Dr. Kathy Platoni

03/02/2026

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01/18/2026

PLEASE SHARE: Seeking support is a clear indication of courage, NOT weakness, as pure guts are required to be able to place all of this on the table of mental health services. Invisible wounds are unquestionably the most painful of all and unnecessary suffering is just that. No good comes from it. Bring an end to living as an alien on our own planet. Step out of the shroud of darkness, as living in the shadows is often a choice.

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The psychological injuries sustained in war have no expiration date. These wounds that do not bleed are often terminal, infusing veterans with a lifetime of unspeakable and harrowing struggles, for which there is no end in sight and for which no salve exists.

12/03/2025

Although my original home is in upstate New York and Ohio has apparently adopted me, it is an incredible honor to serve so many Veterans and first responders in the Miami Valley/Southwest Ohio communities. This is a blessing that has allowed me to carry on after 4 deployments and walking out of the Fort Hood Massacre alive. I get to give back for having survived.

Today we’d like to introduce you to Dr. Kathy Platoni COL (RET), US Army. Hi Dr. Kathy, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Katherine Theresa Platoni, Psy.D., DAAPM, FAISClinical PsychologistColonel, Retired, US ArmyDayton SWATMember, Dayton Fraternal Order of ...

11/26/2025

In this episode, Jim talks with Colonel (U.S. Army Ret.) Dr Kathy Platoni, a Fort Hood Massacre survivor. Dr. Platoni describes her role on that pivotal day in American history. She is a strong advocate for the victims. She has worked every day of her life, 24/7/365, to have the event reclassified from a workplace accident to an act of domestic terrorism. Dr. Platoni has become an activist for all survivors seeking benefits to recover from this terrorist event. Click on cc for the hearing impaired.

On this episode we talk to Dr Platoni a Fort Hood Massacre survivor. She describes her role in that pivotal day in American history. She is a strong advocate...

11/11/2025

“What they carry with them after an officer-involved shooting is just immeasurable, tragic. The self-blame, the guilt, the anxiety,” Psychologist Dr. Kathy Platoni said.

Officer-involved situations often have a lot of social and political overtones, Platoni said, adding police basically go through public opinion trials before they get a chance to deal with the emotional fallout.

“You can’t be prepared for this. You can go through every scenario imaginable in your training, but everyone is different,” she said.

It’s why officers involved in shootings need counseling from psychologists like Platoni. They also need support from their own departments.

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I-Team Investigative reporter Mike Campbell is taking an in-depth look at these shootings through the eyes of those who have been through this – the officers.

10/26/2025

Our fall issue can only be described as gripping, not just from the perspective of a wounded Veteran of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division, the United States Marine Corp, but from the viewpoints and experiences of heroes from all walks of First Responders and the clinicians that support them.
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Dr. Platoni is a much sought-after speaker who travels throughout the country to share her experiences concerning the psychological impact and moral injuries of war, alternative approaches to the treatment of PTSD. As a survivor of the November 2009 Fort Hood Massacre, she also lectures widely on su...

09/28/2025

"The Fort Hood massacre is still not considered a domestic act of terrorism after almost 16 years which is the ultimate betrayal and many of the families of the fallen the wounded and the survivors have never gotten the benefits they are due," Dr. Platoni said.

Dr. Platoni lost five of her friends that day, she explained that she was Hasan's direct supervisor and now lives with survivors guilt.

"I live with tremendous survivor guilt because I was supposed to be the shooters direct supervisor, and as a full bird colonel I was at the top of his hit list so I live with the knowledge that somebody else got the rounds meant for me," Dr. Platoni said.

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Julia Wilson was 9 months pregnant during the 2009 mass shooting that killed 13 soldiers. She believes Nidal Hasan's ex*****on would bring long-overdue justice to victims.

08/19/2025

Aug 7 2025 DAYTON — On Wednesday, a gunman opened fire on an Army post in Georgia, leaving five soldiers wounded.

News Center 7 talked with a clinical psychologist from Centerville. Col. Kathy Platoni is an Army veteran who lives and works in the Miami Valley.

Platoni was on base during the 2009 Fort Hood shooting in Texas. News Center 7 talked with her about the shooting in Georgia.

News Center 7 talked with a clinical psychologist from Centerville. Col. Kathy Platoni is an Army veteran who lives and works in the Miami Valley.

07/20/2025

Combat Stress Summer 2025
Service and Sacrifice, No Matter What the Uniform

Our group of authors in this issue of Combat Stress offer amazing insights that are certain to change the lives of our readers by offering unique perspectives on understanding the stressors associated with putting on a uniform, along with reframing our thoughts into a more manageable perspective. That is why they contributed to this issue and why we exist, for you, our readers.
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05/26/2025

Please, please take a moment to view this video in memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice…a message from the father of one of those who lost his life to su***de after the Fort Hood Massacre. Howard Berry has passed on since this documentary was made by Judicial Watch….gone, but NEVER forgotten. This was filmed in 2017. Please share

On November 5, 2009, U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan opened fire at Fort Hood, Texas, killing thirteen people and injuring more than 30 servicemembers and civilians. Sgt. Joshua Berry was among the servicemembers injured in the attack. Following the massacre, the Secretary of Defense declined to recogni...

04/14/2025

“In the wake of tragedy” is something that occurs daily, even hourly, for law enforcement officers. The colossal amount of chaos, upheaval, horror, and trauma to which they are exposed exacts an incalculable toll on the psyche of these most bona fide heroes.

Saving their souls is the subject matter of one of the very most innovative and groundbreaking treatment approaches designed to diminish the impact of the emotional scarring and emotional devastation to which they are endlessly exposed, a growing problem of increasingly massive proportions over time.

The runaway success of the Restoration and Recovery Station: Support for First Responders During Mass Casualties, Natural Disasters and Civil Unrest by Drs. Sneha Shankar, Eamonn Arble, and Maurice Gardner is unquestionably, an absolute state of the art program that demands adoption across the land in the face of an alarming uptick in all things violent in the law enforcement community.

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01/13/2025

"In the 15 years since, nothing has changed. The Fort Hood Massacre is still considered an act ofworkplace violence and not a mass shooting. My efforts to overturn this have resulted in directthreats to cease and desist by two elected officials. Letters to former presidents have been sentback by the Secret Service “because they couldn’t be vetted.” There have now been ten morelives lost as a result of the heinous acts of the shooter, those “Killed After Action” by su***deamong the survivors, the wounded, and the families of the fallen. Survivor guilt impales the soulsof those who were spared, ghastly memories permanently etched in their brains."

November remains a minefield of anguish and horror. There have now been 15 such painful anniversaries. It was Nov. 5, 2009 when life changed in inconceivable ways.