Tele Whole Health focuses on you!
Whole health centers around what matters to you, not what is the matter with you. This means your health care team will get to know you as a person and develop a personalized health plan based on your values, needs, and goals. The road to better health and well-being starts here, with you.
Our VISN 4 Clinical Resource Hub (CRH) offers numerous programs to help support your whole health and well-being from the comfort of your own home. If you are interested in one of our specialized offerings listed below, contact your VA primary care provider for a referral to VISN4 CRH WHOLE HEALTH.
Individual Stress Management focuses on teaching practical techniques for handling daily stress during the sessions. These sessions use guided meditation, breathing techniques, and other relaxation tools to help Veterans develop skills to cope with stress more effectively. Here are a few examples of tools that might be used:
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Guided Meditation: Listening to calming instructions to clear the mind and focus on the present moment.
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Breathwork: Practicing specific breathing exercises to promote relaxation and release tension.
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Relaxation Tools: Using techniques like progressive muscle relaxation and visualization to release body tension.
Contact your VA primary care provider if you are interested in being referred for this CRH Tele Whole Health offering, or if a similar offering is available at your facility.
PRIDE In All Who Served is a ten-week health education group that focuses on development and strengthening of one’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and related identities (LGBTQ+) through discussion of health care related topics in a supportive virtual environment.
This class is offered on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. ET and the next offering starts on July 11, 2024.
Contact your VA primary care provider if you are interested in being referred for this CRH Tele Whole Health offering.
Let’s Talk About Sex is a ten-week sexual wellness group focused on providing education and support around health, partnership, and intimacy through discussion of sex and relationship topics in a supportive virtual environment.
The class is offered on Thursday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET.
Contact your VA primary care provider if you are interested in being referred for this CRH Tele Whole Health offering.
VALUE stands for Veterans Actively Learning and Understanding their Heart Failure Experience.
This is a 7-week program rooted in whole health principles for Veterans diagnosed with congestive heart failure. This program is taught by a variety of clinical providers, and you will learn active self-management skills for living with heart failure. We will provide education about heart failure and heart disease, benefits of nutrition, management of the medicines you take, how to manage your stress, benefits of tai chi, and discuss advance care planning.
This class is offered on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET. We have upcoming dates available to enroll you in this 7-week session.
Contact your VA primary care provider if you are interested in being referred for this CRH Tele Whole Health offering.
We recently had a new team member join the CRH Tele Whole Health Program. Maureen Brackey, LCSW (she/her), completed her undergraduate degree in Communication Studies and Mass Media Marketing at UCLA and her MSW at University of Southern California, with a concentration in Military Social Work and trauma recovery.
In 2017 Maureen transitioned to a career in VA as a behavioral health interdisciplinary program social worker at the Lebanon VA Medical Center. Maureen also took on the LGBTQ+ program as a collateral duty which she grew to a full-time role by 2023.
Maureen's clinical focus areas include trauma, relationships, sexuality, gender identity, the personality disorder spectrum, and whole health/wellness. She joined the VISN 4 clinical resource hub in March 2024 as a whole health social worker and will continue in her role as LGBTQ+ program lead in VISN 4. She is also excited to be developing a clinic for the provision of sex therapy and education on sexual health and wellness.
Questions?
If you have questions about VISN 4 Tele Whole Health, please contact Melissa White at 724-602-6870 or Maureen Brackey at 717-269-9408.
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