Having lived with the lingering anguish that comes from experiencing trauma of one kind or another, Karen W. Henderson has a heart for anyone who dwells in that world of pain, particularly military veterans.
They may be restless, irritable or angry, Henderson said. Relationships can be difficult.
“Some might be depressed or not interacting in life at all,” she said. “Some might seem ready to explode and not understanding what’s happening to them.”
Henderson, 63, a veterinarian by training who served in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, did not begin to find peace in her life until she took a holistic approach — which included noninvasive therapies — to the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder that plagued her. She is now trying to make those sorts of services available through the Veterans Resiliency Holistic Clinic, a monthly gathering of practitioners that she launched this year.
“PTSD can be so isolating,” she said. “Trying to find a community where you’re understood and don’t feel like an outcast is very difficult. We would like to build that community.”
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