Survivors of combat trauma are increasing in number. Sidran Speakers is prepared to address the topic from numerous vantage points. See a sampling below. Presentations can be tailored to your specific needs. Contact us to let us know what your interests are!

• Taking Charge of Change
  Well-known presenter Elizabeth Power presents a powerful talk on trust after trauma for veterans. Change—both coping with it and the process of making it—is a key issue in everyone’s life. For people who have experienced trauma, it is made more difficult by the loss of power resulting from victimization, the adaptive behaviors developed in response to the emotions change evokes, and to the confounded issues of secondary gain and self-directed motivation. This program helps people learn simple models for comprehending and responding to this ever-present issue.


• Military Family Issues
  The complex fallout of combat trauma affects the entire family network, not just the veteran. The stigma of experiencing signs of combat trauma, such as depression, anxiety, fear, or PTSD, lead many veterans to avoid getting help. Issues of communication, distancing, grief and guilt, and sexuality are all discussed in the context of the impact for all members of a family.


• Living with Combat Vets
  The person who is sent to combat is not the person who comes home. Whether the experience is single or multiple deployments, one or many missions, life is not the same for anyone. Sometimes the changes are too profound for relationships to survive. “It”—the combat experience—is always a third party, an invisible entity in the relationship. This program explores the kinds of changes combat veterans experience and offers practical advice on how to engage and sustain relationships with them, and with this new party in the relationship. Self-care is also stressed.