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- Warriors Heart is an addiction and PTSD treatment center for active military, veterans, and first responders. Contact us today at (844) 448-2567.

Who’s the biggest foe: COVID or Addiction?

COVID-19 with the “Delta” variant, along with the newest variant “Omicron,” has inflicted devastation on public health around the world; disrupting all aspects of life globally. As the unknown future of this ever-mutating virus continues, a largely unmasked nation walks the line of a “new normal;” celebrating the return to near-ordinary life with children returning…

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Warriors Heart is an addiction and PTSD treatment center for active military, veterans, and first responders. Contact us today at (844) 448-2567.

Medication Assisted Treatment For Opioid Addiction: A New Perspective

When Americans are asked to recognize U.S. service members, law enforcement and first responders, the feelings of reverence honoring those men and women are of unity and appreciation. The recognition that these heroes sacrifice their safeties in daily battles is generally met with gratitude and celebration. But these heroes are fighting even after their life…

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Strength in Support: How Law Enforcement Officers Face Addiction and PTSD

Strength in Support: How Law Enforcement Officers Face Addiction and PTSD

Law enforcement officers, and other members of the first responder community, have a mission to protect and serve the lives of those who are placed in harm’s way. The immeasurable pressure to remain composed and diplomatic in moments of extreme stress can be too difficult for the average person to bear. Law enforcement is a…

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Warriors Heart is an addiction and PTSD treatment center for active military, veterans, and first responders. Contact us today at (844) 448-2567.

Caring for Our Caregivers during Isolation

Working within high stress environments is familiar for first responders, law enforcement, emergency room and intensive care staff. Frontline workers have been trained to maintain a level of composure while performing complicated procedures like gunshot wounds, heart attacks, and patients coding. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced a new challenge to this group of professionals; a chronic…

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Jiu-jitsu Is More Than What It Appears

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu developed from the work of two brothers named Carlos and Helio Gracie who learned the techniques from a Japanese man named Mitsuyo Maeda who migrated to Brazil around 1917. Jiu-jitsu is not what it appears. When people learn that I study Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, a common response I get is, “Oh you do MMA.”  They think of me as a fighter in a cage or ring. This is a narrow perception of…

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STAYING AFLOAT IN A SEA OF UNCERTAINTY

By Dr. Rick Boone Clinical Director, Warriors Heart As the constantly-evolving news of the Covid-19 pandemic sweeps across the nation and covers our world with apprehension and conflicting points of view, we at Warriors Heart are taking a thoughtful, balanced approach in an effort to protect ourselves and our clients from careless exposure to illness…

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Through Their Eyes

My Why

Warriors Heart - Warriors Heart is an addiction and PTSD treatment center for active military, veterans, and first responders. Contact us today at (844) 448-2567.

My Why: Nina Fog

Nina Fog Massage Therapist Nina grew up in Alps, Virginia and attended both private and public schools in Caroline County. She and her husband have made Byrd’s Mill, south of Centerpoint, Virginia their home for over 35 years. She has two grown children three cats and two bad to the bone basset hounds. Nina began…

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Benjamin Mendoza - Warriors Heart is an addiction and PTSD treatment center for active military, veterans, and first responders. Contact us today at (844) 448-2567.

My Why: Benjamin Mendoza

Benjamin Mendoza Client Relations Benjamin Mendoza’s early life was marked by uncertainty and challenges. He was born in an undisclosed location and faced a tumultuous upbringing, as his parents struggled with addiction. Throughout his childhood, he experienced a nomadic lifestyle, constantly moving from one place to another and from state to state. His earliest memories…

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Warriors Heart - Warriors Heart is an addiction and PTSD treatment center for active military, veterans, and first responders. Contact us today at (844) 448-2567.

My Why: David K. Robinette

David K. Robinette Client Relations David was born in Baltimore, Maryland.  David attended both public and private schools in Maryland, North Carolina, Southern Virginia, and Lower NOVA (Northern Virginia).  He entered the Military in February of 1988 through the Rep63 program graduating in April 1990 from the SFQC.  While in the military, David served as…

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Ashtyn Morgan - Warriors Heart - Addiction and PTSD Treatment

My Why: Ashtyn Morgan

Ashtyn Morgan Receptionist “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are…” Theodore Roosevelt From a young age Ashtyn Morgan learned just what Roosevelt meant. 9 different homes, all in a matter of 18 years, sure put it into perspective for her! Coming from a “military brat” lifestyle, she lived in places such…

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Loren May - Warriors Heart - Addiction and PTSD Treatment

My Why: Loren May

Loren May CR Team Lead Loren was born and raised in Caroline County where she still currently resides. She has a M.A. in Human Services Counseling with a concentration in Crisis Response & Trauma. Loren comes from a professional background of working with pediatric patients in an inpatient psychiatric hospital as a behavioral health specialist.…

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Warriors Heart - Warriors Heart is an addiction and PTSD treatment center for active military, veterans, and first responders. Contact us today at (844) 448-2567.

My Why: Regina Jenkins

Regina Jenkins Client Relations Regina Jenkins is a North Carolina Native. She was born with congenital hearing loss, though it wasn’t until she was an adult that she found out the cause. Her parents were separated when she was a baby, so it was mostly her, her mom and her older brother. Her dad was…

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Sarah Otto - Warriors Heart - Addiction and PTSD Treatment

My Why: Sarah Otto

Sarah Otto Client Relations Sarah Otto is a (Ret.) Navy Spouse, a believer in the power of positive thinking, a social butterfly and a Missouri girl in a Virginia world. She served as the Ombudsman for the USS The Sullivans DDG 68 for over 3 years and a Navy Family Ombudsman Certified Ombudsman Trainer for…

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Keara Zibilske - Warriors Heart is an addiction and PTSD treatment center for active military, veterans, and first responders. Contact us today at (844) 448-2567.

My Why: Keara Zibilske

Keara Zibilske Client Relations Keara was raised by a single mom that moved a lot for work so she switched schools a lot with the longest school being in kenedy texas where keara excelled in basketball and power lifting. Keara’s high school years were in bandera and then Boerne where she became homecoming duchess as…

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