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ALTERNATIVE THERAPY

WAR AND THE SOUL
HEALING OUR NATION’S VETERANS FROM POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
EDWARD TICK, PH.D.

Early in the year 2014, several significant people entered my life. I had

completed and published A Soldier’s Exposition and was well on my way to
writing A Soldier’s Anthology.

The first of many influential people is Doctor Edward Tick. My research had

taken me down several untraveled paths during which I stumbled across a
copy of War and The Soul written by Edward Tick, Ph.D.; Doctor Tick’s
approach and his writing style reached out to me. His alternative treatment

methods interested me.

I would soon discover Soldier’s Heart. The material captured my attention. I
read War and The Soul studied the web pages and repeated the process

multiple times. Each time, I knew I had discovered an alternative. I picked
up the phone and dialed.

That phone call was made in the early morning hours. The Soldier’s Heart
answering machine did its assigned duties. I spoke into it, telling my story;
“Good morning, my name is Denny Hart, I am a twenty-two-year Army

veteran with severe PTSD, interested in Doctor Tick’s approach.” I gave my
phone number and asked that someone please return my call.

My wife was present when I made that phone call. Her reaction was one of
concern.

She is also a victim of PTSD. She is affected because she married into PTSD.

It was only natural and expected that she be apprehensive. Fourteen years, of
enduring my nightly blood-curdling screams, night sweats, talking in my
sleep; yes, she is also a PTSD victim.