Provider Readiness Designation
The Provider Readiness Designation in our directory highlights mental health providers who are familiar with military culture and evidence-based treatments. This includes a wide range of professionals such as psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurse specialists, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and pastoral counselors under a physician’s supervision. It's important to note that this designation does not extend to the TRICARE Overseas Program (TOP).
To earn this designation, providers must complete four specific courses offered by the Center for Deployment Psychology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences:
- Military Culture: Core Competencies for Health Care Professionals
- Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD in Veterans and Military Personnel
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD in Veterans and Military Personnel and
- Depression in Service Members and Veterans
Mental Health care providers who have earned the Department of Defense TRICARE Provider Readiness Designation (TPRD), as indicated by a check mark icon, have specific knowledge of military culture and awareness of evidence informed treatments for mental health concerns common among members of the Armed Forces.