However one feels about the War in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is inarguable that the greatest burden of our war effort has fallen upon our military men and women. They have placed themselves in harm's way at the request of their nation while the rest of us have been asked to do little more than to carry on and go to the mall.
Repeated and extended deployments are extremely stressful for the men and women involved and on their families. In an effort to assist our military with the often painful and difficult transitions back to civilian life, I am pleased to be among a group of Mental Health professionals who have volunteered to offer our expertise to our Veterans.
A Brief Description of the Soldiers' Project of New York and New Jersey (with contact information at the bottom):
The Soldiers' Project offers free psychological counseling in private offices, with no red tape, a flexible schedule, and no limit to the number of sessions. We also offer free psychological counseling to your extended families (including girlfriends, boyfriends, spouses, children, parents and grandparents) - to help them get through deployment issues, and to reintegrate afterwards, and we offer free therapy to members of bereaved families.
This Project is outside the military; it operates on a private practice model, providing free services to any member of the military (all branches, including NG and Reserves - whoever has been in OIF/OEF) and including those who are VA or DoD eligible. ( For more information please see articles in the Christian Science Monitor, Stars & Stripes, and other newspapers; websites include Any Soldier, and Marine Parents, and especially, The Soldiers' Project, which includes contact information in the Southern California area, as well as a wealth of information about various topics of interest to Veterans and their families.)
Who are we ?
We are a group of licensed psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and marriage and family therapists who feel a personal commitment. You served your country and now we would like to help you.
This group began as extension of a project of the Trauma Center of LAISPS (Los Angeles Institute & Society for Psychoanalytic Studies).
For information on the New York and New Jersey Soldiers' Project, please call: 212-242-3784
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