**PTSF Fam! Check out this special "Reflash" episode! This one was originally released on 15 August 2022 and is one of our favorite conversations.**
About our Guest: Virginia Cruse is a Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor specializing in Military Issues and Combat-Related Trauma. She provides crisis intervention and evidence-based treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Moral Injury, Depression, Combat Operational Stress, and other diagnoses. Virginia is a certified clinician in Cognitive Processing Therapy and Prolonged Exposure Therapy and has 20+ years of experience serving Active Duty Military, Veterans, Military retirees, and family members. She is a Certified Group Psychotherapist (CGP) and an active American Group Psychotherapy Association member. Virginia is an Army Reserve Officer, Combat Veteran, and published researcher. She has one fantastic husband, Jay, and one terrible dog, Peanut.
Damon and Damo sit with Virginia and discuss PTSD, suicide, evidence-based treatments, hallucinations, and believing that you can survive. These and more topics are discussed in this episode. Remember to follow the ‘Permission to Speak Freely’ podcast on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and subscribe on YouTube. Link to all Social Media and our Youtube page: https://linktr.ee/Ptsfpodcast Links and More for Virginia Cruse: Website: www.thesoldiersblog.com Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/5d67884cb98c/stay-connected Facebook: @thesoldiersguide Instagram: @the_soldiers_guide Twitter: @soldierguide The Soldier's Guide to PTSD: https://www.amazon.com/Soldiers-Guide-PTSD-Reclaiming-Your-ebook/dp/B08VRD2Y8X The Soldier's Guide to PTSD Workbook: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1734806702/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1 Acknowledge & Heal: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B1M8QKSR
Damo’s Book of the Week:
The Soldier’s Guide To PTSD: How to No-Shit Reclaim Your Life (Virginia Cruse LPC, NCC) https://www.amazon.com/Soldiers-Guide-PTSD-Reclaiming-Your-ebook/dp/B08VRD2Y8X
Intro Music Produced by: Lim0
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