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The Refuge Headspace September 2025

September is National Suicide Prevention Month If you or a loved one is thinking about suicide, know that there are options available to help you. 988 is the national suicide prevention hotline and you can press option 1 for veteran specific services or text 838255. To find out more options available through the VA visit […]

The Refuge Headspace August 2025 – Coping, Boundaries and Grief

Person-First Language Using person-first language is a means to destigmatize language that emphasizes the disorder, disability, or disease that is only one part of the person and bring the focus back to emphasizing the person as a whole. For example, instead of saying “I am an addict,” using person-first language would say “I am a […]

The Refuge Headspace July 2025

The Refuge headspace – Volume 26 Honoring National Hire a Veteran Day: Empowering Veterans to Rejoin the Workforce July 25th marks National Hire a Veteran Day —a powerful reminder of the value, discipline, and resilience that veterans bring to the civilian workforce. For those who’ve served, transitioning back into employment after military life can be […]

The Refuge Headspace June 2025

June 26th is the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. June 26th is the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. In honor of this day, I would like to talk about two common misconceptions around substance abuse. Misconception #1: “People just need the willpower to quit using substances”. Willpower alone is […]

The Refuge Headspace – May 2025

THE WARRIORS REFUGE HEADSPACE MAY 2025 VOLUME 24 Mental Health Awareness month May has been the National Mental Health Awareness month in the U.S. since 1949 yet 76 years later mental health continues to carry a stigma. Mental health is often not as visible as our physical health, but that does not mean it is any […]

The Refuge Headspace – April 2025

Meet TWR Rally Point’s NEW COUNSELORS! Alexander Lee -LPC-A Hello, my name is Alexander Lee and I am the newest Licensed Professional Counselor-Associate to join the Warriors Refuge at the Rally Point office in Alvin. I completed my M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2024 at the University of Texas at San Antonio. During […]

The Refuge Headspace – March 2025

Volume 22 I quit smoking and now i am vaping…it must be better for my health… right? Wrong…Did you know One Juul pod contains 20 cigarettes worth of nicotine? According to Truth Initiative: freedom from nicotine addiction E cigarettes or vaping have a potent dose of the addictive chemical nicotine. E-cigarette have driven a surge […]

The Refuge Headspace – February 2025

The Warriors Refuge Headspace February 2025 – Volume 21 Three things will last forever – faith, hope and love – and the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 Sandra McQuinn is a new Counselor at the Warrior’s Refuge in West Columbia. She has worked in the field for over 15 years at the […]