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Counseling Military Families: What Mental Health Professionals Need to Know

Counseling Military Families: What Mental Health Professionals Need to Know According to the United States Department of Defense, by the end of 1993 t

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According to the United States Department of Defense, by the end of 1993 there were 2,036,646 reservists and family members and 3,343,235 active duty and family members for a total of 5,379,781 people affected by the military. Since then, because of the conflict in Iraq, the numbers have dramatically increased. While we have always had military families in our midst, not since the Vietnam War have their struggles been so vivid, particularly with alarming rates of increase of both suicide and divorce among military personnel. The face of the military has changed; for the first time a volunteer army is serving in a major combat zone, the level of reservists serving is unprecedented, the percentage of women soldiers in virtually all positions is unprecedented and most of the soldiers have left spouses and/or families behind.

The objectives of Counseling Military Families are to help the practicing counselor understand how the military works, what issues are constants for the military family, and what stressors are faced by the military member and the family. The book will begin with an overview of military life, including demographic information and examples of military family issues, before delving into specific chapters focused on the unique circumstances of reservists, career service personnel, spouses, and children. The final section of the book will present treatment models and targeted interventions tailored for use with military families. This book will help counselors tailor their interventions to work well with families who are in transition, who may have an ingrained resistance to asking for help and who will, more than likely, be available for counseling for a relatively short period of time.

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Question :

Any military NCOs I need help with a joe....any advice will do?

I have a joe who was seeking counseling before he deployed...we are on month 11 of 16 and he has experienced death of fellow soldiers in our troop, a pretty nasty divorce, deaths in the family, and has repeatedly ask COC and our 1SG and CO to be discharged because as he says "mentally he can t take it anymore and he is going to snap". He has made threats towards other soldiers, gone to combat stress classes, takes weekley mental health counseling, speakes to the chaplain and even filed a congressional investigation and still our CoC refuses to at least send him to rear D if not discharge for personality disorder. The guy has no weapon and is not allowed to leave the FOB and you can see just by looking at the guy that he is not right and is not the guy I use to counsel for being a great soldier when I was in the rear. I seem to be the only one that keeps him level...what do you do with a guy like this and how do you convince CoC to get him out because they say he has to act out first
Answer :
Ahoy, brother. Former Navy Hospital Corpsman here. Sounds like you ve got a real tough one. The only thing that I could suggest is set up a meeting with the doctors, counselors, Chaplain, and the kid s chain of command to work things out.

I can kind of understand your CoC s position. He s not really close enough to the situation to know this kid is really messed up, and he doesn t want to reward malingering, because then everybody will be pulling the same stuff.

The way I figure it, you have to be able to prove that this kid is a danger to himself or others, and have medical professionals to back it up. If the CoC still won t listen, then just take it higher.

I feel for you, bro. I had a kid flake out on me on a firing range once. That was fun.
Question :

How to become a Social Work Officer in Military?

I was just on the Forces.ca website and you can apply for a position as a Social Worker. In the qualfications, it says you need a masters degree (which I m cool with). I don t understand what this means though: A concentration in clinical practice is required. You also need to be registered with the professional social work association of a Canadian province or territory. You will also require three years of clinical experience with adult mental health as a registered social worker (psychosocial and family counselling) acquired within the last five years."
Are they saying I need to get into the medical field? So confused. Please don t be mean, I m just a 14 year old girl and have no clue what I want to do in the future.
Answer :
you re 14 and you are worried about what you want to do in the future, I m 19, in university and I don t know what I want to do in the future, very few actually do. Yes, you have to be in the medical field in order to become a social working officer in the military.
Question :

Divorce and my rights? Does she get paid cause I have a mental disorder?

