Fundraiser to help combat veterans reintegrate into families

Fundraiser to help combat veterans reintegrate into families, communities
The Spectrum.com
Written by
Brian Passey
June 30, 2013

Dr. Sid Young knows a thing or two about the psychology of war.

Not only is he a licensed psychologist and president of the Utah Psychological Association, he also spent 22 years as a chaplain in the U.S. Army. As a lieutenant colonel, he deployed in various campaigns from Desert Storm and Desert Shield in the 1990s to the more recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He’s also the clinical director for The Core Veteran Integration Program, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping war veterans with the often difficult process of returning home.

“We want the individuals to be able to come back to their core being after being involved in war,” he says.

The program is designed to help combat veterans reintegrate with themselves, their families and their communities as they make the transition back to civilian lifestyle. Young says this is especially important for those in the National Guard or in a reserve unit because they often don’t have the same resources found on a military post or base.

Young says this reintegration can be difficult because soldiers are often only focused on one mission at a time when deployed, but when they return home, they have to balance family, employment and other things like church responsibilities.
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