The Verdict: The Soldiers Project is the Real Deal

I met with my prospective clinician today at a local diner.  I wanted to meet on neutral ground first to see if we had compatible personalities.  As it turns out, we do.  I will be moving forward with individual therapy with this clinician that was provided, free of charge, by The Soldiers Project.

What an organization.  I was skeptical when I first heard about this organization.  They ask for no compensation.  They have a heartfelt desire to help veterans.  You can tell that the desire is genuine.  I have done more research on them and I found out that they require that all of their volunteers be trained on how to communicate and treat veterans.

I have spoken with my wife and I will be working with the clinician on a week-to-week basis.  I will do my best to schedule a time to meet with her once a week.  Her schedule is flexible and I look forward to finally receiving the intensive one-on-one treatment I think I have been in need of for a long time.

I need this.  I really do.  The PTSD symptoms I have been experiencing recently have been morphing into a new variation of intensity that I haven't had to contend with before.  There is one thing that she has brought up already that I am looking into and doing research on (yeah, you know me...gotta learn all I can):  The idea that the emotional/psychological/spiritual trauma I experienced may have diverted that natural development of the adult brain and arrested any further development.  At least that's the gist of what she was saying.  So needless to say, I am quickly drilling down into this subject matter.

I wanted to send out a special thank you to Rod Deaton (Blogger, Paving the Road Back) for informing me of this wonderful organization.  I appreciate all that you do, Rod.  I consider you a true friend, a man of limitless compassion.  Would that there were more like you.