About this title: This book teaches how truly to heal war trauma in veterans, their families, and our communities. Drawing on history, mythology, and soldiers' stories from World War I to Iraq, it affirms the deep damage war does to the psyche and addresses how to reclaim the soul from war's hell.
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Description: Brand New. Paperback. Post-traumatic stress disorder increasingly afflicts veterans of modern warfare. The July 2005 New England Journal of Medicine reports that it affects almost 20% of soldiers returning from Iraq. Clinical psychotherapist Edward Tick exposes the characteristic devastation of soul caused by participating in warfare, and traces a path for transforming the veteran's identity from wounded or disabled veteran to honorable returned warrior. This book will change the way we think ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Quest Books
Date Published: 2005-11-01
ISBN-13:9780835608312ISBN:083560831X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Quest Books
Date Published: 2005
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Binding: Spoken Word Compact Disc
Publisher: Quest Books
Date Published: 2008-07-01
ISBN-13:9780835620130ISBN:0835620131
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Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Quest Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780835620130ISBN:0835620131
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: QUEST BOOKS
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780835608312ISBN:083560831X
Description: New. This book teaches how truly to heal war trauma in veterans, their families, and our communities. Drawing on history, mythology, and soldiers' stories from World War I to Iraq, it affirms the deep damage war does to the psyche and addresses how to rec... read more
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Edition: Abridged
Binding: Audiobook CD
Publisher: QUEST BOOKS
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780835620130ISBN:0835620131
Description: New. The war in Iraq is producing psychological casualties at an alarming rate. Nearly 30% of returning soldiers suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and the stopgap measures provided by counseling services during and after tour of duty are simply n... read more
"This was an amazing book that combined the first person stories of veterans (mostly from the Vietnam War) with a psychologist's description of PTSD as a soul disorder rather than a "stress" disorder.
He describes the experience of going to war as an initiation -- one which in modern times is almost never successfully completed. As a result, those who go war undergo the first part -- the tearing down of the previous personality and the transformation into a soldier -- but seldom receive the support to integrate their experiences into becoming a mature warrior after the war: a person who has faced and dealt with the horrors of war and the ethical issues, who can release their fear and anger, and become an elder, a guardian, and an advocate against senseless violence.
Author Edward Tick uses myth and archetype -- the language of the soul -- as the language of this work, which resonates deeply with me. Our culture still responds to the ancient mythic power of war, but the way we wage war (mechanized, large scale, with more tolerance of "acceptable loss" and collateral damage to civilian targets than used to be the case) makes the fulfillment of those dimensions very difficult, and increases the soul wounding for those who participate in it.
Through individual counseling and the work of his organization "Soldiers Heart," Tick has been using these techniques successfully for more than 20 years to help veterans, their families, and communities, heal from the wounds of war.
Five stars not just for strong writing and a fascinating topic, but because I've joined Soldiers Heart as a result of reading it."
"I am stunned, saddened, and triumphant, all at once. I am thinking about this book (that I have recommended about 5 times this week already), and about a young OIF veteran I have been working with for a year, who was finally able to access the source of his "depression" today. It saddens me deeply to know that there are so many others like him wandering around in a culture and country that does not know how to acknowledge or talk to them...much less help them. How many will walk around for years, increasing their suffering with substance abuse, failed relationships, and isolation from their fellow humans, because we as a community have failed to fully welcome them home, and participate in their healing?
Ed Tick has hit on some of the core reasons why our soldiers and veterans struggle so significantly with readjusting to civilian life. I am enthralled by his accounts of war, warrior cultures, and rituals throughout history...especially the themes of initation - war AS initiation - and sacredness. Compared to these accounts and themes, our culture is dreadfully lacking in what it takes for veterans to heal and reclaim their lives meaningfully. I am hopeful that this book will give a context to veterans in which to place the sacredness, power, and depth of their experiences, their loss, and hopefully the transformation that can occur.
It stuns me to think that the young man I saw today has been walking around alone for the last year - with all of the loss, guilt, grief, sadness, horror, pain, and confusion locked inside of him. Today there was a breakthrough, but where will he go from here? I am here, but I am one...how will our culture, his community, and the people around him, be able to help him transform his suffering into healing and growth?
I think this book begins to answer some of these questions and open up dialogue. Even though I have not finished it, it has been recommended to me numerous times over the years, and I would recommend it to anyone who has any interest in the healing of our nation's soldiers and veterans."
"The first part of the book deals with the myths and archtypes of war, and is rather academic. The second half of the book deals more directly with PTSD. The stories of veterans are the most interesting part, in particular vets returning to Vietnam in an attempt to heal their war traumas. I like how the author considers PTSD to be a soul sickness and one of our society, due to the fact that we isolate our war veterans in a attempt to retain our society's innocence over the wars our country has been involved in."
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