Course Aims to Fill Gap by Training Therapists on Needs of Veterans, First Responders

Course Aims to Fill Gap by Training Therapists on Needs of Veterans, First Responders
Minister of Veterans Affairs Kent Hehr speaks with veteran Brian McKenna, representing the 39 Brigade Group Wellbeing Network, at a stakeholder summit at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa on Dec. 2, 2015. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
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It wasn’t until psychologist number three that retired warrant officer Brian McKenna was able to find someone who, in his words, “had a clue.”

McKenna, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan now living in Vancouver, had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and had been trying unsuccessfully for years to find a mental-health professional who could understand and help him.