LSF's goal is to support both the individual and the family through education, coping skills and reducing symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress, mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Military Sexual Trauma, and Chronic Pain.

The usual progression of our retreat program is as follows - a service member attends an initial service member only retreat, then 6-18 months later he or she attends a couples retreat with his/her spouse, then 6-18 months after that the entire family attends a family retreat. This strategy allows a service member time to work on their own issues before working on his/her relationship, leading the couple to have time to work on their marriage before working on their family. Our findings have shown children benefit greatly from their parents having attended a couple retreat. Retreats are conducted over a five-day weekend, with group psychoeducational sessions, individual sessions (or couples/family sessions), and Equine Assisted Learning sessions.

Lone Survivor Foundation has its own retreat facility to operate individual, couples and family retreats. Our retreat programs are fully staffed with a Program Director with 12 years of professional experience working as a licensed Professional Counselor within the military community specializing in Trauma, Crisis Intervention, Military Sexual Trauma, Substance Abuse, and specialty areas related to the military lifestyle. We have an LPC Equine Behavioral Consultant team certified to use horses in the therapeutic process using the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA) model. Additional licensed consultant specialties include neuro-feedback, couples counseling, child trauma, child care, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) to treat trauma specifically.

The Foundation and its Retreat Program has been operating since 2010. The success of the program has been carefully monitored through our pre and post retreat evaluations along with testimonies from veterans and family members. We are able to see short-term accomplishments through pre and post assessments such as the VA's "PTSD Checklist - Military" (PCL-5). Our long-term impact is accomplished through the returning of soldiers with their family members and/or caregivers along with additional follow-up procedures, implementation of tools and resources given to the service members. We also conduct daily evaluations from our retreat participants to gain feedback on the effectiveness of our program. We are actively working with other agencies to find new industry techniques to continue to increase summary reports.

Lone Survivor Foundation continues to achieve its mission of restoring, empowering and renewing hope for our wounded veterans and their families through health, wellness and therapeutic support. We now own and manage a retreat to facilitate our retreat programs for individuals, couples and families in Bolivar, TX. Another retreat facility is planned for Fayetteville, NC. Lone Survivor Foundation is focused on achieving its long-term goals of seeking additional owned centers to conduct retreats more cost-effectively and to best service our veterans and their families across the nation. Lone Survivor Foundation strives to find alternative methods of holistic healing, pain management, and therapeutic support.