DANVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) – Calm Source is a disabled veteran-owned company committed to helping veterans on the path to recovery from trauma, addiction, and other mental health issues. I’m here.
A Danville nonprofit is now offering free mental health and addiction recovery services to veterans.
This was made possible through a grant from the Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs.
“It could be PTSD, it could be the stress of military life, it could be anything else,” says Leon Zimmerman III, Calm Source’s director of operations. “Sometimes we have to face it. It’s very helpful to have conversations with other veterans and things like that.”
Zimmerman hopes removing this barrier will lead other veterans away from the dark place his father once fell into.
“Being a veteran myself, I attempted suicide many years ago,” said Leon Zimmerman Jr., Calm Source’s veterans liaison. “So I can tell stories of veterans, because sometimes it’s very difficult for veterans to tell other people. When veterans tell veterans, they understand each other. , it helps a lot.”
“When I was younger, he had a really hard time with that. I didn’t hear about it or see it, but I experienced some of it and went into the military and had a mental breakdown. “I have several friends who have had personal health issues, and he is a great inspiration in giving them the help they deserve,” Zimmerman III added.
These services include counseling sessions with qualified professionals and peer groups and typically cost between $300 and $400 per day.
“So many veterans are kind of afraid to ask for anything, because they say, ‘It’s going to cost me something, I can’t afford that.'” But the money “When people know what they can get for less, they are more willing to seek out the benefits,” Zimmerman Jr. said.
It is estimated that 22 veterans commit suicide every day. Their hope is that their numbers will decline.
“It’s hard to imagine men who have served this country taking their own lives because they don’t know where to turn for help. We need to make them understand that they are not invisible.” Zimmerman Jr. explained.
The company plans to offer the free service in Roanoke in the near future.
To contact Calm Source or make an appointment, visit calmsource.net/ or call (434) 835-2370 or 877-LIVCALM (548-2256).
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