Military & Veterans

ACA participates in White Ribbon Day in Congress

ACA partnered with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to support the White Ribbon VA campaign, an initiative that calls for the end of sexual harassment, sexual assault and intimate partner violence.

Preventing veteran suicide

As veteran suicide rates continue to rise, counselors can incorporate creative clinical approaches to better serve those who serve us.

Afghanistan evacuation kicks up tough emotions for veteran clients and counselors

The United States withdrew the last of its military troops from Afghanistan. News outlets documented this historic moment with a grainy, green-tinged, night-vision photo of a lone soldier boarding a cargo plane at the Hamid Karzai International Airport.

Counseling in the trenches

Adrian Marquez, a retired Marine master sergeant and  Marine Raider, woke up one morning during his time in the Marine Corps and couldn’t remember how to get dressed. He looked down at his pile of clothes and mumbled, “Pants first, then shoes?”

Advice for counselors who want to work with military clients

Clinicians often tell Taqueena Quintana, a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Washington, D.C, that they find it difficult to start working with the military population as a civilian counselor.

Suicide prevention strategies with the military-affiliated population

Every suicide is a tragedy affecting families, friends and whole communities, but when everyone works together to help those in need, suicide becomes preventable. All have a role to play in preventing service member, veteran, and military family suicide.

From Combat to Counseling: Comprehensive mental health in the military-affiliated population

Often, when talking about mental health in the military-affiliated population, the first thing that comes to many people’s minds is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This is true of mental health professionals as well.

From Combat to Counseling: Service members, veterans and military family mental health

Service members, veterans & their families face some unique challenges both during and after military service. There’s the stuff that is widely known- deployments, constant moving, a regimented lifestyle- & then there’s the stuff that isn’t so well-known.