Charlotte Rayfield ~ Getting Real About Young Adults With Disabilities
- S2E64
- 1:37:47
- June 12th 2023
Suzi has the pleasure of speaking with Charlotte Rayfield, dear friend and an incredible young lady. Charlotte is 25 years old and a senior in college and has Cerebral Palsy. She is giving insight from the other side of the narrative in caregiving as the one receiving.
Oftentimes we focus as a society on caregiving for the elderly but what about caregiving for young adults who are disabled? This is a completely different approach and having the knowledge given to us by those receiving the care is empowering to do a better job.
What are your experiences as a young adult receiving care? What feedback can you provide so we as caregivers can do better and be better at providing care?
Email Suzi at [email protected] with your comments and suggestions. She would like to hear what you can teach us as caregivers.
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Suzi is the Clinical Director of Merging Vets and Players (MVP), a national peer to peer support and empowerment organization for combat veterans and retired professional athletes. Located in six major cities and regions, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, Atlanta, New York, and Seattle. Suzi also serves as the Clinical Director for Unbreakable, as well as, she is the Program Manager for Lifesavers Wild Horse Rescue, providing wild horse gentling retreats as a mental health therapeutic modality for veterans. Prior to MVP, Suzi worked as a Senior PATHH Guide at Boulder Crest Retreat (BCR) in Bluemont, Virginia, a privately funded retreat for combat veterans, their families and first responders. Suzi is one of the co-creators of BCR’s, signature program called PATHH, which stands for Progressive and Alternative Training for Healing Heroes. PATHH is the nation’s first curriculum-based retreat, based on the science of Posttraumatic Growth. PATHH is now offered, at other VSO’s, around the country.
Suzi has also consulted with the Wounded Warrior Project, Save A Warrior, Veteran’s 360 and Guardian Hills. Suzi earned her degree in Clinical and Community Psychology at Antioch University and became certified in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy. She created her own equine therapy program called Horse Inspired Growth and Healing (HIGH) where horses teach clients how to practice principled, authentic, behavior.