ABSTRACT

Healing War Trauma details a broad range of exciting approaches for healing from the trauma of war. The techniques described in each chapter are designed to complement and supplement cognitive-behavioral treatment protocols—and, ultimately, to help clinicians transcend the limits of those protocols.

For those veterans who do not respond productively to—or who have simply little interest in—office-based, regimented, and symptom-focused treatments, the innovative approaches laid out in Healing War Trauma will inspire and inform both clinicians and veterans as they chart new paths to healing.

part I|36 pages

Surviving Both War and the Battles Back Home

chapter 2|19 pages

Survival Modes, Coping, and Bringing the War Home

From Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan 1

chapter 3|15 pages

Veterans' Advocacy

Social Justice and Healing Through Activism

part 2|51 pages

Culture-Specific and Community-Based Approaches

chapter 5|15 pages

The Journey Home, Quilt, and Pillow Pal Ceremonies

A Gift of Love

chapter 6|13 pages

Veterans' Sanctuary

The Journey to Open a Therapeutic Community

part 3|46 pages

Expressive-Experiential Approaches

chapter 7|16 pages

Metaphor as Heroic Mediator

Imagination, Creative Arts Therapy, and Group Process as Agents of Healing with Veterans

chapter 3 8|13 pages

Writing by Service Members and Veterans

A Medium to Promote Healing in Self and Others

part IV|43 pages

Mind–Body Approaches

part V|33 pages

Animal Assisted and Outdoor Approaches

part VI|29 pages

Technological and Web-Based Approaches

chapter 15|15 pages

Healing Combat Trauma

The Website, the Vision, the Impact

chapter 16|12 pages

SimCoach

An Online Intelligent Virtual Human Agent System for Breaking Down Barriers to Care for Service Members and Veterans

chapter |5 pages

Afterword

War Trauma Resources