Is Therapy Your Next Mission?

Starting therapy can feel challenging, especially when you’ve been trained to tackle life head-on. As a veteran, I understand the weight that military life can carry. Therapy is a place to lay down some of that weight, focus on you, and build the tools you need to thrive.

Stepping into Community and Connection

Military life teaches us resilience but sometimes at the cost of feeling isolated. Therapy can be the first step to reconnecting—whether that’s strengthening bonds with family, finding fellow veterans who “get it,” or simply creating a space where you feel heard.

Processing the Hard Stuff, Together

Deployments, reintegration, and service-related trauma can be tough to navigate alone. Therapy offers a place to explore these experiences at your own pace. Here, we can dig into those moments and find ways to manage them that feel right for you.

Being Kind to Yourself

We’re often taught to power through everything, but in therapy, you can learn self-compassion, which is crucial for long-term growth. Therapy encourages you to be kind to yourself and recognize the courage it takes to ask for support.

Finding Your Path Forward

With a mix of practical tools and a community of support, therapy offers a roadmap to empowerment. Each step is a testament to your strength and resilience. Therapy is here to help you tap into that resilience, empowering you to live fully and authentically.

Jonathan Conover is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Associate(LCSW). Jonathan is also a certified trauma professional providing person-centered, trauma informed, queer and gender affirming psychotherapy.