VIRTUAL THERAPY FOR VETERANS & SERVICE MEMBERS
Military-Informed Therapy From A Clinician Who Also Serves
Virtual Therapy for veterans and service members throughout Utah navigating PTSD, trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and the transition between military and civilian life.
TRICARE, TriWest, and other major insurance plans accepted.
You shouldn’t have to explain the military before you can explain yourself
Military service can shape how you experience stress, relationships, identity, responsibility, and major life transitions. Working with a therapist who understands that culture can mean spending less time explaining the context- and more time focusing on what brought you to therapy.
At XLR8, therapy for veterans and service members combines years of clinical experience with firsthand experience serving in the military. Whether you're navigating trauma, feeling constantly on edge, struggling in your relationships, or adjusting to changes in military or civilian life, therapy is built around you- not assumptions about what your service means.
Veterans Mental Health & Therapy Services
Veterans and service members seek therapy for many different reasons. Whether what you're experiencing is connected to your service or simply part of life outside of it, therapy can provide practical support without losing sight of the military context that may be part of your experience.
PTSD & Trauma
Trauma can affect sleep, relationships, concentration, mood, and your ability to feel safe or fully present. Therapy can help you process difficult experiences and reduce the impact they continue to have on your life.
Anxiety & Stress
If it’s difficult to switch off, you’re constantly anticipating what could go wrong, or stress has become you normal baseline, therapy can help you understand those patterns and develop healthier ways of responding to them.
Depression & Disconnection
Depression can look like sadness, but it can also show up as irritability, numbness, exhaustion, loss of motivation, or feeling disconnected from yourself and others.
Relationships
Military service can add another layer to relationships and family life. Therapy can address communication, conflict, emotional distance, intimacy, and navigating changes within your relationships.
Military & Civilian Transitions
Deployments, returning home, changes in duty status, and transitioning out of the military can affect identity, routines, relationships, and your sense of purpose. Therapy can provide support while you adjust to what’s changing.
Clinical Experience
Military Perspective
Military-Informed Therapist in Utah
14+ Years in Practice • EMDR Certified • Military Reserve Service • Virtual Therapy Across Utah
Nathan Pond is a licensed clinical mental health counselor with more than a decade of experience helping people navigate trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, relationships, and other complex challenges.
Nathan also serves in the Army Reserves, giving him firsthand familiarity with military culture alongside his clinical training and experience.
His approach is individualized rather than based on assumptions about what veterans or service members should need from therapy. Nathan is trained in evidence-based approaches to trauma treatment, including EMDR, and works with clients to determine an approach that fits their experiences, needs, and goals.
PTSD & Trauma Therapy For Veterans
Treatment built around what works for you.
PTSD and trauma don't look the same for everyone, and treatment shouldn't either.
Nathan uses evidence-based therapeutic approaches to help veterans and service members process difficult experiences, manage symptoms, and move toward meaningful change. His approach is tailored to the individual rather than assuming that one method works for everyone.
As a certified EMDR therapist, Nathan can incorporate Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) when appropriate. EMDR is an evidence-based psychotherapy used in the treatment of PTSD and trauma and does not require repeatedly describing every detail of a traumatic experience.
Treatment may also address anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, stress, identity, and other concerns that exist alongside- or completely separate from- military service.
Online Veteran Therapy Throughout Utah
Therapy that works with your life.
Meet with Nathan virtually from wherever you are in Utah. If you have Tricare, we can meet virtually no matter where in the United States you are. Online therapy makes it easier to access consistent support without adding another commute, whether you're balancing work, family, military responsibilities, or everyday life.
XLR8 accepts TRICARE, TriWest, and several major insurance plans. Private-pay sessions are also available.
Insurance coverage and benefits vary by plan. Contact XLR8 to verify your benefits and learn more about your options before getting started.
INSURANCE & PRIVATE PAY
Commonly Asked Questions
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No. Veterans and service members seek therapy for many of the same reasons anyone else does, including anxiety, depression, relationships, stress, grief, life transitions, and personal growth. Military experience may be relevant to your therapy, but it doesn't have to define it.
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Yes. Nathan provides virtual therapy to clients throughout Utah, allowing you to attend sessions from a private location without traveling to an office. If you have Tricare, I can meet virtually with you anywhere in the United States.
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XLR8 accepts TRICARE and TriWest, along with several other insurance plans. Coverage and benefits vary, so XLR8 can help verify your insurance benefits before you begin therapy.
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Yes. In addition to his clinical experience working with veterans and service members, Nathan currently serves in the U.S. military Reserve. His military experience provides firsthand familiarity with military culture while his clinical training guides treatment.
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Yes. Nathan is a certified EMDR therapist and may incorporate EMDR when clinically appropriate. EMDR is an evidence-based psychotherapy commonly used in the treatment of PTSD and trauma.
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Your first session gives you and Nathan an opportunity to discuss what brought you to therapy, what you would like to change, and what you hope to get from treatment. Together, you'll begin determining an approach that fits your needs and goals.
Virtual Therapy Throughout Utah
Ready to see if XLR8 is the right fit for you?
Whether you're looking for support with trauma, relationships, stress, a major transition, or something entirely separate from your military experience, you deserve therapy that's built around who you are- not assumptions about what you've been through.
Connect with Nathan to ask questions, verify insurance coverage, or schedule your first appointment.
XLR8 Fitness and Counseling has a mission to help reduce soldier suicide. This is why XLR8 Veteran's was created. 22 veterans per day commit suicide. 2/3 of those who have committed suicide sought help the month before. Too often they cannot afford help or are turned away. This is not acceptable. I have seen first-hand the effects of suicide. I work with suicide nearly every day. Nearly 1 in 5 suicides in this country are from the veteran community. Suicide kills more veterans than enemy bullets and bombs. They are not getting the treatment they deserve and it is costing lives. I have dedicated my life to help improve the treatment of our soldiers. This was the reason I joined the military. Many veterans do not have insurance to pay for therapy and/or stuck on long wait lists to see a therapist. We have set up a fund to help cover the cost of therapy for veterans and their immediate family members. This fund is to help veterans receive the help they need when they need it.
All donations will go to pay for therapy services for Veterans and their immediate family members who cannot afford these services otherwise. We thank you for your support for those who have defended and served this country.
XLR8 Fitness and Counseling is now sponsoring sports teams for mental health! Contact us today to find out how you or a friend can join a free sports team or fitness class. Individualized training is also available. Even if you are not interested in the sponsorship program you can still sign up to be on one of these teams. Season start soon, so enroll today!