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Mental Health
Military Counseling
Military Counseling
Wilmington Mental Health offers mental health, psychiatric, and primary care services to military personnel transitioning into civilian life or veterans struggling with behavioral, psychological, emotional, or medical symptoms. Our programs are designed to address the needs of affected military personnel away from environments that may trigger their conditions and symptoms.
Benefits of Military Counseling
Improved Mental Health
Therapy helps address anxiety, stress, trauma, and other mental health concerns.
Coping Skills
Counselors work with you to manage difficult emotions, improve self-care, and develop healthy coping mechanisms.
Stronger Relationships
Therapy helps improve communication skills, rebuild trust, and strengthen relationships with family and friends.
Successful Transitions
Therapy assists with navigating the challenges transitioning between military to civilian life.
Trauma/PTSD Therapy
Professional Adult Treatment
Our Approach
Learn how to overcome psychological trauma. Trauma occurs when you have had a disturbing experience that results in significant fear, hopelessness, dissociation, conduction, or disruptive feelings that have a long-lasting effect on your person, behavior, and attitude. Wilmington Mental Health has specialists that will help you manage your symptoms related to trauma with the goal to help you manage your symptoms.
Related Disorders
Adjustment Disorders
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Acute Stress Disorder (ASD)
Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)
Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder
Common Symptoms
| Symptoms | |
|---|---|
Agitation | |
Hostility | |
Hypervigilance | |
Self-destructive behavior | |
Social isolation | |
Flashbacks | |
Fear | |
Mistrust | |
Loss of interest or pleasure in activities | |
Guilt | |
Loneliness | |
Insomnia | |
Nightmares | |
Emotional detachment | |
Treatment Goals for you at Wilmington Mental Health
| Treatment Goals | |
|---|---|
Awareness of feelings | |
Decrease or eradicate symptoms | |
Face the reality of the traumatic event without getting stuck in it | |
Shift focus from the past to the present | |
Improve daily functioning | |
Reclaim personal power | |
Overcome addictions associated with traumatic stress | |
Gain skills that prevent relapse | |
Treatment Modalities
| Available Treatment Methods | |
|---|---|
Individual Therapy | |
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) | |
Prolonged Exposure Therapy | |
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) | |
Hypnotherapy | |
Psychodynamic | |
Group Therapy | |
Depression Therapy
Professional Adult Treatment
Our Approach
Learn how to address persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest. Depression exists when you experience persistent low mood or loss of interest in activities, which may have significant impairment in your daily life.
Related Disorders
Major Depressive Disorder (Clinical Depression)
Persistent Depressive Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
Postpartum Depression
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Atypical Depression
Common Symptoms
| Symptoms | |
|---|---|
Apathy | |
Guilt | |
Hopelessness | |
Loss of interest or pleasure in activities | |
Sadness | |
Excessive crying | |
Irritability | |
Social isolation | |
Insomnia | |
Fatigue | |
Increased/decreased appetite | |
Slowness | |
Thoughts of suicide | |
Weight gain/loss | |
Treatment Goals for you at Wilmington Mental Health
| Treatment Goals | |
|---|---|
Develop a safety plan | |
Participate in pleasurable or enjoyable activities | |
Decrease suicidal ideation | |
Learn coping skills, problem solving and emotional regulation | |
Identify maladaptive thoughts | |
Shift focus to adaptive thoughts | |
Treatment Modalities
| Available Treatment Methods | |
|---|---|
Individual Therapy | |
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | |
Interpersonal Therapy | |
Psychodynamic Therapy | |
Social Skills Therapy | |
Supportive Counseling | |
Behavioral Activation | |
Problem-solving Therapy | |