandfather, Father, Husband, and Hermano to many.

Kelly L. Rodriguez retired from the Army after serving 21 years on active duty. She served as a Medic in a variety of positions and around the world including five deployments to Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and two tours in Afghanistan. Kelly has several awards and decorations including the distinguished Sergeant Audie Murphy award, a Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (3rd award), the Combat Medical Badge, Basic Parachutist Badge, and others. After retiring from the Army, Kelly began a career as a Mortgage Banker, before assuming duties as the Director of Operations for the GWOT Memorial Foundation.

Kelly resides in Fayetteville, NC with her husband Michael, who is also a retired Soldier. They have three sons, the eldest of which serves in the 82nd Airborne Division, and one grandson. In addition to her duties with GWOTMF she continues her service as a board member of the Special Operations Care Fund (SOC-F). Kelly is a proud wife, mother, grandmother, Blue Star Mom, and Combat Veteran.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Kelly and Rod's background
• The importance of memorials in remembrance
• Required changes to the Commemorative Works Act to build the memorial
• Getting input on the development of the monument
• Multigenerational aspect of service
• Four tenets of the memorial:
  • Honor
  • Healing
  • Empowerment through Education and Engagement
  • Unite
• Memorials are for all veterans, not just the veterans whose service is memorialized
• Transitioning from awareness of veteran mental health to acceptance of veteran mental health

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

GWOT Memorial Foundation Website

Global War on Terrorism Foundation on Social Media:

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

Summary:

Sebastian Junger is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of THE PERFECT STORM, FIRE, A DEATH IN BELMONT, WARand TRIBE.   As an award-winning journalist, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a special correspondent at ABC News, he has covered major international news stories around the world, and has received both a National Magazine Award and a Peabody Award. Junger is also a documentary filmmaker whose debut film "Restrepo", a feature-length documentary (co-directed with Tim Hetherington), was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

"Restrepo," which chronicled the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, is widely considered to have broken new ground in war reporting.  Junger has since produced and directed three additional documentaries about war and its aftermath. "Which Way Is The Front Line From Here?", which premiered on HBO, chronicles the life and career of his friend and colleague, photojournalist Tim Hetherington, who was killed while covering the civil war in Libya in 2011.  "Korengal" returns to the subject of combat and tries to answer the eternal question of why young men miss war.   "The Last Patrol",which also premiered on HBO, examines the complexities of returning from war by following Junger and three friends--all of whom had experienced combat, either as soldiers or reporters--as they travel up the East Coast railroad lines on foot as "high-speed vagrants."

Junger has also written for magazines including Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic Adventure, Outside and Men's Journal. His reporting on Afghanistan in 2000, profiling Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah Massoud, who was assassinated just days before 9/11, became the subject of the National Geographic documentary "Into the Forbidden Zone," and introduced America to the Afghan resistance fighting the Taliban.

He lives in New York City and Cape Cod.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Tribe's reception among both veterans and civilians over time
• Integrating into the combat veteran culture
• Facilitating conversations between groups of people
• Losing the need to belong leads to danger
• Lack of usefulness leading to depression
• A Veteran in New Fields by Winslow Homer
• Marginalizing the broken veteran
• PTSD Symptoms in NYC after 9/11
• Rewarding sacrifice
• Not mislabeling transition stress as PTSD
• Establishing healthy dynamics in your community.

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Sebastian Junger's Website

Sebasitan on Social Media:

Facebook

Twitter

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

Summary:

Shauna Springer, Ph.D., is the TAPS Suicide Prevention & PostventionSenior Director. Known to many veterans as “doc Springer,” she has helped hundreds of warriors reconnect with their tribe, strengthen their most important relationships, and build lives that are driven by their deepest values. She has particular expertise in attachment processes, trauma recovery, innovative suicide prevention approaches, relationship counseling, peer support program development, and Veteran’s issues, including post-discharge adjustment and strategies for engaging Veterans in behavioral health care. Dr. Springer is a licensed Psychologist with an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a Doctoral degree from the University of Florida.

TAPS Suicide Prevention & Postevention draws from a unique combination of professional expertise and survivors’ “lived experience” to shine new light on the critical questions that have challenged military leaders and veteran organizations for decades. TAPS Red Team provides training and consultation to clinicians, military leadership, policy makers, veteran employers, and groups of veterans and their families.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Doc Springer's background and experience
• Veterans trying to protect clinicians from harm
• Clinicians developing trust in order to work with veterans
• Global viewpoint helping veterans to understand and connect
• National suicide epedemic
• About the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors
• Veterans changing the culture around mental health for other veterans
• Peer Support
• Mental health professionals as partnering with the veteran instead of being the expert
• Hidden pain

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Website

TAPS Suicide Postvention Program

PsychArmor Suicide Intervention, Prevention, and Postvention courses 

TAPS on Social Media:

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

YouTube

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

Summary:

Tom served on active duty in the United States Army for three years, from 2003 to 2006. After initial infantry training at Fort Benning, Georgia, Tom was ordered to Fort Lewis Washington to serve with the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, an element of the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, one of the Army'€™s first Stryker Infantry Brigades.

