Curating Resources to Help Veterans
In addition to publishing the best veteran-created prose, poetry and art three times a year, Veterans' Voices magazine has curated the best “tools” and practices from veteran psychiatrists, psychologists and others that veterans can use to build better lives. Veterans Voices Writing Project also offers important veteran speakers sharing their experiences and successes addressing challenges. Here are excerpts from valuable recent contributions of the specialists and speakers.
Writing at the School for Better Living
At the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, I developed and led a transitional learning center, the Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center (PRRC). Its goal was to help veterans with serious mental illness to reintegrate into their communities by focusing on the biological, psychological, social and spiritual dimensions in their lives. The veterans called it the School for Better Living and were partners in its development. Each veteran developed a recovery plan and worked toward personal community integration goals. Many remarkable recoveries occurred as veterans worked on what gave their lives purpose and meaning. More ›
Veterans’ Day Writing Awards Special Program
Like too many veterans, Jason Kander’s after action battles at home were far more daunting and debilitating than anything he had experienced in Afghanistan. It took 10 years of untreated trauma and the flame-out of a once promising political career to shove Kander onto the path toward understanding and healing. The former Army intelligence officer also came to realize the power of writing for veterans who struggle with the unrelenting mental torture of combat memories. More ›
Resilience Building
Resilience is often defined as the ability to bounce back from stress or traumatic events. Building Resilience means you deploy positive emotions to counteract the impact of traumatic events and control one’s emotions rather than being controlled by them. Resilience also means re-tooling your thinking to promote emotional health by becoming aware of automatic negative thoughts. More ›
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