ABOUTFACE--USA INC

Our mission is to create an environment for veterans and others to work on whole-health wellness and to address the psychological aftereffects of trauma. We encourage and empower veterans and their family members to turn their lives around for the better using behavioral health activities. Our efforts start with the recognition of need by raising mental health awareness and normalizing the recognition that more, better quality mental health services are needed in North Georgia, specifically for veterans but also for the community as a whole. Our veterans are those who want to thrive and be self-sufficient in-spite of mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress or anxiety over coping with environmental issues, like career loss, life-changes, or divorce, or even loss of self, spirituality, or direction. We know that veterans want and need to be involved with the community and they need to feel welcomed and invited to be a part of the community. Our approach aims to partner with community stakeholders within the veterans' communities to promote community, help-seeking, and resource awareness while providing training on how to enhance self-awareness, problem-solving, job-skills training, coping skills, help-seeking behaviors, and family/community relationship-building programs. When a Veteran finds themselves in a financial hardship to the extent that they seek help from outside resources (outside of the family), like AboutFace-USA, they open up to seek other help as well. AboutFace-USA is bringing more and better mental health resources to the North Georgia area. We offer a variety of mental and behavioral health options that include prevention of suicides and homelessness, self-awareness workshops, behavioral health leadership, clinical assessments and therapies, community gardening, and guidance to healing therapy.