Surge in PTSD Veterans Seeking Help at Fort Campbell

Counselors see surge of Fort Campbell war vets
The Leaf-Chronicle
Philip Grey
October 12, 2014

Clarksville’s SAFE harbor for soldiers, veterans and families experiencing its own surge

Soldiers, veterans and family members shared the songs they wrote recently during a healing songwriting retreat offered by Soldiers And Families Embraced, a Clarksville non-profit offering free counseling and retreats for anyone affected by war.
(Photo: LawrenceTaylor, SUBMITTED)

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – With the military in drawdown-mode and combat deployments scaling back, a local nonprofit providing free counseling to former and current service members and their families is seeing a surge in clients.

“We aren’t positive what the cause of this surge in soldiers, veterans and their families seeking counseling is,” said the Rev. Jodi McCullah, executive director of SAFE (Soldiers and Families Embraced), “but we can guess. The cessation of back-to-back deployments and the drawdown have left too many soldiers and veterans with free time. No mission means time to reflect on pain, trauma, guilt and anger.

“For months, we have been seeing about 170 clients a week, but, last month, the number of active clients jumped to 220. We have averaged a dozen intake appointments a week all month, and, if this continues at this pace, our active client roster will reach 320 by end of the year, nearly doubling.”
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