“Not at all sure I would have stayed in, reconnected with my mom, or for that matter, lived, if I had not spent some time at your “home away from home.” A long way from Cali, but I desperately needed the sleep and good food and fishing and picking up a paintbrush to canvas again. Head on straight and back at it.”
West Coast U.S. Navy SEAL
“Returning home from a residential or inpatient medical stay after the battlefield can be an abrupt, jarring experience. Progress and insights made in treatment may not always survive the onslaught of work and home life demands as well as long-established patterns of behavior in the home environment. LZ-Grace offers a safe, neutral and nurturing transition environment allowing families to reunite with their loved one away from the triggers of old behavior patterns. When combined with the appropriate therapeutic interventions, such an environment can ease the adjustment and allow time for families to both negotiate and establish new, healthier patterns of behavior.”
George Steffian, Ph.D., ABPP CAPT, USN (Ret) Clinical Psychologist
“As a Marine Corps veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, I know and understand the struggle of adjusting back to life at home after returning from a deployment...despite being cleared by military doctors as not having PTSD or TBI, the first few weeks returning from my tour in Afghanistan were stressful…there was nowhere for me to find peace because I was not diagnosed as having an injury. The LZ Grace ranch has the fellowship, serenity, and support to help those mentally exhausted from battle get mentally and emotionally fit again.”
Matthew M. Adams Staff Sergeant, USMCR, Iraq 2008, 2009; Afghanistan 2010, 2011
“When we come back from these deployments sometimes the feelings of our loved ones are lost or misplaced in our minds during the shuffle between survival and wanting to come home. LZ Grace helps heal the living. LZ Grace is a place where we can go to feel safe, decompress, breathe in life and find the misplaced feelings.”
Masa James, BUD/S 183 Bi-Coastal SEAL Teams
“Special operations commands have recognized the importance of establishing transition time for members returning from overseas so that there can be a deliberate pause that facilitates a shift in mindset between the two environments. LZ-Grace supports this practice by offering a safe, private environment free from the stressors and distractions of daily home life. Their beautiful, quiet location and enriching activities provide families with the opportunity to take a needed pause and focus on re-establishing their relationships.”
George Steffian, Ph.D., ABPP
CAPT, USN (Ret)
Clinical Psychologist