You deserve someone who understands you and what you go through daily. Here at Vital Experiences, we specialize in two areas. Working with mental health professionals, military veterans, and their families.

Understanding what it is like to be a mental health therapist is necessary to understand you as a professional therapist. Helping you be the best therapist you can be while maintaining a positive personal life is the goal. Many therapists carry the excess weight of their client’s trauma and anxieties into their day-to-day life. Our aim is to allow you the opportunity to live your life free of the baggage brought to you by your clients. As a psychologist who specializes in working with other therapist Dr. Kat can guide you through the trauma you carry from your clients and your past. Dr. Kat’s purpose is to support and promote a healthy balance in your life for you and your loved ones, while being there for your clients.

Getting out of the military and moving into the civilian sector causes apprehension and tension for most veterans and their families. Getting out of the military can cause you to question your self-worth once you separate and begin a new life as a civilian. Finding a job and navigating society is stressful and anxiety provoking. Sgt. Bo has been in this situation before and has extensive knowledge on how to guide you through the maze that is the civilian world. Issues are different outside of the military bubble and civilians look at you differently. My goal is to help you and your family navigate the minefield in the civilian community and help you embrace the positives of your military service that carries over into civilian society.  

We believe that you cannot help anyone past what you know yourself. We have the education, therapeutic skills, and lived experience to help you find your happiness. When you work with us you will be deeply understood, accepted, and valued. 

 

Meet Our Coaches


Dr. Kat Dunning

Dr.Kat has been a military spouse, and was in the Army in the '70s. She holds both a Master's and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and is in private practice with Bo in Victorville, CA where she works with the LGBT community, specializing in Transgender issues, trauma survivors and their families.

Bo Dunning, LMFT

Fred “Bo” Dunning is a retired Air Force NCO and Desert Storm Combat veteran. He has a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology, a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, and an Adjunct Psychology Professor in the California State College System. He also has more than 40 years working with Active Duty Military, veterans, and their families.