In May of 2013, Tom teamed up with Anthony Anderson to create Veterans Trek, Inc. Tom and Anthony developed, organized and executed a 2,700-mile trek from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Los Angeles, California. While trekking across the country Tom and Anthony fostered community awareness on veteran€™ issues through formal media outlets, conducted peer-to-peer support for veterans€™ and their families in all seven states, and raised over $100,000 for Dryhootch of America, Inc. Tom is devoted to helping veterans and their families overcome the struggles of returning from war. He currently volunteers his time by acting as a veteran consultant on the €œSave the Soldiers Home project by serving on the Community Advisory Council and local work group. He is also involved with educating medical students on the veteran experience at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and currently sits on the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center Consumer Council on mental health.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Tom's background and expereince
• Walking off the war
• Healing for others rather than healing for self
• Almost Sunrise documentary
• Veterans using their stories as examples for other veterans
• Not being able to do what we want to do in combat
• Moral scaffolding
• Moral injury leading to distrust
• Disdain for the ignorance of war
• PTSD versus Moral Injury
• Clinical response versus Faith response to moral injury
• Survivors guilt
• Embodied emotion and Yoga

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Almost Sunrise Website

Tom on Social Media:

Facebook

Twitter

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

Summary:

Jacob brings to MVP years of experience in the nonprofit management space, with a background in program management, development, and director roles.  He recently worked as the Los Angeles City Director at Up2Us Sports, where he grew the organization's program, and development, and efficiencies.  In his previous role, he also launched the first mentoring program in Los Angeles recruiting and placing military veterans as sports coaches for underserved youth. He is passionate about building and strengthening communities. Jacob believes that relationships and mentors are essential to human development. He serves as an Emerging Leaders Board Member for United Way and enjoys volunteering his time. Jacob is looking forward to empowering veterans and former players in reaching their next potential.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Jacob's background and experience
• Teaching veterans to coach youth sports after their military career
• Veterans continuing to serve while in the community
• Similarities between professional sports and military service
  • Structure
  • Mentorship
  • Physical activity
  • Transitions
• Physical and psychological transitions 
• What to expect from an MVP session
  • Consistency
  • Sense of safety
  • Gaining skills and developing competence
  • "The Huddle"
• Combining physical exercise and mental health in the same session
• The future growth of MVP

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Merging Vets and Players Website

Jacob's email: JToups@vetsandplayers.org 

MVP on Social Media:

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

YouTube

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

Summary:

Victor J.R. Duphily III is a Retired Police Sergeant, Former U.S. Army Infantry and Intel Officer, and Cold War Veteran​

He is a National Certified Counselor with a Master of Science degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Southern CT State University.  He is focused on serving Military, Veteran, and First Responder populations along with their families and is currently working under the direct supervision of Amy Otzel, LPC.  He served his internship with the U.S Department of Veterans' Affairs at the New Haven Vet Center and has worked previously with Wheeler Clinic’s Mobile 2nd Shift Crisis Team for the 14 cities and towns surrounding Plainville.

Victor also has earned a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice from the University of New Haven.  In his previous career with the Guilford CT Police Department, he served as a patrolman with additional duties as a firearms instructor, armorer, D.A.R.E. officer and Crisis Team member where he performed Observer/Sniper, Entry team, Hostage Negotiator and Specialty Weapon instruction. He retired from GPD as a patrol sergeant after 21 years of service.

Vic's military career began as both an Infantryman and Artillery Officer with the 26th ID in the Massachusetts Army National Guard.  Following, he entered into the Active Duty U.S. Army as a Mechanized Infantry Officer (Bradley) in Germany with the 3rd ID and as an Intelligence Officer assigned to the G2 section of the 10th Mountain Division.  He completed his military service with 6 years in the IRR.

