Veteran Spouse Resiliency Group (V-SRG)

Connecting Veteran Spouses in their Communities

Veteran Spouse Resiliency Groups (V-SRG) provide a safe space for veteran spouses and partners of veterans to come together, listen, share their stories, and lean on one another for support and guidance. These groups connect veteran spouses in Texas to their communities by providing strong peer support. This peer support is available to veteran spouses who face a diverse and unique set of experiences and challenges ranging from caring for their own mental, emotional, and physical health, to parenting, relationship and career health, discussing the lingering effects of service, and how to support their veterans in seeking help.

This program was created for veteran spouses, by veteran spouses, and aims to provide a space where spouses and partners can gather with others who have a shared experience, and be provided support without judgement. If you have been looking for a strong community of spouses, this is it! Join us!

The program follow’s a unique peer-to-peer model:

• Trained veteran spouses and/or committed partners facilitate groups of 8-10 spouses
• Groups meet once a week for two hours over 12 weeks
• Curriculum topics range from “Taking Care of Ourselves” and “Sharing Our Stories,” to “Caregiving,” and “The Lingering Effects of Service”

Spring 2020 Groups:

UPDATE RE COVID-19: In order to prioritize the safety of all of our group members and leaders, we have opted to move current in-person groups to an online format. We have also opted to only offer online groups in Summer 2020, and hope to be able to offer in-person groups again in Fall 2020. Please view the table below for updated information regarding 2020 groups.

To register for an in-person or online group, please complete this brief registration form, or enter the following link to your browser: https://redcap.prc.utexas.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=LJX3Y88R48

If you are a veteran spouse or partner of a veteran who would like to volunteer to lead a group in your community, or online, please visit our Leadership Opportunities page to learn more and apply today!

Anne’s Story

Listen to veteran spouse Anne Jackson talking about her experience, and why it’s so important for spouses to come together to support one another. Anne was one of the spouses who helped develop the V-SRG curriculum to ensure it would meet the needs of veteran spouses.

To view more videos from our V-SRG peer leaders, click here.

Coming soon... the Military Spouse Resiliency Group (M-SRG)! The M-SRG will mirror the format of the V-SRG, while prioritizing the unique experiences of active duty military spouses, providing a community of support.