Based on a study undertaken by the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families, these video vignettes were developed to help behavioral health practitioners address some of the sexual and intimate relationship challenges that injured service members, veterans and their spouses/partners may experience. Each video depicts examples of sexual functioning issues for three different military clients of varying age, gender, sexual orientation, relationship status and ethnicity.
- MANNY is a former U.S. Army staff sergeant who sustained genitourinary (GU) injuries during his last deployment to Afghanistan. Manny and Angela have been married for eight years.
- GRACE is an active duty Air Force officer, who is home on block leave. Last year, during her deployment, she was injured by an improvised explosive device (IED). Grace and her partner of nine years, Claire, have been seeing a couples’ therapist.
- JAKE served four years with the U.S. Marine Corps. He has no physical injuries, but suffers from severe PTSD for which he is on medications prescribed by his doctor.
