5000th referral to veterans’ charity PTSD Resolution
PTSD Resolution, the charity providing free mental health treatment for armed forces veterans, reservists and their families, and delivered solely by HG therapists, has treated its 5,000th client since it was founded in 2009.
Charles Highett, CEO of PTSD Resolution, said: “Five thousand clients represents far more than a number. Behind every referral is someone who has finally decided they no longer have to live with the effects of trauma. Every recovery means a veteran finding hope again, rebuilding relationships they thought were lost, and reclaiming a future they had stopped believing was possible.
“Those benefits do not stop with the individual. They ripple out to partners, children and whole communities. We estimate that more than 15,000 lives have been positively affected by the work of PTSD Resolution.”
Trauma rarely stays contained to one person, and the charity’s own estimate reflects that. When a veteran recovers, a marriage often steadies, a child gets a more present parent, a household regains stability.
This milestone has not arrived by chance. Over the past two years, working alongside an expanding network of military charities, service organisations and statutory partners, PTSD Resolution has increased the number of people it treats by more than 70 per cent. It is now on course to treat between 700 and 800 veterans, reservists and family members this year, its busiest year since its founding.
More than 70 per cent of the charity’s clients are now referred by partner organisations, rather than arriving through direct contact. Highett said this reflects something the charity takes seriously:
Other organisations are putting their own reputations behind us when they refer someone into our care. That level of confidence has to be earned, and it is earned session by session, outcome by outcome.
The charity is among the few organisations providing treatment for veterans affected by addiction or living overseas, as well as family members, including partners and children aged twelve and over, affected by living with a traumatised veteran. Its TATE programme, Trauma Awareness Training and Education, helps employers recognise the signs of trauma in their own staff and know where to direct them for support.
For more information, or to make a referral, visit www.ptsdresolution.org
Published: 22nd July 2026