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Resources for those suffering from PTSD and those who love them.
Local resource for PTSD counselling and help.
AKERS COUNSELING, PSC
Psychotherapy
for individuals, couples, and family.
3931 Colby Avenue
Everett, WA 98201
(425) 388-0281.
I am involved in the
women's support group, which meets twice monthly, for wives whose husbands have combat related PTSD. It has been very helpful
and I would highly recommend the counsellors and support groups at Akers.
Website Resources for PTSD
Listed below are links to sites I've found to contain very
helpful information for dealing with the effects of trauma, including PTSD & combat PTSD.
National Center for PTSD
Patience Press: "Information and help for members of the military on active duty, as well as veterans of earlier conflicts
and survivors of all kinds of trauma."
Post-Traumatic Stress in the Military 3, a radio broadcast that aired Friday, November 09, 2007. Click here to go to a page
where you can download free MP3 files to listen to this 3-part series, which featured Marshele and her husband, Navy Commander
Mark Waddell, who suffers from PTSD.
PTSD Support Services, published by "a combat wounded Vietnam Era Veteran with a 100% service connected disability."
My PTSD Claim. This site is dedicated to all those who are suffering from combat-related PTSD.
Military Ministry: goal is to assist chaplains and commanders with caring for the spiritual well-being of troops and their
families.
Combat Faith. Information about PTSD. NEW SECTION! ATTENTION COMBAT VETERANS OF ALL WARS
Iraq War Veterans Organization. Information about PTSD, Health issues and Veterans Benefits and more, including links to information
about Veterans Administration health care, readjustment after deployment,
Sidran Institute: Traumatic Stress Education & Advocacy
Healing Combat Trauma
Military Veterans PTSD Reference Manual
Vet Trauma.org: readjustment resources for military and civilian combat veterans.
Broken Spirits: an online community and support group that focuses on aiding both current and past victims of child abuse,
sexual abuse, and domestic violence. Has information about PTSD.
Enabling & Rescuing vs Tough Love
Resource for military families.
Hope For the Home Front. Does not deal
with PTSD but offers encouragement for military deployments and life. The site's publisher, Marshele Waddell, and her husband,
Mark, a former Navy Seal, are now dealing with PTSD and have gone public with their journey on Focus on the Family. Marshéle
and her husband, U.S. Navy SEAL CDR (ret) Mark Waddell, were featured with Dr. James Dobson in an interview that focused on
how post-traumatic stress and combat stress are affecting military marriages and families.
Go directly to: "Hope for the Home Front."
