Taos Behavioral Health

Counseling for Adults, Children and Families

  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our History
  • Our Staff
    • Clinical Staff
    • CCSS Staff
    • Administrative Staff
    • Nurturing Center Staff
    • Board of Directors
    • In Remembrance of Katia Torrelli-Delgado
  • Programs & Services
    • Youth Programs
      • Empower
      • Familia y Mundo
      • Family Center
      • Integrity First
      • Nurturing Center
      • REACT
      • Semillas y Raices
    • Adult Programs & Services
      • Adults, Children & Family Counseling
      • Couples Counseling
      • Nonviolence Awareness Classes
      • Restorative Parenting
  • Blog
  • Join our Team
  • Donate
    • Make A Monthly Commitment
    • AmazonSmile
    • Other Ways to Help
    • Partners/Donors
      • 2017 Letter to Donors
    • How Your Donation Helps
  • Contact
  • Counseling Referrals
You are here: Home / Archives for Nakeesha Haelen

Reaching Out to Veterans

May 9, 2019

Mary Gray McPhailBy Mary McPhail Gray
Board Chair

“Working with veterans is a passion of mine,” declares Jacquie Arcand, one of four Taos Behavioral Health clinicians who are uniquely skilled at treating veterans. “I am a military brat and have a lived experience with military culture and family life.  My father was a WWI veteran whose PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) was never treated.”

Just as you would seek help for a physical injury, you can seek help for a soul-searing moral injury.  The wounds are just as deep and debilitating.  Most veterans have some level of PTSD—as a result of experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event/s.  PTSD symptoms may start within a month of the event or may not appear for years.   Often the individual has intrusive repetitive memories, avoidance behaviors, negative moods and thoughts and changes in physical and emotional reactions.  The veteran often experiences difficulties in social and family life, occupational instability, marital problems and difficulty in parenting. [Read more…] about Reaching Out to Veterans

Filed Under: Mary's Columns - Taos News Tagged With: Beatrice Miera, Beatrice Miera and Nakeesha Haelen, Jacquie Arcand, Linda Sanders, Military Sexual Trauma Victims Retreat, Nakeesha Haelen, veterans

Help Us Help Taos




Recent Posts

  • Unique Services for Northern New Mexico November 23, 2022
  • A Rich Tapestry of Services October 27, 2022
  • Reflections and Planning Ahead September 20, 2022
  • A Summer of Great Success! August 23, 2022
  • New Location for Community Services June 30, 2022
  • Giving Back to their Community March 31, 2022
  • Giving Back in Full Measure! March 24, 2022
  • Protective and Risk Factors for Children January 27, 2022

Our Mission

Taos Behavioral Health provides comprehensive behavioral health services to individuals, families, and groups to support them in developing positive behaviors and making life-affirming choices.

Our Staff

Our Mission

Taos Behavioral Health provides comprehensive behavioral health services to individuals, families, and groups to support them in developing positive behaviors and making life-affirming choices.

Copyright © 2023   Taos Behavioral Health             Contact             Blog               Donate