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Four paths to recovery for veteran families

Body, Mind, Relationships, Spirit. A public directory of trauma-informed organizations, organized the way the founder's method works.

Why the order matters

After years of interviewing Veterans and families, founder Carol Lombard Clark noticed a pattern in who was able to keep going. People who first took care of the basics of the body, sleep, movement, food and routine, had more energy for the hard work of the mind. People who had steadied their mind had more patience for repairing relationships. And people with strong relationships had room to ask about meaning and purpose.

That is the four-path method: Body, then Mind, then Relationships, then Spirit. It is a starting order, not a rule. Many families work on two paths at once, and a licensed clinician may suggest a different sequence for a particular situation. The order is there so that nobody has to guess where to begin.

How to use this directory

Every organization listed here was reviewed by our team, has an official website we verified, and fits one of the four paths. We list government programs, licensed clinical networks and established nonprofits. We do not list anything experimental, anything marketed as a quick fix, or anyone who pays to be listed. Use the short questionnaire to get a suggested starting path, or go straight to a path page and filter by state, format and cost.

Find a starting point

Five quick questions. Your answers stay on your device and in the link we build for you; nothing is stored unless you choose to email yourself the results.

  1. 1. Who
  2. 2. Where
  3. 3. Format
  4. 4. Cost
  5. 5. Self-check
1. Who are you looking for support for?
2. Where are you?
3. Preferred format
4. Cost preference
5. A short self-check

For each statement, choose how true it feels today, from 1 (not at all) to 5 (very true). These are preferences, not questions about symptoms. This is not a medical or psychological assessment.

Body: Right now I feel well supported in caring for my body: sleep, movement, rest and daily routine.

Mind: Right now I feel well supported in caring for my mind: having someone qualified to talk with and tools for stress.

Relationships: Right now I feel well supported in my relationships: partner, children, family and community.

Spirit: Right now I feel well supported in my sense of meaning and purpose.

The four paths

  1. Path 1

    Body

    Physical regulation and wellbeing

    Movement, rest, breath and routine. The body is where the founder's method begins, because a settled body makes every other kind of work easier.

    3 curated resources

    Open the Body path

  2. Path 2

    Mind

    Mental health care and cognitive recovery

    Licensed, trauma-informed care and the thinking skills that help a person make sense of what happened and plan what comes next.

    6 curated resources

    Open the Mind path

  3. Path 3

    Relationships

    Family, partner, children and community connection

    PTSD lives in a household, not just in one person. This path focuses on partners, children, caregivers and the community around them.

    3 curated resources

    Open the Relationships path

  4. Path 4

    Spirit

    Meaning, purpose and spiritual wellbeing

    Meaning, purpose and hope, whether that comes through faith, service, nature or a community of peers who understand.

    2 curated resources

    Open the Spirit path

Global Recovery Inc does not receive compensation from any listed organization. Inclusion is not an endorsement of any specific treatment. Please verify services and credentials directly with each provider.

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