--- title: "Therapy for Veterans in Nebraska and Rhode Island" description: "Counseling for veterans in Omaha, Nebraska, with a therapist who served 27 years in the United States Army. 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You will not have to explain the basics to me before we can get to what you actually came in for. ![Evening light over the Omaha river valley](/assets/omaha--XjIEu_4.jpg) ## Why do so many of us never go? A lot of people in the military, if we need help, they do not understand us in the civilian world. So we do not go get help. There is also the practical version. You have sat in front of a form that stood between you and going home to your family, and you answered it the way that got you home. Nobody who has been there is surprised by that. It is worth saying out loud, because it is often the reason the first honest conversation is happening years later. ## What do you already understand? What deployment does to a household, and what coming back does to it again. What it costs to be responsible for other people for a long time, and what happens to a person when that responsibility is suddenly gone. Why quiet weeks can be harder than loud ones. I understand the pull to keep functioning, because functioning is what you were trained to do. Two things are true: you are doing your best with what you have, and there is a way through this that does not depend on white knuckling it. ## What does the work look like? Direct. We name the thing, we set goals that are specific and achievable, and we work as a team on them. My primary method is DBT, so we build usable skills for the moments that go sideways: sleep, anger, the moment before you say something you cannot take back, the numbness that gets called being fine. The aim is a life worth living. Not a version of you that passes inspection. A life you want to be in. ## What veterans often bring here - Sleep that never came back - Anger that arrives faster than it used to, usually at home - The transition out, and what to do with an identity built around the job - Grief for people who did not come back, and for the version of yourself who left - A marriage or a family that has been holding its breath ## Ready when you are. Therapy starts with a conversation. Send a short message and tell me what is going on, in your own words. We meet in person in Omaha, and online across Nebraska and Rhode Island. [Start a conversation](/contact) Rodric McClain Counseling ## Pages - [Home](/) - [About](/about) - [Getting started](/getting-started) - [Questions people ask](/faq) - [Fees and payment](/fees) - [Contact](/contact) ## Services - [All services](/services) - [Individual therapy](/services/individual-therapy) - [Couples therapy](/services/couples-therapy) - [Family therapy](/services/family-therapy) - [Teen and young adult therapy](/services/teen-and-young-adult-therapy) - [Online therapy](/services/online-therapy) ## Who I help - [Everyone I work with](/who-i-help) - [Veterans](/who-i-help/veterans) - [Active duty and military families](/who-i-help/active-duty-and-military-families) - [First responders](/who-i-help/first-responders) ## Concerns - [Everything people bring](/concerns) - [PTSD and trauma](/concerns/ptsd-and-trauma) - [Anxiety](/concerns/anxiety) - [Depression and low mood](/concerns/depression) - [Grief and loss](/concerns/grief-and-loss) - [Stress and burnout](/concerns/stress-and-burnout) - [Relationship issues](/concerns/relationship-issues) - [Life transitions](/concerns/life-transitions) ## How I work - [How I work](/how-i-work) - [DBT](/how-i-work/dbt) - [CBT](/how-i-work/cbt) - [Mindfulness](/how-i-work/mindfulness) ## Locations - [Where I practice](/locations) - [Omaha, in person and online](/locations/omaha) - [Lincoln, online and in person](/locations/lincoln) - [Bellevue, online and in person](/locations/bellevue) - [Papillion, online and in person](/locations/papillion) - [La Vista, online and in person](/locations/la-vista) - [Grand Island, online and in person](/locations/grand-island) - [Rhode Island, telehealth only](/locations/rhode-island) ## Legal - [Privacy policy](/privacy-policy) - [Terms of use](/terms) - [Accessibility](/accessibility) ## Practice - Rodric McClain - LIMHP (Nebraska) · LMHC (Rhode Island) - Omaha, Nebraska - [(731) 393-3253](tel:+17313933253) ## In a crisis - Call or text 988, Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. - Veterans Crisis Line: call 988, then press 1. - If there is immediate danger, call 911. © 2026 Rodric McClain Counseling, LLC. 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