The Warrior's Journey: Healing PTSD (6 CE hours)
Tuesday, April 28, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuition: $150 general public; $130 Antioch alumni, faculty, staff
War's violence is so severe that it can cause the true self to become distorted or lost for life. Untold numbers of veterans from old and new wars suffer Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Newest estimates are that 20-40% of Iraq returnees come home with PTSD and its multitude of disabling symptoms. Countless more return with severe, disabling wounds to body and mind. Contemporary society and the institutions meant to serve veterans are in crisis and at a loss as to how to respond to this massive wounding.
In this workshop, gain insight into the psycho-spiritual approach to healing from war. Learn how PTSD is not just a stress and anxiety disorder. It is also an identity disorder, soul wound, interrupted initiation and social wound. Examine various forms of psycho-spiritual interventions and community activism that rebuild veterans' identities, shrink trauma and restore wounded dimensions of soul. Develop a deeper understanding of PTSD treatment philosophies and strategies that can bring hope and healing to veterans and their families. Explore the spirituality inherent in war and learn how to use it to heal veterans and society.
Instructor: Edward Tick, Ph.D., is a holistic psychotherapist, writer, educator, journey guide, activist and veterans' advocate. He has been working with veterans and survivors of war, violence and trauma since the late 1970s. He specializes in using psycho-spiritual, cross-cultural and international reconciliation practices to help veterans, communities and nations heal. He is founder and executive and clinical director of Sanctuary: A Center for Mentoring the Soul, and of Soldier's Heart: Veterans' Safe Return Programs. Tick is adjunct professor in both Communication and Global Studies at the Sage Colleges. Tick is the author of War and the Soul: Healing Our Nation's Veterans from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.
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