Veterans Transition Network

Vtn offers group counselling programs for veterans across canada. The programs are designed to help veterans overcome trauma improve mental health and well-being strengthen family life stabilize employment and aid the transition from soldier to civilian. We offer our programs in french and english to canadian military and rcmp veterans and welcome all ages ranks and service histories. Due to covid-19 we adapted the delivery of our longstanding 10-day veterans transition program to continue to serve veterans and offered a covid-adapted 5 day transition skills course (tsc). In 2022 we reintroduced the second half of our vtp as the 5-day therapeutic enactment course (tec). Veterans who take both courses will complete our vtp and receive significant mental health counselling (50 hours for each veteran per course). We offer these as men's courses and women's courses. Vtn also continues to build a national paraprofessional support network. We provide interested program graduates with paraprofessional training and ongoing opportunities to further develop skills and knowledge. Vtn's paras participate in programs alongside clinicians and facilitate conversations providing important social license for other veterans to explore personal trauma.