Help Veterans: transformation healing experience

by War Survivors Institute
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Help Veterans: transformation healing experience
Help Veterans: transformation healing experience
Help Veterans: transformation healing experience
Help Veterans: transformation healing experience
Help Veterans: transformation healing experience
Help Veterans: transformation healing experience
Help Veterans: transformation healing experience
Help Veterans: transformation healing experience
Help Veterans: transformation healing experience

Summary

WSI's Transformational Healing Events help U.S. veteran war survivors move from chronic self-protection to open-hearted, purpose-driven lives. Our three-day retreat integrates trauma neuroscience, lifestyle medicine, and relational healing through WSI's 12 Principles of Transformative Healing - reaching the 75% of veterans who don't access VA care. No diagnosis, referral, or patient identity required. Your support funds one retreat serving up to 15 veterans at no cost to them.

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Challenge

Only 25% of U.S. veterans access mental health care through the VA - not because they lack motivation, but because standard clinical treatment doesn't meet them where they are. The remaining 75% often live in chronic self-protection, carrying combat trauma's neurobiological and social effects without support. Many have disengaged from conventional services entirely, facing PTSD, isolation, and loss of purpose. This project serves that underserved majority: veteran war survivors who need healing

Solution

WSI's three-day Transformational Healing Event delivers a structured, multidisciplinary retreat requiring no diagnosis, referral, or patient identity. A physician, movement specialist, and nutritional specialist guide up to 15 veterans through WSI's 12 Principles of Transformative Healing - combining trauma neuroscience, somatic regulation, and relational healing. At its core is Sacred Space Imagery, a guided practice creating neurological safety without re-exposing veterans to trauma, developed

Long-Term Impact

Each retreat moves up to 15 veterans from chronic self-protection toward open-hearted, purpose-driven lives - restoring relationships, reducing isolation, and building lasting neurological safety. As WSI scales this model through repeated retreats and its self-guided digital program, hundreds of veterans nationwide who never engaged with the VA will gain access to healing. Over time, this shifts the broader narrative: recovery from combat trauma becomes possible without requiring a clinical diag

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War Survivors Institute

Location: Long Beach, CA - USA
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Project Leader:
Michael Hollifield
Long Beach , CA United States

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