The prospect of deploying to Afghanistan last year induced in me an unnerving sense of excitement. Despite having served as a Navy physician for eleven years, I had never experienced life in a combat zone. And while I was quite aware of the horrors attendant to armed conflict, I was still, embarrassingly, in quiet thrall to a youthful, bravado-filled vision of war.
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Get to Know Your Therapist, Heather Kilgore, MA, AMFT (AMFT139810)
Get to Know Your Therapist, Heather Kilgore, MA, AMFT (AMFT139810) Heather Kilgore, our newest AMFT, joined our team in August