All of Us and Me                                 (510) 919-3078                      michaelh@allofusandme.org

two soldiers in a group counselling session with a moderator
Image of a group counselling session with the moderator and a stern face older gentleman in a camoflague tee shirt and a younger person with a smile on their face.  Counselling sessions similar this one assists the service person ease the anxiety of leaving a military career and look positively forward to living and working in a civilian society.

Transformative Services

The mental and physical needs of our veterans really need to be addressed and fulfilled with great expediency.   This society is remiss in adequately addressing these situations.  As a result, many veterans cannot and do not achieve their highest potential.  Since the first decade of this millennium, on average, suicide among veterans is averaging twenty‐two each day or one successful suicide every sixty‐five minutes.  Amongst the general population as of 2019, successful suicides stand at 13.9 per 100 thousand people.  This is a 33 percent increase over the year 2000 rate of 10.4 successful sucides per 100 thousand people.  Numbered among the reasons for suicide attempts are:

  • Chronic unemployment and under employment,
  • Chronic homelessness,
  • Inability to access services to address distressful mental conditions,
  • Acute chronic physical anguish and pain,
  • Loneliness,
  • Addictive habits,
  • Isolation.

All of Us and Me and its stakeholders believe that people can become successful members of society when we successfully alleviate the causes of distress in their lives.  We and our stakeholders believe that there must be a new transformative paradigm in rehabilitation services rendered to veterans and others who actions are not within the definitions of a cohesive and harmonious society.  This new transformative paradigm is the treatment of the individual as a person victimized and not as a victim.

Re‐Integration into Society

The plight of most veterans and previously incarcerated individuals is unsuccessful re‐integration into society.   This problem manifestes due to lack skills and/or knowledge of resources available to assist in re‐integrate successfully into the workforce.  Most have not obtained marketable skills, resources to continue their formal education, or they have no direction in life.  As a result, many learn skills that have no equivalent value in the current society.