Awards

• Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Psychology) 2006
• Runner-up for IndieFab awards (Psychology) 2005

Overview

""With a resounding salute to those who have given their lives, this book empowers us to overcome the soul loss that is the result of all wars."" -Jan C. Scruggs, founder, Vietnam Veterans Memorial ""Speaking as a war veteran, I do believe Ed Tick's heart has seen what my eyes have seen."" -Robert Reiter, veterans' service officer Post-traumatic stress disorder increasingly afflicts veterans of modern warfare. The New England Journal of Medicine reports that it affects almost 20% of soldiers returning from Iraq. Tragically, PTSD impacts all aspects of life. Some vets can't hold jobs or sustain relationships. Others have recurrent nightmares or won't leave home, fearing they may attack ""the enemy"" seen in the faces of those they meet. To begin healing, says Edward Tick, we must see PTSD as a disorder of identity itself. The violence of war can cause the very soul to flee and be lost for life. Drawing on history, mythology, and thirty years of experience, Dr. Tick reveals the universal dimensions of veterans' soul wounding. He uses methods from ancient Greek, Native American, Vietnamese, and other traditions to restore the soul so that the veteran can, at last, truly return home. His work is invaluable for veterans of any war, as well as for their families and all who care for them.

Full Product Details

9780835608312

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Reviews

""Ed Tick shows us how war tears away at the soul of soldiers and how it impacts the collective soul of the world. If we all read this book, it would change the face of war in our world and inspire us to find peaceful ways to create change."" --Sandra Ingerman, author of Soul Retrieval ""This is no ordinary brilliant book. It is a document that leads us to the possibility of healing from the wars that devastate so entirely that no one is safe. This book can save our lives."" --Deena Metzger, author of Entering the Ghost River ""As the world hangs in the balance, Ed Tick illuminates the path that could pull humanity back from the brink."" --Kenny Ausubel, founder, Bioneers Foundation and author of Seeds of Change ""War and the Soul is a healing book that rises from the battle for the heart of this culture. Veterans' souls utter the anguish of wounds for which there is no medication. Ed Tick weaves the mythic background that alone can create understanding of these living tragedies. He offers both ancient and contemporary practices that can treat the loss of soul and the traumatic legacies of war and terror."" --Michael J. Meade, author of Men and the Water of Life and director, Mosaic Multicultural Foundation ""Dr. Tick brings to the task a deep compassion for the worldwide legion of war victims. Beyond that, he brings a scholar's sense of history, a visionary's gaze into the heart of darkness, and a poet's grace to make these poignant stories of personal agony somehow affirmative of the human spirit."" --Stephen Larsen, PhD, psychology professor emeritus, SUNY and author of The Shaman's Doorway ""Americans need to understand the message from our men and women in uniform whom we have sent into harm's way. They are speaking to us in this pioneering book, War and the Soul."" --Louise Carus Mahdi, Jungian analyst, author of Betwixt and Between, Crossroads, and The Real St. Nicholas ""Silence perpetrates war and its consequences. Ed Tick pierces the silence around PTSD. With this book, the healing begins."" --Louie Free, founder and host, Free Radio Limited ""Walking through hell with his heart wide open, Ed Tick takes us on a journey of transformative power. Using history, mythology, psychology, story, and insight born of years of helping veterans, Tick allows us to bear witness to the agony as well as the healing of those who have endured the horrors of war. It is a journey from darkness through shadow and, patiently, tirelessly, into the light."" --Richard Geldard, PhD, author of The Traveler's Key to Ancient Greece and The Essential Transcendentalists

Author Information

Edward Tick, PhD, is an expert on post-traumatic stress disorder. A practicing psychotherapist for more than thirty years with national recognition, Dr. Tick specializes in transformational work with war veterans, survivors of severe trauma, and those in need of deep psychospiritual healing. Dr. Tick has extensively studied both classical Greek and Native American healing traditions and successfully integrates those methods into his modern clinical practice. A writer, educator, and overseas journey guide, Dr. Tick holds an MA in psychology from Goddard College and a PhD in communication from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a clinical member and has held various offices with the American Academy of Psychotherapists and the American Holistic Medical Association. He is also an ordained interfaith minister. Dr. Tick began treating Vietnam veterans in psychotherapy in 1979 before PTSD was a diagnostic category. He's treated veterans and survivors of WWII, the Holocaust, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, Central American conflicts, the Balkan wars, the Irish civil and religious wars, the Greek Civil War, the Middle East conflicts, and the Iraq War. He has also served as a consultant to community and church organizations on the treatment of veterans and the training of staff. He resides in Albany, New York. Dr. Tick is the author of several books including The Practice of Dream Healing (Quest, 2001).

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