An upcoming seminar that may be of interest to readers is Edward Tick, Ph.D.'s week-long "War and the Soul: Healing Post-traumatic Stress Disorder," put on by the New England Educational Institute, and hosted at Eastham, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
(As a Cape native I can say, that's an extremely popular place in the summertime -- make your reservations for accommodations early, if you're considering going.)
From the brochure:
Edward Tick, Ph.D., is
Founding Director and Senior Clinician of Soldier’s Heart: Veterans’ Safe
Return Programs. Honored for his groundbreaking work in the holistic and
community-based healing of veterans and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD),
Dr. Tick has been a psychotherapist for 33 years, specializing in working with
veterans since the 1970s. He is the author of Sacred Mountain, The Practice Of
Dream Healing, The Golden Tortoise, and the award-winning book, War and the
Soul.
Dr. Tick is an
internationally recognized expert on veterans, PTSD, and the psychology of
military-related issues and has conducted training at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center and other Department of Defense facilities. He lectures throughout the
world and leads semi-annual international educational, healing and
reconciliation journeys to Vietnam and Greece. Dr. Tick specializes in using
psycho-spiritual, cross-cultural, and international reconciliation practices to
bring healing to veterans, communities and nations recovering from the traumas
of war and violence.
Click this link for more information, or to register.
The schedule for the seminar, also from the brochure:
Symposium Schedule:
Monday:
- The universal dimensions of the war experience;
- Introductory stories from veterans of several wars;
- What we mean by the soul and its place in psychotherapy and healing;
- What war does to the soul;
Tuesday:
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder from Vietnam to all wars;
- World history of PTSD;
- Mythology and PTSD;
- Warriorhood: Archetypal, cross-cultural and historical perspectives;
- The Hero's Journey, Initiation, and the Warrior's Path;
Wednesday:
- A holistic understanding of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder;
- Stress and anxiety disorder;
- Identity crisis;
- Interrupted initiation;
- Social disorder;
- Attachment disorder;
- Soul wound;
Thursday:
- Traditional and cross-cultural models and practices for healing from war;
- Purification and cleansing of the warrior;
- The healing power of storytelling;
- Restitution in the family and nation;
- Initiation as a warrior;
Friday:
- Healing beyond the therapy hour;
- Unique spiritual dimensions of healing from war;
- Healing through spirit principles and practices;
- Healing in the community;
- International healing;
- Spiritual vision regarding war and its healing.
