Visual Storytelling for Veteran Cohorts
AI-Enhanced Peer Support
Poewell generates symbolic imagery from veteran language input for therapist-facilitated peer cohort support during the critical period following intensive programs, when isolation and disengagement risks are highest.
How It Works
Visual Storytelling
The Poewell API generates symbolic imagery in response to veteran language input, enabling veterans to externalize complex experiences through imagery rather than solely through verbal processing.Weekly Online Cohorts
Small groups of 8–12 veterans meet weekly in structured peer-witnessing formats, facilitated by licensed therapists who maintain safety, pacing, and ethical boundaries.Non-Clinical Support
Poewell bridges the gap between formal therapy — which many veterans avoid — and unstructured peer support. Facilitators maintain containment without providing clinical treatment.Post-Intensive Integration
Designed specifically for veterans who have completed transformative intensive programs and need structured continuation support during the vulnerable transition period that follows.
Who It Serves
Veterans who completed intensive programs-- these programs provide powerful transformative experiences, but structured follow-up is critical to sustaining momentum. Many of these veterans avoid traditional mental health services — making them exactly the population that existing clinical pathways struggle to reach.Poewell works alongside existing VSO programs to extend their impact, keeping veterans connected during the weeks and months when re-engagement matters most.
Contact
Dennis Stevens, Ed.D.Coast Guard veteran (Gunner's Mate, 1988–1992), visual artist, and creator of Poewell.
Dennis holds a Doctorate of Education in Art and Art Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and an MA in Instructional Design from San Jose State University. As a service-disabled veteran and alumnus of Save-A-Warrior and Boulder Crest Warrior PATHH, he designed Poewell from the experience of returning from transformative intensive programs and through the benefit of structured peer support. Dennis is the author of Sacred Descent of the Warrior, on moral injury and transformation through mythic narrative, and the founder of the Sempergeist Institute.Legal Name: Penelope Mimetics LLC
UEI: XL8ZDMQLFLM8
CAGE Code: 7XG73
Business Type: SBA-Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)
email: [email protected]