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Military life comes with unique struggles that can have lasting effects on veterans and their families. The stress of service, war-related trauma, and adjustment coming back to civilian life can all take their toll. Members of the military and their loved ones may develop mental health concerns like PTSD, depression, and anxiety, making life more difficult than it could be.

This is where therapy can help. Whether you are located in downtown Bristol, the suburbs of Bristol, other nearby places such as Waterbury, Hartford, or anywhere else in Connecticut, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Common Issues Military Veterans and Families Face

Here are some of the most prevalent issues facing veterans and military families:

  • Veterans: Combat injuries, addictions to narcotics, alcoholism, difficulties getting reacclimated to the civilian world, mental issues like anxiety and PTSD.
  • Military families: worry and sadness during deployment, concern for the well-being of the military member, financial struggles, a fear of being uprooted, lack of control, mental conditions like depression and anxiety, vicarious trauma.

It’s normal to have difficulty during military service or after exiting the military, and that’s why veteran and military family counseling exists. If you or your family are struggling, we recommend you explore your therapy options.

Seek Veteran/Military Family Counseling Now!

A licensed counselor will work with you and your family to explore and resolve the mental and emotional issues holding you back from enjoying life to its fullest. And Mental Health Match can help you find an experienced therapist in your area. Start by browsing experts below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

Bristol, CT Veteran and Military Family Therapists - List Your Practice on Mental Health Match

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Together we will learn more about your relationship with yourself and others, and find ways to deepen those connections. We will identify your treatment goals and actively help you move towards them in and outside of therapy.

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I am flexible and use a variety of approaches tailored to each individual; we are all different and that's what makes us unique. I value collaboration, authenticity, and being human with you in the therapeutic space.

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You already have some resiliency so we will build on that to learn how to access emotional wellness, navigate life stressors, set appropriate boundaries, cope, heal and embrace your evolution of self.

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  • Childhood Trauma
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Tackle what makes you feel shame, unworthy, and like the perpetual emotional caregiver in your relationships. We will transform your story, building skills to give you the confidence, self-love, and compassion you have been searching for.

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I welcome every part of you, exactly as you are. I use an Internal Family Systems (IFS)-based approach to support you in deepening your understanding of how your past wounds impact you now to grow and heal.

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We will join to release old patterns of dysfunction and to celebrate the development of strategies and techniques that promote self-love and self-healing.

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Folks may experience a new understanding of themselves in light of past traumatic experiences. They also will find a sister-traveller who will accept their self-revelation as authentic. They will find validation, acceptance, and encouragement.

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Laura Riss
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work together to understand how your past experiences inform your present difficulties as well as your strengths. We will use this lens to develop new tools and strategies to generate momentum for sustainable change.


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work together to understand how your past experiences inform your present difficulties as well as your strengths. We will use this lens to develop new tools and strategies to generate momentum for sustainable change.

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I work collaboratively using an integrative approach that draws on mindfulness, cognitive behavioral, dynamic, and creative techniques. We work together to create a plan to help support healing in your thoughts, emotions, and interpersonal patterns.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Body Image
  • Boundaries
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Depression
  • Eating Disorders
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  • Life Transitions
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