Nearly 30 percent of soldiers returning from Iraq and
Afghanistan suffer from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD),
as do countless American veterans from previous wars. As many
who have sought help could testify, standard therapeutic
techniques often do not work. Tragically, veterans suffering from
PTSD often cannot hold jobs or sustain relationships. Others
have recurrent nightmares or won’t leave home, fearing they
may attack the “enemy” seen in the faces of the people
they meet. Many more feel permanently alienated from the very
culture they fought to protect.
Redefining PTSD as a soul wound, clinical psychotherapist Dr.
Edward Tick offers hope by nurturing a positive, mature
warrior identity for our veterans. He has been speaking
nationally and internationally about the psycho/spiritual needs of veterans since
the release of his acclaimed book, War
and the Soul: Healing our Nation’s Veterans from
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
(Quest Books, 2005).
This intensive healing and training retreat will provide
experience in the groundbreaking techniques he has developed
for over two decades and introduces in his book. He draws on
methods from ancient Greek, Native American, Vietnamese, and
other traditions to restore the soul so that veterans can, at
last, find inner peace and truly return home to themselves,
their families, and their communities.
The retreat is open to veterans of any war and their families, professionals and any interested community members.
Participants will find Dr. Tick’s work invaluable for
veterans of any war as well as for all who love and would help
them.
The retreat is co-sponsored by Quest Books and Soldier’s
Heart, an organization Dr.
Tick and Kate Dehlstedt recently founded in Troy, New York for veterans’
healing. It will be held February 28 to March 2, 2008 at the Holiday Inn, 245 Whiting Farms Rd. Holyoke, MA, phone: 413-534-3311. Sign-in will begin at 3:00 p.m. We will get to know one another at 6:00 p.m. with dinner. Dr. Tick will begin the retreat that evening at 7:30 p.m. and conclude Sunday, March 2, with lunch.
The Early Bird Registration Fee is $433.00, which includes meals (Thursday dinner through Sunday lunch) and breaks. You must make your own hotel reservations. Early Bird Reservations must be made by January 21, 2008. After the 21st, the Standard Registration Fee is $518.00.We have an excellent arrangement with the hotel for rooms: $82.00 + tax per night. We decided to have our meals together, since we will be a family. A very limited number of scholarships will be available.
To register, or if you have questions, please call Diane Eisenberg: 800-669-1571, ext. 320, or email registrar@theosophical.org
Hotel
Information
You can register by:
- print out registration form and mail in
- phone in, or
- register online
REGISTRATION FORM - PPDF
format | Word
Format (Print out and mail in or phone in)
mail to:
Theosophical Society in America
P.O. Box 270
Wheaton, IL 60189-0270
To register by phone, or if you have questions, please call Diane Eisenberg: 800-669-1571, ext. 320, or email registrar@theosophical.org
or pick Payment Option and register online
Early Bird Registration: Thursday dinner through Sunday lunch $433.00
Standard Registration:
Thursday dinner through Sunday lunch $518.00
Click
here to watch video of Ed Tick's "War and the
Soul."
The Theosophical Society in America
Welcomes You
The Theosophical Society in America and Quest Books are
very happy to host this retreat. When our publishing
staff first talked to Dr.
Tick about writing War and the Soul, we did so from
the heartfelt recognition that the ravages caused by PTSD
must have a truer response than has been given to date. As you
can see from the Society’s Vision and
Mission Statement, this retreat comes from our
commitment to the universal brotherhood of all peoples and from our belief
that we have a mutual responsibility to help one another heal.
It is our hope that as you experience this weekend you will
rediscover your truest being, and if your call is to help,
that you will take home the skills that will enable you to
lead others in their incredible journey home.
Betty Bland President
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America
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united in study, meditation,
and service.
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encourages open-minded
inquiry into world religions, philosophy, science, and the arts in
order to understand the wisdom of the ages, respect the unity of all life, and help people explore spiritual self-transformation.
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affects all other beings and that each of us is capable and responsible
for contributing to the
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and a mission of exploration, but also an ethic of putting these high
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