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New Evidence that a Brief Form of Therapy Can Help Veterans Adjust to Civilian Life — and Seek Further Help If Needed

By Columbia University Teachers College Staff — 2020

Veterans are often reluctant to seek help because of the stigma surrounding mental health issues and are likelier to respond to an approach that emphasizes discussion of here‐and‐now issues of adjustment to civilian life rather than mental disorders.

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Digging for Victory: Horticultural Therapy with Veterans for Post-Traumatic Growth

Horticultural Therapy is ideally suited to engage veterans alienated from traditional civilian healthcare routes who present with a range of complex and challenging healthcare needs. It presents, on the surface, as a deceptively simple and accessible activity.

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Building Resilience: Remarks from Nadine Burke Harris

Traumatic childhood events like abuse and neglect can create dangerous levels of stress and derail healthy brain development, resulting in long-term effects on learning, behavior and health.

Nadine Burke Harris

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Soaringwords Interview Dr. Richard Tedeschi - Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG)

Dr. Richard Tedeschi, professor at UNC Charlotte, and Lisa Honig Buksbaum, CEO & Founder of Soaringwords, discuss Post-traumatic growth (PTG).

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We All Have Parts: An Illustrated Guide to Healing Trauma with Internal Family Systems

An Illustrated IFS Psychoeducational Tool for Survivors of Childhood Trauma and Neglect. With simple language and illustrations, this little book will help teach adults and adolescents how to understand their trauma symptoms and how Internal Family Systems (IFS) works to heal them.

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The Posttraumatic Growth Workbook: Coming Through Trauma Wiser, Stronger, and More Resilient

People who experience trauma often struggle with its effects, but many men and women have found meaning in their traumatic event and now experience life differently.

Richard G. Tedeschi, Bret A. Moore

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The Beauty of a Darker Soul: Overcoming Trauma Through the Power of Human Connection

This is a journey of finding beauty within darkness. Former Army Major Josh Mantz reaches into the deepest corners of the human soul to expose the most difficult emotions associated with traumatic experiences.

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Reclaiming Life after Trauma: Healing PTSD with Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Yoga

Reclaiming Life after Trauma addresses both the physical and psychological expressions of PTSD, presenting an integrative, fast-acting, evidence-based, and drug-free path to recovery. Authors Daniel Mintie, LCSW, and Julie K. Staples, Ph.D.

Daniel Mintie, Julie K. Staples

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Trauma Tool Kit: Healing PTSD from the Inside Out

In 2010 the Department of Veterans Affairs cited 171,423 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans diagnosed with PTSD, out of 593,634 total patients treated. That’s almost 30 percent; other statistics show 35 percent. Nor, of course, is PTSD limited to the military.

Susan Pease Banitt

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What Doesn’t Kill Us: The New Psychology of Posttraumatic Growth

For the past twenty years, pioneering psychologist Stephen Joseph has worked with survivors of trauma.

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Struggle Well: Thriving in the Aftermath of Trauma

Your struggle may come in different forms, and be given one of many different names, such as anxiety, depression, addiction, and/or PTSD.

Ken Falke, Josh Goldberg

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Veteran Well-Being