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Hero’s Journey & trauma healingbooks

Below are the best books we could find on Hero’s Journey and trauma healing.

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Warrior’s Return: Restoring the Soul After War

War touches us all―leaving visible and invisible wounds on the warriors who fight, disrupting their families and communities, and leaving lasting imprints on our national psyche.

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Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming

In this ambitious follow-up to Achilles in Vietnam, Dr. Jonathan Shay uses the Odyssey, the story of a soldier's homecoming, to illuminate the pitfalls that trap many veterans on the road back to civilian life.

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Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character

An original and groundbreaking book that examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of Homer’s Iliad with Vietnam veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. In this moving, dazzlingly creative book, Dr.

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Afterwar: Healing the Moral Wounds of Our Soldiers

Movies like American Sniper and The Hurt Locker hint at the inner scars our soldiers incur during service in a war zone. The moral dimensions of their psychological injuries—guilt, shame, feeling responsible for doing wrong or being wronged—elude conventional treatment.

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What Have We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars

From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Wood, a battlefield view of moral injury, the signature wound of America's 21st century wars. By grieving alongside Wood, the reader is able to start on a journey of understanding, finding meaning and healing.

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