His accomplishments have been complimented by the valued relationship he shares with is wife, Denise.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Vic's Background and Experience
• Cold War Leadership with Vietnam Veteran Influence
• Transition to Police Force
• Difference between First Responder Mental Health and Veteran Mental Health
• Helping and problem solving as a Soldier, Police Officer, and Therapist
• Resetting a baseline after trauma
• Veterans seeing the world with a
  • Global Perspective
  • Different social perspective
  • Historical perspective
• A counselor as translator and facilitator
• Toxic Leadership
• Legacy of negative thoughts

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Inner Resource Counseling

Vic on Social Media:

Inner Resource Counseling Twitter

LinkedIn

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

Summary:

Here's the sneak preview of the great shows coming up in May on the Head Space and Timing Podcast

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Episode 113, Veteran and First Responder Mental Health with Vic Duphily
• Episode 114, Merging Vets and Players with Jacob Toups
• Episode 115, Almost Sunrise with Tom Voss
• Episode 116, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors with Dr. Shauna Springer 
• Episode 1117, Tribe with Sebastian Junger
• Episode 118, The Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation with Michael and Kelly Rodriguez
• Episode 119, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Dr. Jessica Stern
• Episode 120, Suicide Prevention and Postvention with Kimberly Franco

Links Mentioned In This Episode:

Subscribe to the show

Sign up as a guest

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

Summary:

Leo Shane III is an award-winning military and veterans affairs reporter whose work has drawn national recognition from policy leaders, media peers and troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, who rely on his insight as an objective voice on issues affecting their lives. 

He has worked in Washington, D.C. since 2004, covering Capitol Hill and the White House. His beats include legislation affecting military policy and veterans issues. His work also includes overseas coverage of military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Chile and Ecuador.

He has become a prominent voice on veterans issues, chronicling troops' transition back to civilian life and the challenges facing the Department of Veterans Affairs.

In 2010, Shane was part of a team of reporters who received a Polk Award and a National Headliner Award for stories that revealed the military's practice of profiling journalists in Afghanistan in an attempt to steer coverage of the war.

Prior to his national work, Shane covered state and local politics for newspapers in Ohio, Illinois and Philadelphia. He is a 1998 graduate of the University of Delaware.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Leo's background and experience
• Helping veterans tell their stories
• Reporting on veteran issues early in the Global War on Terror
• Mental Health reporting in the media
• Helping to understand the needs of veterans through communicating with them
• Shining the light on shortcomings and gaps while supporting the mission of the VA
• The evolution of the VA
• The MISSION Act
• Demanding more of a system is different than giving up on a system

Links Mentioned in this Episode:

The Defense Nerds Podcast oniTunesand Google Play

Leo on Social Media:

Twitter

Leo's articles in the Military Times

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

Summary:

Honored for his groundbreaking work in the spiritual, holistic and community-based healing of veterans and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Dr. Tick has been a psychotherapist for 40 years. He has been specializing in working with veterans since the 1970s.

Dr. Tick is the author of Sacred Mountain, The Practice Of Dream Healing, The Golden Tortoise, Wild Beasts and Wandering Souls and the award-winning book War And The Soul. His most recent book is Warrior’s Return: Restoring the Soul After War. He also has released a 6 CD audio book entitled Restoring the Warrior's Soul: An Essential Guide to Coming Home.

Dr. Tick is an internationally recognized educator and expert on veterans, PTSD, and the psychology of military-related issues. He has conducted trainings, retreats and workshops across the country and overseas. He has lectured and trained staff and worked with wounded warriors at West Point, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, Fort Knox, Altus Air Force Base and other Dept. of Defense facilities. The Department of Defense now uses his pioneering work and he was the U.S. Army’s 2012 trainer for its annual Chaplain Sustainment Training in PTSD.

He is a tireless advocate for war-healing and peace-making, lecturing around the world and leading semi-annual educational, healing and reconciliation journeys to Viet Nam and Greece.

Dr. Tick is a gifted healer, teacher and guide specializing in using psycho-spiritual, cross-cultural, and international reconciliation practices to bring healing and hope to veterans, communities and nations recovering from the traumas of war and violence.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Therapists getting out of the therapy room and connecting with community
• Emphasis on trauma in veteran mental health
• Moral transformation
• Ceremonial and ritualistic transformation
• Finding peace and pride after military service
• Integrating healing into the warrior experience
• Communalization of trauma rather than individualization and patholigization
• How to heal within society and how to heal a society
• Seeking gratitude and support
• Dr. Tick's alternatives to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  • Posttraumatic Soul Disorder
  • Posttraumatic Social Disorder
  • Posttraumatic Spiritual Development

Dr. Tick on Social Media:

LinkedIn

Dr. Tick's Website

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

Summary:

Honored for his groundbreaking work in the spiritual, holistic and community-based healing of veterans and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Dr. Tick has been a psychotherapist for 40 years. He has been specializing in working with veterans since the 1970s.

Dr. Tick is the author of Sacred Mountain, The Practice Of Dream Healing, The Golden Tortoise, Wild Beasts and Wandering Souls and the award-winning book War And The Soul. His most recent book is Warrior’s Return: Restoring the Soul After War. He also has released a 6 CD audio book entitled Restoring the Warrior's Soul: An Essential Guide to Coming Home.

