recovery

The Seeing Lens, a photography program at Lebanon VAMC, teaches mindfulness to Veterans in recovery. Each week focuses on a different aspect of recovery and ties it to a photographic technique.

When William Ford arrived at Shreveport VA Medical Center in October 2018, he was homeless and ill. Everything he owned could be packed into two bags. Today, thanks to VA, he’s healthy and hopeful.

Drugs, homeless, suicide attempts. Army Veteran’s remarkable story of recovery: “The cost of starting over is too damn high. I focus on the future as best I can and keep my side of the street clean.”

Talk with VA recruiters about healthcare careers in pain management for Veterans at PAINWeek 2019, the national conference for frontline practitioners.

Explore a Veterans Affairs career in mental health at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Aug. 8-11, in Chicago.

Veterans at Bay Pines VA Healthcare System learn new ways of coping with anxiety and stress through observing and interacting with horses in Equine Assisted Learning Workshops.

Writing and performing poetry helped Omar Columbus cope with PTSD. Then he picked up a camera. He sold one of his beautiful collages, is now doing fashion shoots, and has not forgotten his fellow Veterans.

A program called TRAC at Cincinnati VA helps Veterans cope with mental illness by encouraging living life to the fullest, focusing on inner strength.

WISER and ROVER recovery programs are intensive and require Veterans to leave the world behind for five weeks. Read the valuable descriptions of what they experience and how it helps them recover.

Recruiters for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are […]

This is the story of two Vietnam Veterans who share their experiences in a VA program which lets Veterans know they are not alone with their feelings. It helps Veterans set goals and achieve recovery.

A career in mental health at the U.S. Department of […]