Rebuilding your trust

Supporting our women veterans

We know it’s not always easy to ask for help and that women and veterans can experience additional barriers to support.

WithYou’s Rebuild Project offers women veterans with substance misuse challenges, specialist trauma focused psychological therapy related to trauma they may have experienced from their time serving in our armed forces.

We want to empower you to make your own treatment and recovery choices; everyone’s story is different, but everyone deserves a chance to be healthy and well.

We are WithYou.

Shaping support around you

Our support is tailored to the unique needs of women veterans, recognising the intersections of military culture, gender-based experiences, and the stigma that surrounds both trauma and substance use within veteran communities. Rebuild is part of our dedicated Armed Forces Community Programme.

WithYou for the Armed Forces Community

Empowering women veterans to take back control

Helping challenge unhelpful thoughts and behaviour

Supporting the processing of military experiences and trauma

Providing remote evidence-based therapy by a trained specialist

About the service

Rebuild is free and available to existing WithYou clients who are women veterans and engaged in services. The psychotherapy treatment:

Is available to WithYou women veterans aged 18 years and over with substance misuse who are engaged with one of our services
Offers free, remote one-to-one therapy for one hour via an average of 12 sessions in total (dependent on need)
May use evidence based interventions including CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) for a trauma-focused approach
Delivered online or over the phone by WithYou’s specialist High Intensity CBT Therapist

Effective therapy requires regular attendance at weekly or fortnightly remote sessions.

To be referred please speak with a WithYou Recovery Worker or WithYou Armed Forces representative.

Is it right for me?

Rebuild treatment may help:

Challenge unhelpful thoughts and behaviour or safely process memories linked to trauma and substance misuse or struggles with mental health.
Understand how military experiences may have influenced coping mechanisms.
Build healthier responses to stress, emotional triggers, and relationships.

Address trauma related to combat exposure, sexual trauma, or service related incidents.
Reduce the emotional intensity of past experiences while preserving important personal meanings.

We’re here to listen and ready to help you work things out.

You’re not alone

A WithYou recovery worker can help answer any questions or you can chat with us free and confidentially online via our webchat

Reach out to our Armed Forces Leads directly via: armed.forces@wearewithyou.org.uk

If you are a professional
A referral to your local WithYou service is required. If you’re supporting a woman veteran, encourage them to contact WithYou via the free online webchat or their Recovery Worker.

I was once the woman who walked into treatment believing my life was over. Now, I am the woman who grabs every opportunity to live. Recovery didn’t just save my life; it gave me a new one. You are not alone. If I can find my way back, so can you. WithYou client and veteran

Did you know?

WithYou for the Armed Forces Community is proud to hold the Gold Award in the Ministry of Defence’s Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS). This recognition reflects our commitment to providing specialist, confidential support to veterans, serving personnel, and their families.

Our team includes Armed Forces specialists, many with military backgrounds, ensuring we understand the unique challenges of military life and transition to civilian life.

We are also the first drug and alcohol provider to achieve this prestigious recognition - an achievement we are incredibly proud of.

This Gold Standard commitment extends to both the support we provide and our dedication to employing veterans and reservists within our workforce.