Headstrong News

Retired Navy Commander Tony Brock to Lead National Nonprofit Providing Donor-Sponsored PTSD Treatment to Veterans

Working in partnership with Weill Cornell Medical College, one of the nation’s leading mental health care centers, Headstrong developed a first of its kind program tailored to each individual’s needs.

Headstrong and its partners in the Puget Sound will expand mental health services for Veterans and the military community.

For members of the military, mental health struggles have long been a hidden wound of war. Carson Daly met with retired Staff Sgt. Spencer Milo at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum to learn about his experience with a traumatic brain injury in Iraq, his mental health battles and turning to the nonprofit Headstrong for help.

NEW YORK (March 8, 2021) - Headstrong Project Inc., a national-facing mental health treatment practice providing veterans with barrier-free mental health care, received a $300,000 investment from the McCormick Foundation to assist in community engagement efforts necessary to expand mental health care delivery to veterans and their families. Amidst ongoing efforts to meet the growing demand for critical mental health access for the veteran families, the funding will help increase Headstrong’s ability to drive demand for our services in the most vulnerable communities within the Chicagoland area.

NEW YORK (March 8, 2021) – Headstrong Project Inc., a national mental health treatment practice providing veterans with barrier-free mental health care, received a grant from Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) to increase mental health treatment innovations. Amid ongoing efforts to meet the growing demand for critical mental health access for the nation’s veteran families, the funding will help Headstrong expand its program delivery model, enabling it to quickly respond to veterans’ needs surrounding isolation, depression, and anxiety – the hallmarks of quarantine during the pandemic.

NEW YORK (May 11, 2021) – Headstrong Project Inc., a national-facing mental health treatment practice providing veterans with cost-free, barrier-free mental and stigma-free health care, received a $1,000,000 Investment from the Bob and Renee Parsons Foundation to increase national access, further innovation and provide the much-needed support necessary to expand mental health care delivery to veterans and their families. Amidst ongoing efforts to meet the growing demand for critical mental health access for the veteran community, a portion of the funding will help increase Headstrong’s ability to drive demand for our services in the greater Phoenix area.

NEW YORK (May 27, 2021) – Headstrong Project Inc., a national-facing mental health treatment practice of choice providing military connected individuals and their families with cost-free, barrier-free, and stigma-free, confidential mental health care, announces the completion of an extensive rebranding effort including the launch of an all-new website and an update to its organizational logo commemorating nine years of nonprofit operations and 20 years of reflective insight to the service and sacrifice borne by our service men and women in the aftermath of 9/11.

NEW YORK (June 21, 2021) – Headstrong Project Inc., a national-facing mental health treatment practice of choice providing military connected individuals and their families with cost-free, barrier-free, and stigma-free, confidential mental health treatment, today announced the hiring of Dr. Amy Williams, Ph.D., as the organization’s first, in-house Chief Clinical Officer. An expert in treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Dr. Williams has engaged in the research of and training therapists in effective treatments for PTSD in veteran/military and civilian populations for over 20 years. She also participated in over ten clinical journal publications and lead awards of five grants including a TBI Program at the Steven A Cohen Military Family Clinic at Metrocare, awarded by Texas Health and Human Services Commission.