Blog posts with the tag "Staff Perspective"

Staff Perspective: Gratitude as Self-Care

By Kevin Holloway  on 13.01.2021 10:04 am
Dr. Kevin Holloway

Many of you reading this now will likely agree with me that we’re looking forward to this new year. 2020 was certainly a year of upheaval, disconnection, distress, and for many people, significant loss. Indeed, all of us have experienced loss to one degree or another, whether that is loss of a loved one, income, ease of movement, or peace. Added to that is significant political discord, struggle for social justice, unjustified death and suffering, and disagreement on basic truth. It is easy to point to multiple examples of things we won’t miss about 2020

Staff Perspective: Learning from Military Family Resilience During COVID-19

By Marjorie Weinstock  on 06.01.2021 9:06 am
Dr. Marjorie Weinstock

Family resilience is also a topic that my colleagues and I have discussed a great deal over the past few months in regards to the current pandemic. So, my interest was piqued when I recently ran across an article by Dr. Heather Prime and colleagues in American Psychologist focusing on how to encourage family resilience in the wake of COVID-19-related stressors. One of the first things I noticed was that the conceptual framework that they use is very similar to the one we describe when talking about military family resilience in our training events.

Staff Perspective: USU’s Medical Psychology Doctoral Program - Training for Military-relevant, Non-clinical Careers in Psychology

By Jennifer Phillips  on 30.12.2020 12:36 pm
Dr. Jenny Phillips

The Uniformed Services University’s Medical Psychology graduate program offers a unique opportunity for civilian students to pursue a doctoral degree in a military-relevant, non-clinical area of Psychology.

Staff Perspective: Military Families Share Their Experiences During COVID-19

By Jennifer Phillips  on 22.12.2020 3:41 pm
Dr. Jenny Phillips

Following up on Christy Collette’s piece on "Military Family Resilience during COVID-19," this week’s blog will share additional information about the unique impacts of the pandemic on military families. Using information gathered directly from five different military families during the first wave of COVID-19, this blog will highlight some of the important issues behavioral health providers should consider when working with military families.

Staff Perspective: Not Home for the Holidays

By Katie Medina  on 16.12.2020 9:44 am

As a military Veteran and a military spouse, deployments were an accepted and many times anticipated part of my life. I met and married my Marine husband in Jacksonville, North Carolina. He was assigned to a Marine Special Ops Command and deployed regularly. For years two through six of our marriage, my husband was gone 10 months out of every year. Throughout the years, he has missed every holiday at least once. For some, I don’t think he has ever been home.  As I recently reflected on these missed holidays and the challenges that went along with them, I came up with a list of my 10 Holiday Survival Tips for a military family.

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