Findlay, June 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Findlay, Ohio -
Lt. Col. Ted Blickwedel, VA whistleblower, and his co-author, Jerry Strayve, announce the release of Broken Promises - Marine Combat Veteran Turns Whistleblower Exposing Compromised Mental Health Care for Veterans at VA. This book, written to create awareness and advocacy for veterans and counselors who serve them, will be released via Amazon on June 15, 2022. Additionally, the book stands as a plea to work cooperatively with the Veterans Administration to enact policies and procedures to safeguard quality mental health care for veterans and protect counselor welfare.
Kindle versions of the e-book are available on Amazon for $6.95 at https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Promises-Whistleblower-Exposing-Compromised-ebook/dp/B0B3YY2ZT3.
Broken Promises outlines actual events documented by Lt. Col. Blickwedel and co-author Jerry Strayve during and after Lt. Col. Blickwedel's employment as a mental health provider for the VA's VET Center Program. This book is a heart-wrenching story of a Marine Corps veteran's crusade to repair the broken promises caused by the VA. Broken Promises reveals Lt. Col. Ted Blickwedel's fight against the VA Vet Center's mandate of quantity over the quality of care—excessively increasing counselor workloads at the expense of quality mental health care for veterans with PTSD.
Never intending to be a whistleblower, Blickwedel experienced retaliation through shunning, isolation, gaslighting, mobbing,...
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