Bottom Line Up Front
Licensed in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Virginia is a Masters-level Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor & National Certified Counselor specializing in Military Issues and Combat-Related Trauma. She provides Crisis Intervention and Evidence-Based Treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Military Sexual Trauma, Combat Operational Stress, and other diagnoses. She is a certified clinician in Cognitive Processing Therapy and Prolonged Exposure and has 20+ years’ experience serving Active Duty Military, Veterans, Military retirees, & family members. Virginia is a Certified Group Psychotherapist (CGP), an active American Group Psychotherapy Association member, and has received extensive training on trauma and ethics. Virginia is the author of The Soldier's Guide to PTSD and Acknowledge & Heal: A Women's-Focused Guide to PTSD. Virginia is a combat Veteran.
Education & Credentials
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, trained by Dr. Edna Foa, Center for Treatment & Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Adolescents, trained by Dr. Edna Foa, Center for Treatment & Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania
- Cognitive Processing Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, trained by Dr. Katy Dondanville, University of Texas Health Science Center
- Certified Group Psychotherapist, American Group Psychotherapy Association, Board Member San Antonio Group Psychotherapy Society
- Master of Arts, Counseling, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence Achievement Award, Heidelberg, Germany, 2008 For classified work on European terrorism Task Force
- Certified Strategic Debriefer, Interrogator, Linguist TF 134, USNB Guantanamo, Iraq
- Enlisted Army 1997-2006. Commissioned Navy Reserve Officer 2006-2018
Selected Books and Publications
Cruse, V. and Salidas, K. (2022). Acknowledge & heal: A women-focused guide to PTSD. Rising Sign Books.
Cruse, V. (2021). The soldier's guide to PTSD: How to no-sh*t reclaim your life. Military Counseling Center.
Cruse, V. (2014). Abusive supervision, workplace deviance and the impact on intelligence in U.S. service intelligence centers. National Ground Intelligence Center, Charlottesville, VA.
Cruse, V. (2011). Changing interrogation facility management. Naval War College Review, Newport, RI.
Cruse, V. (2007). Finding redemption through acceptance. National Public Radio. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16993136
