Category: Newsletter Articles
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New Habits and Routines
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Caity Bower, LOTRThe new year season is always a time where people begin the journey of creating resolutions; sometimes resulting in success or failure. I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about some of the science behind forming healthy habits and techniques to ensure your new habits form healthy routines. The…
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Serving San Antonio
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bastioncommunityHeadway’s newest team member brings experience as a fellow veteran and life coach Thriving hundreds of miles apart from one another, Bastion’s two Headway locations have a lot in common. Of course, they both utilize the same unique clinical model, providing individualized goal setting and occupational therapy in a group…
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How Stress & Trauma Impact Our Bodies and How We Can Heal Ourselves – Part 2: EMDR
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Lovella Calica, LCSWThis month I’d like to share another modality that incorporates the body/science into healing called EMDR, which should just be called bi-lateral stimulation, but it stands for Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing therapy. I am asking for your open-mindedness for a moment. It may sound strange and unbelievable, but it is…
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Digital Detox by Breyana Robinson, Our Social Work Intern
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Breyana Robinson, Social Work InternWhat do trees do in September? They turn over a new leaf! Get it? With the fall season in front of us, it’s important to be mindful of how much screen time we’re getting while trying to stay out of the cold. This week I want to come to the…
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Hello San Antonio!
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Tess RileyBastion’s brain injury program expands to “Military City USA” Headway has been changing lives in New Orleans for over six years, and we are thrilled to announce that this transformative TBI day program now serves the veterans of San Antonio. Thanks to our founding partner Wounded Warrior Project, Headway-San Antonio is…
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Art Therapy offers new challenges, opportunities for veterans
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Tess RileyArt therapy continues to blossom here at Bastion through our Headway brain injury program. From awards at the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival to appearances on local news stations, our veterans have been overwhelmed with positive feedback from those who have had the privilege of viewing their artwork. At Bastion’s second…
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Findings from our Residential Survey: “Community as the Intervention” in action
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Tess RileyBastion conducts community-wide residential surveys to assess our initiatives and their outcomes. We evaluate how effectively our programs, resources, and services help veterans successfully integrate into our community. Our most recent survey used indicators like Positivity, Enrichment, and Loneliness, among others, to better understand the experiences of our veterans here…
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Prioritizing Protective Factors in the fight against veteran suicide
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Tess RileySeptember marked Suicide Awareness Month, an important and somber reminder of the stakes we are up against in the veteran community. Veterans are at a 72% higher risk of suicide than their civilian counterparts, according to nonprofit Stop Soldier Suicide. This risk represents the isolation, loneliness, and loss of identity…
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Headway’s Summer Showcase: Highlighting our Veteran Artists
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bastioncommunityThe talented veterans of Bastion’s Headway program will once again have their incredible artwork hung on the walls of the Phelps Dunbar law firm’s main office this summer, an experience that has now become an annual tradition thanks to our generous friends at Phelps. Headway’s art therapist, Raney-Mills Turner, has…
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Celebrating Health, Wellness, and New Horizons for New Orleans Veterans
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bastioncommunityThe Bastion Community of Resilience will be celebrating veterans’ health and wellness this Saturday at Wellness Fest, a free event aimed at connecting our veterans with resources and healing modalities that have proven successful for many of Bastion’s veterans. “At Bastion, we look beyond traditional offerings for mental health and…