Although the majority of veterans and military service members are parents, they often struggle to find specialized psychological support for themselves, much less their children. A new initiative aims to change that. The Strengthening Bridges Project (Bridges), a collaboration between the Sturm Family Foundation and the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP), launched in 2022, a time that saw escalating need. Many military families were still contending with the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as with developments in Afghanistan and Ukraine. The need for services directed at military families and their children is especially acute. “Early childhood mental health is seldom an area of competence among clinicians serving these families,” says Katy Barrs, associate clinical professor at GSPP and clinical director of the school’s Sturm Center, a behavioral health center for veterans, service members and their families. Stigma is
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