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with high fitness standards and coping with post-combat mental health concerns are just a few of the hard physical and psychological obstacles that military service members and veterans must overcome. Nonetheless, the majority of service members do benefit from a solid support network, which consists of partners, spouses, and family members who, in their own way, carry the burden of deployment and military service (McKee, 2023).

While active-duty service members and veterans have access to a variety of mental health care resources, the same cannot always be said for their friends and family. Many tend to believe that separation during deployment is the most difficult aspect of being a service person’s family member. Upon separation from the military, service personnel are linked to a number of resources to assist them with everything from mental health care to financial planning and civilian career preparation. In contrast, military spouses and families have historically had limited access to or been excluded from such programs. Due to this gap, military families frequently lack proper access to family counseling and marriage therapy, which can exacerbate preexisting family troubles (McKee, 2023). Improving communication, resolving family issues, and fostering a more functional home environment are the three objectives of family therapy. Long-term exposure to bad family dynamics may result in mental health issues for each family member. Thus, marital and family counseling is essential. Unresolved marital conflicts

may eventually result in divorce, which is another potential cause of mental health concerns. Who will be significantly impacted? The youngsters. Your child requires the services of a psychiatrist since their response to your marital troubles is crucial to their growth and development. Lack of communication between family members results in bottled-up emotions, misunderstandings, and family issues (Lewis, Lamson, & Leseuer, 2012). When family members have difficulty opening up to one another, a chasm is created between everyone. The accumulation of pent-up emotions can lead to a dysfunctional family environment, as each family issue can snowball into a larger issue.

Families serving in the military are at an increased risk for experiencing emotional and psychological distress. Although the military provides interventions during the pre-deployment and deployment stages, relatively few programs focuson the reintegration process. New suggestions are being made for methods to address all stresses that can negatively affect the emotional well-being of a deployed member’s spouse and children at every stage of the deployment. This is because the emotional well-being of the family is affected by every stage of the deployment. Similar to “therapy” and “counseling.” TRICARE provides limited coverage for inpatient and outpatient therapies, including individual sessions, group sessions, and family/joint sessions. Functional family therapy (FFT) is a sort of family therapy that was established for youth demonstrating undesirable behaviors, like substance use and truancy. FFT aims to reduce negative adolescent behaviors and strengthen family ties. This therapy is quick, limited in duration, and costs between $50 and $250 per session (Mancini, 2020). The risk associated with initiating family therapy is identical to that associated with civilians, changes in socioeconomic position (being processed out), divorce, unknown severe brain injuries, loss of insurance, or a single individual’s refusal to comply.

However, we have various provider already with the VA and Interns who can see patients. The cost will be figured out through the department’s budget. Status will be tracked by an electronic survey filled out quarterly and tracked by the data quality team who already tracked individual patient status. The program will be promoted via the PAO and through military once source. If the proposal fails, we will continue to refer patients to a contracted behavioral health provider via the VA hospital.

Lewis, M., Lamson, A., & Leseuer, B. (2012). Health dynamics of military and veteran couples. A biopsychorelational overview. Contemporary Family Therapy, 34, 259-276.

Mancini, J. A., O’Neal, C. W., & Lucier‐Greer, M. (2020). Toward a framework for military family life education: Culture, context, content, and practice. Family Relations,, 69(3), 644-661.

McKee, G. B., McDonald, S. D., Karmarkar, A., & Ghatas, M. P. (2023). Demographic characteristics, mental health conditions, and psychotherapy use of veterans in couples and family therapy. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 12(1), 11.