{"id":10474,"date":"2016-05-05T01:59:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T01:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.woundedwarriors.ca\/?p=133\/"},"modified":"2016-05-05T01:59:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T01:59:45","slug":"wounded-warriors-canada-donates-300000-to-couples-based-ptsd-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wounded-warriors-canada-donates-300000-to-couples-based-ptsd-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Wounded Warriors Canada Donates $300,000 to Couples-Based PTSD Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t[et_pb_section bb_built=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbsection\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_row admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbrow\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb3_4&Prime;][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbTitle\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#ffffff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h1>Wounded Warriors Canada Donates $300,000 to Couples-Based PTSD Program<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbImage\u00a0\u00bb src=\u00a0\u00bb\/wp-content\/uploads\/csm_13198579_10204688225765074_7501301983668301866_o_703933c38f.jpg\u00a0\u00bb show_in_lightbox=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb url_new_window=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb use_overlay=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb animation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb sticky=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb align=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb force_fullwidth=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb always_center_on_mobile=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#ffffff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb \/][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbText\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA, May\u00a05, 2016 \/CNW\/ &#8211;\u00a0Wounded Warriors Canada is proud to announce a\u00a0$300,000\u00a0donation to COPE (Couples Overcoming PTSD Everyday), an innovative program for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder designed to support ill and injured currently serving and retired Canadian Armed Forces members, First Responders and their families.<\/p>\n<p>COPE was founded by LCol (retired)\u00a0Chris Linford\u00a0and his wife Kathryn. Chris served 33 years in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and has battled PTSD since 1994 after his deployment to\u00a0Rwanda. Their journey together as a couple following Chris&rsquo; return from\u00a0Afghanistan\u00a0in 2011 is living proof of the essential value of strengthening relationships as a force multiplier in recovery and transition.<\/p>\n<p>COPE includes the spouse or partner as a significant element of the learning and experience in understanding and addressing the effects of PTSD. During the program&rsquo;s five-day Phase One, five couples managing PTSD gather together to work on their relationships as a group. They are guided by two expert trauma therapists through this intense program providing them with tools for the couple to battle the effects of PTSD as a team rather than as an individual in isolation. The COPE Program Phase Two offers an ongoing family coaching process that will commence as the Phase One retreat ends. The coaching aspect will extend for six months and will involve three sessions per month for the duration conducted via telephone contact. Veterans need their families to get better and their families need support to help them deal with the challenges of living with PTSD. COPE will provide this support and help them to work together.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Ralph, National Program Director for Wounded Warriors Canada, commented, \u00ab\u00a0Owing to the outstanding support of our donors, Wounded Warriors Canada continues to be a leader in mental health program delivery and development across a broad spectrum of care. We are proud and moved to be making our single largest annual program investment to support this one of a kind, life changing and saving program \u2013 inspired and nurtured by Chris and Kathryn&rsquo;s own experience as a couple.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Chris and Kathryn Linford, Founders of COPE, commented, \u00ab\u00a0The COPE program is impacting couples in a new and very positive way. Those attending COPE learn to understand the injury better and how to manage it as a team and family versus in isolation. With this historic donation from Wounded Warriors Canada, we look forward to a broadened delivery plan that will see many more Veterans and First Responders \u2013 joined by their spouses and partners \u2013 participate in the program.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Scott Maxwell, Executive Director of Wounded Warriors Canada, commented, \u00ab\u00a0This is a proud and historic day for our charity. Being injured with PTSD can make even the smallest aspects of life difficult \u2013 especially when faced alone. 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Chris served 33 years in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and has battled PTSD since 1994 after his deployment to\u00a0Rwanda. Their journey together as a couple following Chris' return from\u00a0Afghanistan\u00a0in 2011 is living proof of the essential value of strengthening relationships as a force multiplier in recovery and transition.<\/p><p>COPE includes the spouse or partner as a significant element of the learning and experience in understanding and addressing the effects of PTSD. During the program's five-day Phase One, five couples managing PTSD gather together to work on their relationships as a group. They are guided by two expert trauma therapists through this intense program providing them with tools for the couple to battle the effects of PTSD as a team rather than as an individual in isolation. The COPE Program Phase Two offers an ongoing family coaching process that will commence as the Phase One retreat ends. The coaching aspect will extend for six months and will involve three sessions per month for the duration conducted via telephone contact. Veterans need their families to get better and their families need support to help them deal with the challenges of living with PTSD. COPE will provide this support and help them to work together.<\/p><p>Phil Ralph, National Program Director for Wounded Warriors Canada, commented, \"Owing to the outstanding support of our donors, Wounded Warriors Canada continues to be a leader in mental health program delivery and development across a broad spectrum of care. We are proud and moved to be making our single largest annual program investment to support this one of a kind, life changing and saving program \u2013 inspired and nurtured by Chris and Kathryn's own experience as a couple.\"<\/p><p>Chris and Kathryn Linford, Founders of COPE, commented, \"The COPE program is impacting couples in a new and very positive way. Those attending COPE learn to understand the injury better and how to manage it as a team and family versus in isolation. With this historic donation from Wounded Warriors Canada, we look forward to a broadened delivery plan that will see many more Veterans and First Responders \u2013 joined by their spouses and partners \u2013 participate in the program.\"<\/p><p>Scott Maxwell, Executive Director of Wounded Warriors Canada, commented, \"This is a proud and historic day for our charity. Being injured with PTSD can make even the smallest aspects of life difficult \u2013 especially when faced alone. We are very proud that the COPE Program includes the partner or spouse working together as a team to conquer all aspects of life and thus improving their chances for a happier and more successful future as a family.\"<\/p><p>For more information on Wounded Warriors Canada and the COPE program please visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/how-we-help\/cope-couples-overcoming-ptsd-everyday\/\" target=\"_blank\">woundedwarriors.ca\/how-we-help\/cope-couples-overcoming-ptsd-everyday\/<\/a><\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-fr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woundedwarriors.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}