How our Nation can contribute to the healing and homecoming of our Military troops

During our Radio Show on Wednesday on June 30th at 4:00PM Pacific Time, Dr. ED Tick, Founder and Kate Dahlstedt, Co-Director of Soldier's Heart will share (a)How PTSD is essentially a spiritual, moral and social wound; (b) Why there is so little PTSD in Viet Nam in contrast to the US; (c) How other cultures have successfully brought warriors home from war, healed their wounds, and transformed them into elders, guardians and teachers; (d) What the necessary steps of warrior return are how healers and communities can achieve these steps in modern America. Dr. Edward Tick, author of War and the Soul is a Director and senior psychotherapist of Soldier’s Heart (www.soldiersheart.net); Veteran’s Safe Return Initiatives. He received his master’s in psychology from Goddard College, Vermont and his doctorate in communication from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Ed has been in private psychotherapy practice since 1975 and began focusing on veteran’s issues in 1979. His pioneering work with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or, in his words, ‘loss of the soul’, is the basis for his recent book “War and the Soul”. Kate Dahlstedt holds a master’s degree in clinical psychology as well as post graduate certification from the Hartford Family Institute. She has been in private practice for over two decades. As a therapist and workshop leader, Kate specializes in grief and loss, trauma, and depression. She is also an adjunct professor at Russell Sage College in Troy, NY and a published writer. Radio Show Information Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Time: 4:00PM Pacific Time To listen to the show you can: Dial the phone in telephone number at (646) 649-0924 OR Tune in to our online channel at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Combat-Relief