Well here goes. I have been married 4 years in June. Out of those 4 years I deployed 25 months all together. Over both deployments she moved back to Oklahoma with our two children. It was both of our decision as was both our decision for her not to have employment, due to costs of childcare. We agreed on this. I always told her it was her decision. After my first deployment, I came home, and got into it with alcohol. I seeked help from a military source. Our marraige was steadily in turmoil due to her abusive and destructive temper tantrums and rage issues. After I deployed again, it became obvious to me as well as our friends and family, that she was going to go to the bars, drink, and party every chance she got. That caused countless problems and fights when I would call home to find she was out and the kids was with a sitter. I was furious, it was almost nightly. Then rumors of infidelity arose. I was being told by numerous sources both trusted and a little shady, that she had been permiscuous, and had cheated on more than one occasion. With 14 months of me trying to tell her that it is excessive and that a wife and mother should not behave this way, I lost all trust in her. Almost every conversation was about who she was with and what she was doing. Upon my redeployment home, the home became a house full of eggshells. I couldnt hardly talk to her without her blowing up on me and fighting about everything. She drank, and fights would become physical. She has been witnessed by friends and family of the outbreaks of rage and her destructive behavior. One night it became severe. We fought, she threw punches, and held her down, and tried to just get my things and leave. She followed me out the door with a knife. I disarmed her called the cops, and she was charged with 4 degree domestic assault. They left the knife out of the police report because I didnt want her charged with a felony. I bailed her out, we talked and came to the conclusion to get counseling. We argued a little here and there but not so bad. She had been ordered to take domestic violence classes, and had probation for 2 years. A close friend of hers died back in OK, so naturally she wanted to go back to the funeral. We have one vehicle, so I coordinated to get a ride to work until the end of the week. Her and the kids went back to OK. A day later in she allowed her anger to resurface and got into an altercation with her 17 year old sister in law. She was arrested and charged with domestic assault, in which she has pleaded not guilty. I was furious. I was left without a vehicle and my stepson was missing school. I told her I was coming to get the car and the kids. She agreed to allow my stepson to come back with me, along with our daughter. That was on march 16th. She has been bar hopping, doing drugs, and yet some more rumors of infidelity have surfaced. there has not been a conversation on the phone we have not fought and threatened divorce. I have had the kids on my own, in the military, a 5 yr old stepson, and 2 year old daughter. She has missed her court date here, as well as her classes. She has a warrant out for failure to appear, and violating her probation. Her court date in OK is July 8th. Well I have recently had been talking to a counselor that has talked about me having PTSD. Not a severe case, although in a divorce case she plans to use my PTSD(unconfirmed), distrust, and alcoholism(first deployment) as grounds for getting everything, the kids the car alimony and all that. I cant afford an attorney unless the are pro bono and the military laywers dont help with divorces. I dont know what to do!!!! I need answers...
Answer :
Here s the deal: With so much lying and distrust, abuse, neglect, ingratitude, infidelity, unresponsiveness, destructive behavior, drugs/alcohol.................where do you think the courts are going to side?

dah....with the children!
The courts could really care less about your immaturity and your requested problems. Know that they will see them as YOUR problems. You ve had every opportunity to make resolution to the issues and have done little to nothing to remedy them. The court will look at you the same way that we do. You are both immature and irresponsible. (granted - your story seems more her than you) but that does not preclude the problem that you have done little to nothing to really find a solution to the problem. You ve let it fester until divorce is the only solution.
As a responsible person, and a military man, and the husband and the MAN of the household it has always been your responsibility to take care of your wife and family irrelevant of her own problems.
Because you are not there does not mean that you cannot do anything. This is where your immaturity shows itself in spades.

I was in the Navy (subs) and gone 8 months a year for 4 years. We had our issues. (How can you not when this kind of stuff is the norm?)
When you say that you can t afford an attorney - why not? You are supposed to be financially responsible for yourself and your family. Here is another source of immaturity. What "toys" were more important than your financial future?
You can blame her all you want. And you can claim all kinds of personal problems in your defense. How about you start doing the one thing that will stand the test of time.
Start telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Even when it sheds a bad light on you. Start telling the truth.
THIS is what the court will admire.
You both have your own shovels. Look at what you re wife is doing with hers.

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