Military Trauma - The Sacred Wound and the Warrior’s Journey Home
Friday, May 14, 2021
9:00AM - 4:30PM PDT
Edward Tick, Ph.D., LMHC, has been working to heal the wounds of violent trauma and warfare in our vets, families, society and the world for over forty years. This is a learning opportunity you do not want to miss!
Location: Online
Continuing Education: 6 CE Credits (Applied at NASW)
Cost: Free.
Who Should Attend: This training is open to all RVP Volunteer Providers, social workers, mental health counselors, and community providers.
What You Will Learn:
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and Moral Injury have proven to be of epidemic proportions in our military and veteran populations but very difficult to treat. Healing efforts must not merely strive for symptom reduction and control but match the transformed inner worlds, life experiences and values of the survivors, provide corrective experiences that counteract the traumas, and offer a life and growth path consistent with military service. Our training day will present a proven holistic and psycho-spiritual-communal model for the understanding and practices that bring true healing, homecoming and transformation to our military and veterans.
Learning Objectives
Participants will:
- Be able to present relevant lessons from world warrior traditions.
- Understand the sacred and moral dimensions of military service and warriorhood.
- Gain a holistic understanding of Post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Understand and be able to apply the concept of soul wounding to PTSD and Moral Injury.
- Understand and be able to report the Necessities of Warrior Return.
- Understand the Soldier’s Heart Transformational Model and Path of Homecoming and apply it to direct work with veterans.
- Understand the concept of Moral Injury and be able to offer strategies for Healing and Recovery.
- Understand and apply the concept of restoring the warrior archetype.
CE Faculty
Edward Tick, Ph.D., LMHC, has been working to heal the wounds of violent trauma and warfare in our vets, families, society and the world for over forty years. Dr Tick is recognized as a pioneer and international leader in developing holistic, spiritually and culturally based trauma healing. A transformational healer, psychotherapist, writer, educator and poet, he was co-founder and director of Soldier’s Heart, Inc. and has served as subject matter expert on healing Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Moral Injury for the U.S. military.
Dr. Tick is the author of six books including the groundbreaking War and the Soul and most recently Warrior’s Return, as well as over 200 articles in the trauma field and others documenting radical holistic healing. Dr. Tick has been leading annual healing and reconciliation journeys to Viet Nam since 2000 and Greece since 1995, and works toward international healing and reconciliation between nations. Learn more about Dr. Tick’s work >
Registration is now closed. Contact RVP staff for further assistance.
Sponsored by
Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace company and leading provider of commercial airplanes, defense, space and security systems, and global services. As a top U.S. exporter, the company supports commercial and government customers in more than 150 countries. Building on a legacy of aerospace leadership, Boeing continues to lead in technology and innovation, deliver for its customers and invest in its people and future growth.
Sponsored by
The Rx Abuse Leadership Initiative (RALI) of Oregon is a community health coalition, with a focus on raising awareness of opioid addiction. RALI Oregon represents communities across the state that have been impacted by this crisis including employers, veterans, children, rural Oregonians, health care providers, and law enforcement.
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503-954-2259
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