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U.S. College Teaches Veterans to Heal Each Others’ Mental Wounds

Former U.S. Army Specialist Tara Barney will never forget the 2013 night when a fellow soldier cried as he described holding a dying friend in his arms, a wartime memory he had not shared with anyone.  Barney, now 34, says that moment defined her future.  She finished her four-year enlistment and enrolled in William James College, which says it is the only U.S. psychology graduate school focused on training veterans as counselors.
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