"Out of the night that covers me
Black as the pit from pole to pole
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul."
-- "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley.
Quoted by Michael Fay, USMC combat artist, on his blog, Fire & Ice.
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- Arthur Egendorf, Ph.D.: Healing From the War: Trauma and Transformation After Vietnam.
Ashley B. Hart, II: An Operators Manual for Combat PTSD: Essays for Coping
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Dave Isay: Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project
Mark Lerner, M.D.: It's Ok Not to Be Ok --Right Now: How to Live Through a Traumatic Experience
Edward Tick: War and the Soul:Healing Our Nation's Veterans from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Edwin S. Schneidman: The Suicidal Mind
Eric T. Dean, Jr.: Shook over Hell: Post-Traumatic Stress, Vietnam, and the Civil War
Francine Shapiro: EMDR : The Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma
Frank Ochberg: Post-Traumatic Therapy And Victims Of Violence (Psychosocial Stress Series, No 11)
Frederick Graham: The Bamboo Chest: An Adventure in Healing the Trauma of War
Gaiam: AM/PM Yoga For Beginners (with The Dalai Lama & 10 Routines)
Gay Hendricks: Conscious Living : Finding Joy In the Real World (*****)
Glenn R. Schiraldi: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook
Heidi Squier Kraft: Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital
Jeremy P. Crosby: A Mind Frozen in Time: A PTSD Recovery Guide
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Jon G. Allen: Coping With Trauma: A Guide to Self-Understanding
Jon G. Allen: Coping With Trauma: Hope Through Understanding
Jonathan Shay, M.D., Ph.D.: Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character (*****)
Jonathan Shay, M.D., Ph.D.: Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming (*****)
Keith Armstrong: Courage After Fire : Coping Strategies for Returning Soldiers and Their Families
Kekuni Minton: Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy
Kenneth Doka: Living With Grief: After Sudden Loss Suicide, Homicide, Accident, Heart Attack, Stroke
Lee Holden: 7 Minutes of Magic: Recharge Your Body Each Day with Qi Gong
Louise DeSalvo: Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives
M. Katherine Hudgins: Experiential Treatment for PTSD: The Therapeutic Spiral Model
Mark Goulston: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder For Dummies (For Dummies (Psychology & Self Help))
Martha Davis: The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
Martha Raddatz: The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family (*****)
Matthew J. Friedman: After the War Zone: A Practical Guide for Returning Troops and Their Families
Matthew J. Friedman et al.: Handbook of PTSD: Science and Practice
Maxine Hong Kingston, Editor: Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace
Ming-dao Deng: Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony
Nancy Sherman: The Untold War: Inside the Hearts, Minds, and Souls of Our Soldiers
- Patience H. C. Mason: Recovering from the War: A Woman's Guide to Helping Your Vietnam Vet, Your Family, and Yourself (*****)
Penny Coleman: Flashback: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, and the Lessons of War
Peter A. Levine: Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body
Peter Chappell: Emotional Healing with Homeopathy: Treating the Effects of Trauma
Peter R. Breggin, M.D.: The Heart of Being Helpful: Empathy and the Creation of a Healing Presence
Raymond Monsour Scurfield: A Vietnam Trilogy: Veterans And Post Traumatic Stress: 1968,1989, 2000
Raymond Monsour Scurfield: War Trauma: Lessons Unlearned, From Vietnam to Iraq
Richard A. Bryant: Acute Stress Disorder: A Handbook of Theory, Assessment, and Treatment
Robert C. Scaer: The Trauma Spectrum: Hidden Wounds and Human Resiliency
Robert Grant: The Way of the Wound: A Spirituality of Trauma and Transformation
Ron Zaczek: Farewell, Darkness: A Veteran's Triumph over Combat Trauma
- Stephanie Laite Lanham: Veterans and Families' Guide to Recovering from PTSD
Steven Halpern: Music for Healing & Unwinding: Two Pioneers in the Emerging Field of Sound Healing
Yael Danieli: The Trauma Of Terrorism: Sharing Knowledge And Shared Care, An International Handbook
Yoga Journal: Yoga Journal's Yoga for Stress With Dr. Baxter Bell
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Mircea Eliade: Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy (Bollingen Series (General))
Neale Donald Walsch: Conversations with God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1)
Malidoma Patrice Patrice Some: Ritual: Power, Healing and Community (Compass)
Jon Kabat-Zinn: Arriving at Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness
Meg Daley Olmert: Made for Each Other: The Biology of the Human-Animal Bond (Merloyd Lawrence Books)
Daniel G. Amen: Magnificent Mind at Any Age: Natural Ways to Unleash Your Brain's Maximum Potential
Jon Hoffman: USMC: A Complete History (U.S. Military Series)
Michael Takiff: Brave Men, Gentle Heroes: American Fathers and Sons in World War II and Vietnam
- Andrew Lockie & Nicola Geddes: The Complete Guide to Homeopathy - The Principles & Practice of Treatment - With
Arthur W. Frank: At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness
Thomas Moore: Care of the Soul : A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life
Robert A. Johnson: Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche
Heather French Henry: Pepper's Purple Heart: A Veterans Day Story
Mary O'Malley: The Gift of Our Compulsions: A Revolutionary Approach to Self-Acceptance and Healing
Nancy Sherman: The Untold War: Inside the Hearts, Minds, and Souls of Our Soldiers
William Styron: The Suicide Run: Five Tales of the Marine Corps
Rudy Reyes: Hero Living: Seven Strides to Awaken Your Infinite Power
- G. V. Pavlov I. P.; Translated and Edited by Anrep: Conditioned Reflexes - An Investigation Of The Physiological Activity Of The Cerebral Cortex
Laurence Gonzales: Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
Dora L. Costa, Matthew E. Kahn: Heroes and Cowards: The Social Face of War
Diane Stein: Essential Reiki Teaching Manual: An Instructional Guide for Reiki Healers
Diane Stein: Essential Reiki: A Complete Guide to an Ancient Healing Art
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