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    I Feel Like the Longer I Do This Work, the Less Empathetic I Become – Should I Be Worried?

    Clinicians

    Maybe when you first started out as a clinician, you found yourself thinking about your clients outside of work – worrying about them, wondering if there was more you could do to help, or if there was a better way that you hadn’t tried yet. But after years of...

    I Really Need Mental Health Services but There Is a Long Wait at the VA, Where Do I Go?

    Mental Health, Military and Veterans, SMVF

    As a veteran, you are eligible to use your VA benefits to pay for health care, including mental health services. But with understaffing and increased workloads, the wait time can sometimes be very long at VA locations.  So, is there somewhere else you can go to get...

    Leaving the Military Affects Family Members Also

    Military and Veterans, Military Transition, SMVF

    Military Transition Affects the Whole Family, Not Just the Service Member When a service member prepares to go on a deployment, do a PCS move, or transition out of the military, they are required to go through several levels of discussions and counseling to make sure...

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