A new appeal is launched to save a unique counselling
service that resolves military trauma for nearly eight out of ten armed forces
veterans that complete the programme offered by PTSD Resolution (Registered
Charity No. 1133188) - in an average of just five one-hour sessions - www.ptsdresolution.org
“ PTSD Resolution was set up to provide free treatment
without delay - because when veterans ask for help they are often desperate. As
a charity we rely solely on voluntary donations. There’s no Government, social
services or NHS help. Our funds are depleted by the demands for help, and now
there’s a waiting list,” says Colonel Tony Gauvain (retired), chairman of the
charity and a senior therapist in the PTSD Resolution programme.
The charity offers counselling with a unique 78 per cent
success rate, Tony Gauvain says. It helps UK armed forces’ veterans, TA and
reservists to relieve mental health problems resulting from military service
and ease reintegration into a normal work & family life.
The “80:20 Appeal” has two goals: to end waiting lists for
counselling; and secondly to offer extra support to the 20 per cent of trauma
sufferers who do not respond to the initial programme. With the required
funding, PTSD Resolution’s professional counsellors can then provide the help
that is needed.
“ The PTSD Resolution national outreach programme has over
200 therapists. It is private, confidential, local and one-to-one. There is no
referral needed, which reduces any sense of stigma. Counselling is brief and
effective – as opposed to the medication, months of treatment or residential
care that is too often the response to a problem that has a proven,
compassionate resolution,” says Tony Gauvain.
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