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Behind the Uniform: Considerations and Concerns for Successfully Navigating Military Culture in Mental Health Treatment

Dr. Benjamin DeVore, Lieutenant US Navy
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Description

This workshop will explore the unique challenges mental health practitioners face when providing treatment to active duty and veteran service members. Presented by an Active-Duty Navy Psychologist, the workshop will discuss cultural considerations, barriers to care, ways to overcome those barriers, intrinsic and extrinsic limitations, and context sensitive elements important to successfully provide support and care for our military and veteran communities.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to give participants relevant and actionable information to apply in their practice that can improve the care they provide to active duty and veteran members.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Describe the cultural and systemic factors that influence help-seeking behaviors in military populations.

  • Identify common psychological challenges faced by active-duty members and veterans.

  • Develop communication strategies to enhance therapeutic rapport with service members and veterans.

  • Recognize the role of military culture and identity in mental health treatment planning and engagement.

  • Define the unique legal limitations and treatment barriers active-duty service members face.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Dr. Benjamin DeVore, Lieutenant US Navy
Dr. Benjamin DeVore, Lieutenant US Navy, obtained his Bachelors of Science in biopsychology from University of California, Santa Barbara, and completed his Master’s in Psychology at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. Dr. DeVore went on to obtain his Psychology PhD in Clinical Science from Virginia Tech before completing his internship at Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth. He will finish his post-doctoral fellowship in Neuropsychology at the University of California, San Diego, in August 2025, and will continue serving in the Navy as a neuropsychologist after. Dr. DeVore has been the instructor of record at Virginia Tech for courses that included abnormal psychology and the biological basis of psychology. He helped run one of the largest substance abuse prevention centers in the Navy during the COVID pandemic and then served as the Command Psychologist aboard the USS Harry S Truman from 2021-2023, deploying to the Mediterranean in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Financially Sponsored By

  • Leidos