Icarus Charity

ICARUS is a veteran-led mental health treatment charity offering immediate, on-going, bespoke support to veterans, their families and carers and serving military members. We provide therapy, counselling and help for the range of difficulties and problems which often evolve from trauma including PTSD or other commonly related conditions, such as anger-management and interventions to address excessive alcohol use and drug abuse. We are open to all uniformed services, Royal Navy, Army or the Royal Air Force as well as uniformed Public Services, police, emergency services etc. Treatment for veterans is FREE of charge, regardless of rank, unit, service record or age. At ICARUS we have developed a flexible and sympathetic treatment modalities which recognises the unique nature of military service and the military mindset. We have explored and adopted new concepts and treatment modalities, working on the basis that no ‘one size fits all’. We tailor treatment to the individual and their personal circumstances. Actual therapeutic approaches may vary from session to session, depending on individual responses or any different problems which might arise at the time of treatment. Therapy sessions are demanding and encompass much so we tend to keep the sessions fluid in order to make the Veteran feel at ease and comfortable talking to their therapist. A course of treatment will continue until recovery, there is no set time limit. After treatment we offer a continuing care programme which may contain on-going supporting Psychotherapy from one of our mentors, who are available to speak about practical matters and assist on a more general basis. We are recruiting therapists and mentors, please visit our website for more information.