VISTAS Counseling Veterans and Military Families

VISTAS Online is an innovative publication produced for ACA by Dr. Garry R. Walz and Dr. Jeanne C. Bleuer of Counseling Outfitters, LLC. Its purpose is to provide a means of capturing the ideas, information and experiences generated by the annual ACA Conference and selected ACA Division Conferences. Papers on a program or practice that has been validated through research or experience may also be submitted. This digital collection of peer-reviewed articles is authored by counselors, for counselors. VISTAS Online contains the full text of over 900 proprietary counseling articles published from 2004 to 2017.



Perseverance and Progress Career Counseling for Military

Seth Hayden, Leigh Green, and Katherine Dorsett
2013

The push for increased access of counselors to military personnel requires clinicians to be aware of issues common within this population. One emerging issue is military personnel who have suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI), the signature wound of the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Career counseling offers a useful intervention to assist in their rehabilitation. Given the potential issues this injury presents to career development, creating a framework to enhance the ability of service members and veterans with TBI to effectively navigate a career choice is essential to addressing their needs. This article will discuss a strength-based approach, which utilizes aspects of cognitive-behavioral therapy, to assist military personnel with traumatic brain injury in their career development.

2013

The push for increased access of counselors to military personnel requires clinicians to be aware of issues common within this population. One emerging issue is military personnel who have suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI), the signature wound of the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Career counseling offers a useful intervention to assist in their rehabilitation. Given the potential issues this injury presents to career development, creating a framework to enhance the ability of service members and veterans with TBI to effectively navigate a career choice is essential to addressing their needs. This article will discuss a strength-based approach, which utilizes aspects of cognitive-behavioral therapy, to assist military personnel with traumatic brain injury in their career development.

Keywords: career development, cognitive-behavioral and strengths-based therapy, military, traumatic brain injury

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