Wartime service is a life-altering experience.

If you are a veteran or a veteran's loved one you may be facing adjustment difficulties and need someone who understands.


As the widow of a combat veteran, I know the toll your sacrifices can take.

Don't go it alone.

Let me help you heal as you tell your story.


I am also a volunteer with Give an Hour, a nonprofit organization offering free mental health counseling to veterans and their families. 

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 Then Odysseus said to his wife:

"We have not yet come to the end of our trials.

There is still a long, hard task for me to complete..."

And Penelope calmly answered him:

"Your bed is ready for you whenever

You want it, now that the gods have brought you

Home to your family and native land.

But since you've brought it up, tell me about this trial..."

And Odysseus, his mind teeming:

"You are a mystery to me.  Why do you insist

I tell you now?  Well, here's the whole story.

It's not a tale you will enjoy, and I have no joy in telling it...."                               

Homer. The Odyssey.   Book 23.  p 360-361.
Translation by Stanley Lombardo.
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. Indianapolis,  2000. 

 

Veteran Facts: New York State is home to 1.4 million veterans.   US Census

Close to 2 million Americans have served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 11% who have served since 2001 are women.
NYS Health Foundation

A 2008 RAND study, Invisible Wounds, reports 20% of returning soldiers suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or depression and 47% did not seek care.


  

 

 

Dolores Colgan, MSW, LCSW                                  
516 655-3506
colgandolores@gmail.com