Project Healing Waters offers Fly Tying Classes for veterans in February and March, for beginners and advanced.

The Veterans Health Alliance of Long Island & The Long Island Community Foundation present Mental Health First Aid Training for military members, veterans, and their families on February 7 & 8, 9am-1pm. This is an 8-hour training on responding to mental health crises.

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum offers a presentation called Your Brain on the Military: Women Veterans on February 1, 3-5pm. The Intrepid Museum and New-York Presbyterian Military Family Wellness Center welcome current and former military service members and their family and friends for an afternoon exploring the links between military service and the brain. Hear from researchers and veterans as they unravel myths and realities about veterans and mental health.

Dr. Colleen Becket-Davenport, Psy.D., of the Military Family Wellness Center will moderate a panel of female veterans. They will speak about the strengths and leadership of women in the military, and the unique challenges they face both during and after service.

Panelists include:

Shay Arnon is a veteran of the Israeli Defense Forces (2012-2014) and served during Operation Protective Edge in 2014.

Emily O’Hara is a Human Resources Business Partner at New York Presbyterian, joining the organization in 2016. She served in the U.S. Army as a Captain in the AG branch, from 2011-2016.

This program is free with advance registration.

Project9line offers an Aromatherapy Session on February 2, 11am-12:30pm. Free for veterans and active military, $15 for friends or family. Call or email to RSVP.

Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies offers a webinar for mental health providers called Working with Military Service Members and Veterans: Assessment and Cultural Competency 101 on January 31, 11am-12:30pm (EST).

Military veterans and service members currently serving are seeking community mental health in greater numbers than ever before. Yet, many community providers lack awareness and understanding of military culture, and may not feel competent to adequately assess their problems and needs. This webinar provides a basic overview of military culture, to include examination of its explicit and implicit elements, how to interact with military veterans and service members, as well as a review of key assessment areas, techniques, and strategies. 

Register here.

Approximately 300,000 veterans sustained a TBI as a result of serving in the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; 57% were not evaluated or treated for TBI.

Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at NYU Langone presents their TBI Program, funded by NYC City Council, to fill this gap in treatment. The service offers neuropsychological evaluations, which help us to understand the relationship between brain and behavior. These evaluations offer in-depth assessment of memory, thinking visually/verbally, attention, problem solving, planning and mood. The TBI Program also offers cognitive training, to develop strategies to work around cognitive difficulties.

Telemental Health services at the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at NYU Langone Medical Center provide mental health care to veterans, service members (from any era and with any discharge status), and their families in every part of New York State who are unable to regularly commute to therapy.  Services are provided via computer or tablet and can be done in the privacy of one’s home.  Telemental Health is an innovative and simple approach to providing the high quality care the MFC is known for. 

In partnership with New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, VFR Healthcare and Strive Health provides a weekly Women Veterans Support Group, Tuesdays in January, 6:30-8pm.