Camaraderie Foundation
Camaraderie Foundation offers 75% financial scholarships for counseling services
to qualified service members, spouses and children of service members. To be considered
for a financial scholarship, please go to the website provided or click here to fill out an Application for Assistance.
Camaraderie Foundation has partnered with Gilstrap & Associates in that we are
among a few other counselors in the Central Florida Area that this foundation will
supplement 75% of the cost of therapy for those who qualify.
The founders of the Camaraderie Foundation, Michael and Marnie Waldrop, faced trying
times when Michael was deployed to Afghanistan to serve in Operation Enduring Freedom.
They found counseling to be vital in the reintegration of their marriage post deployment.
While deployed in Afghanistan, Michael saw six of his fellow soldiers face divorce.
Michael has observed a number of service members who could have benefitted from
professional and spiritual counseling, but avoided seeking it out, due to the stigma
often attached to it. Many service members struggle psychologically with the effects
of war and battlefield experiences. Troubling issues include Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD), Separation, and Traumatic Brain Injury, among others. The Camaraderie
Foundation believes that private counseling and spiritual community can alleviate
the issue and encourage service members to seek help, without feeling judged or
isolated by doing so.
To find out how you can apply for financial assistance to seek counseling, please
go to their website at www.camaraderiefoundation.com/counseling
or you can just click here.