I was lying on my rack in a crowded tent in Afghanistan, watching an old episode of Project Runway on my computer. I rested my hands on my chest and felt something unfamiliar through my shirt: a lump in my left breast that had seemingly appeared overnight. It was hard, immobile, and painless. As a […]
Ellen Schimmels
JoEllen “Ellen” Schimmels is a clinical professor at Emory University, a therapist for the Group Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy for PTSD study at the University of New Mexico, and a clinician at Hear to Help. She has also worked in the outpatient mental health clinic at the New Mexico Veterans Health Administration. Her 28 years of nursing experience include 23 years of active duty service in the Army, with combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. She shares her life with her husband and cherishes her role as mother of two bright, enthusiastic children and stepmother to two amazing boys.
