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Rachel Rugato always knew she was meant for something bigger than herself. At age 17, she enlisted in the Marine Corps. It was a calling that gave her life purpose, she said.
“They had a warrior mentality and a fighting spirit that I resonated with so deeply,” Rugato told “Nightline.” “It encompassed so much of my life, my childhood. It had all of the aspects and components that I needed to fulfill who I was as a person. And you had the family, you had the camaraderie.”
A new mental health clinic in Lawton aims to offer a lifeline to veterans and their families.
The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Red Rock, which is operated by Oklahoma City-based Red Rock Behavioral Health Services and is part of the Cohen Veterans Network, opened its doors for in-person visits April 1 after a telehealth-only launch last year.
The clinic serves post-9/11 veterans, regardless of role or discharge status. It also serves family members of veterans or active-duty service members, a crucial part of the clinic’s mission.
“Without our families, we just couldn t do what our nation asks of us,” said Taylor Poindexter, the clinic’s outreach manager and a veteran who served in the U.S. Army for over 30 years. “We oftentimes forget that the families suffer through the same trauma and the same anxiety that the actual service member does while they re serving.”
By DANA BRANHAM | The Oklahoman | Published: April 20, 2021 LAWTON, Okla. (Tribune News Service) A new mental health clinic in Lawton aims to offer a lifeline to veterans and their families. The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Red Rock, which is operated by Oklahoma City-based Red Rock Behavioral Health Services and is part of the Cohen Veterans Network, opened its doors for in-person visits April 1 after a telehealth-only launch last year. The clinic serves post-9/11 veterans, regardless of role or discharge status. It also serves family members of veterans or active-duty service members, a crucial part of the clinic s mission.
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Borne the Battle #238: Army Veteran Dr. Anneke Vandenbroek, Director of Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Easterseals
In this episode of Borne the Battle, Army Veteran Dr. Anneke Vandenbroek, a board-certified clinical psychologist, discusses changes in treating Veterans in times of COVID, cognitive behavioral therapy, the importance of mental healthcare and how any Veteran, regardless of discharge status, can receive cost-free mental health care at any Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic in the country.
Dr. Vandenbroek joined the Army during her doctoral program when she received the Health Professions Scholarship. She had little idea of the variety of jobs and opportunities that awaited her in the military. After graduating from Nova Southeastern University with her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, she was later stationed in Hawaii.
April is Month of the Military Child
Local events are supporting military children
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Photo Illustration created as a social media graphic to show support for our military kids and their sacrifice at Joe Foss Field, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, April, 2021. The graphic was created using Adobe Photoshop to disseminate on social media in an effort to raise awareness for the Month of the Military Child which is celebrated during the month of April. (U.S. Air National Guard Illustration by Staff Sgt. Jordan M. Hohenstein)
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