Dr. Tick is an internationally recognized educator and expert on veterans, PTSD, and the psychology of military-related issues. He has conducted trainings, retreats and workshops across the country and overseas. He has lectured and trained staff and worked with wounded warriors at West Point, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, Fort Knox, Altus Air Force Base and other Dept. of Defense facilities. The Department of Defense now uses his pioneering work and he was the U.S. Army’s 2012 trainer for its annual Chaplain Sustainment Training in PTSD.

He is a tireless advocate for war-healing and peace-making, lecturing around the world and leading semi-annual educational, healing and reconciliation journeys to Viet Nam and Greece.

Dr. Tick is a gifted healer, teacher and guide specializing in using psycho-spiritual, cross-cultural, and international reconciliation practices to bring healing and hope to veterans, communities and nations recovering from the traumas of war and violence.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Dr. Tick's background and experience
• The nation's attitude toward Vietnam
• David Wood's book What Have We Done
• Developing moral injury
• Healing trips to Vietnam
• Soldier's imperative to preserve and protect
• Mamorials for self, fellow service members, and the enemy
• Moral injury from Iraq and Afghanistan
• Responsibility of leaders for establishing and maintaining moral judgement

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

Summary:

Raul Juarez is an experienced educator with a demonstrated history of working in social justice and military veteran advocacy initiatives. Skilled in Disability Awareness Training, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Nonprofit Organizations, Intelligence Analysis and Government work. Dedicated professional who is passionate about volunteer work and committed to using his education and platform to empower others to improve their community.

Raul is an Air Force veteran who completed a six month fellowship service with the Mission Continues. After serving 10 years in the military, he earned a Master’s degree in Adult Education from Park University, a Master's degree in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University, and is currently obtaining a Master's degree in Sports Administration and Education from University of Miami.. 

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Raul's background and experience
• Enlisting before 9/11 and how things change in the military after it
• Anxiety about deployments compared to anxiety about leaving the military
• Different reactions to post-military life
• Education as both a student and teacher as a path outside the military
• Self-selecting out of Ivy League schools
• Purpose through Service
• Impact of the "New" veteran service organizations
• Veterans as an under-represented population outside of the miltiary
• Similarities between former athletes and former service members
• Life Long Learning

Links Mentioned In This Episode:

Raul on Social Media:

LinkedIn

Raul's email raul.juarez1979@gmail.com

Are you looking for more ways to learn about military and veteran mental health and wellness? Check out Duane's books by going to www.veteranmentalhealth.com/books

Summary:

Dr. Theresa Larson (aka “Dr. T”) has become one of the fitness world’s most sought after experts on movement health. Dr. Larson earned her doctorate in physical therapy from the University of Saint Augustine in San Diego, CA. A former Marine Corps Engineer Officer and Combat Veteran, Theresa also played professional softball in Italy as well as semi-professional softball in the United States, was an All- American Division I softball player at Villanova University, as well as a former Body-for-Life Champion. Theresa founded Movement Rx with her husband in 2013 in order to break free from the limitations that traditional physical therapy puts on practitioners and patients. The result was a company where skilled practitioners can authentically treat patients with the time, care, and movement education they deserve.

Dr. Larson is determined to deliver health to as many people as possible with her team. She is an international speaker on movement & mobility for MobilityWOD, and is the creator and lead instructor of popular Functional Training for Adaptive Athletes program. She recently authored a memoir (WARRIOR) that was published in April of 2016 through Harper One, an imprint of Harper Collins, and is a co-founder of one of the cutting edge virtual rehabilitation and wellness company, Your Movement Prescription. YMP programming includes The Low Back Fix, The Knee Fix, and The Shoulder Fix.

In addition to her practice, wellness and speaking efforts, Dr. Larson is a huge advocate for Team Red White and Blue, a veteran non-profit, National Eating Disorder Association, CrossRoads Adaptive Athlete Alliance, Resiliency Project, and Challenged Athletes Foundation.

Theresa’s mission is to provide programs and education on mindset and movement self-care to the individual, the adaptive athlete, and to organizations so they can stay ahead of their health and continue to do what they love.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• Theresa's background and experience
• Being a female Officer in the Marine Corps
• Eating disorders in a combat zone and the military in general
  • Self-stigma
  • Stereotypes
  • Misconceptions
• Learning positive wellness coping techniques
• Awareness of previous addictions
• Respecting mind, body, and fitness rather than abusing mind, body, and fitness
• Awareness and recovery

Links Mentioned In This Episode:

Twitter

LinkedIn

Movement RX Website

Theresa's Website

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