Title: An Overview of Military Service Members and their Families: How Mental Health Professionals Can Best Serve this Population

Presenter: Odis McKinzie, MA

Description: The focus of this webinar is to provide clinicians in the field an overview of the military and its culture, which will create a better understanding of this population’s needs and how counselors can best serve them.

Title: Clinical Military Counseling: Guidelines for Practice

Title: Soldier's Heart: Counseling Combat Veterans at End of Life

Presenter: Cynthia A. Briggs, PhD

Description: Counselors may feel unequipped to address the personal, spiritual and trauma needs of veterans at end-of-life, but must develop fluidity, adaptability and courage for these important final conversations. Research on this topic has largely been conducted in the medical community, but counselors play a significant role in supporting veterans in making peaceful transitions from life to death. This presentation draws on interviews with over 80 veterans to identify insight and knowledge about their end-of-life needs.