Alex West - SEAL Team 6: "The Scariest Man on Earth Was Just an Old Man" | SRS #332
He details the profound healing power of adaptive surfing through his nonprofit One More Wave and advocates for psychedelic-assisted therapy, specifically Ibogaine, as a critical treatment for PTSD and addiction in vetersummaryCountertransference in Therapy: West finds that working exclusively with veterans and first responders is emotionally taxing due to countertransference (feeling the client's pain too intensely), leading him to serve a getakeawayNonprofit Inclusivity: One More Wave explicitly serves all veterans regardless of branch or discharge status, recognizing that many GWOT veterans face TBI and administrative separations without VA benefits, creating a cotakeaway














