By Stephen Olsson
Over two million Americans served in the Vietnam War. Forty years later, tens of thousands of veterans still suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). But a groundbreaking approach provides hope for these psychologically wounded former warriors, as well as for veterans of more recent wars.
Healing A Soldier's Heart follows the courageous journeys of four Vietnam veterans, all suffering from severe PTSD, who return to Vietnam to face the demons that continue to haunt them and hopefully heal their PTSD. Under the guidance of pioneering psychotherapist Dr. Edward Tick, the vets visit their actual trauma sites ¨C the places where they fought and killed their former enemies, or saw their friends and comrades die.
The film provides an unforgettable, transformative journey through what Dr. Tick calls "their second, this time, willful descent into hell." It carries viewers into the hearts and minds of the four veterans and their families, as they experience forgiveness and compassion from their former enemies. Through first-time contact with Vietnamese culture, the four vets are led to a new state of awareness and spiritual peace.
Healing A Soldier's Heart traces the veterans' gradual shift from terrorized nightmares, drug abuse and attempted suicides, to healed warriors ¨C with profound lessons for PTSD-suffering younger veterans from the more recent wars in Iraq & Afghanistan. The film is a powerful story about the long-term, psychological effects of war, and of the reconnection of the human soul through Dr. Tick's innovative therapy.
Reviews
~ "Ed Tick reminds us we must be willing to walk through hell beside our veterans with our hearts wide open; he has given us one opportunity for a first step through this film. The healing has begun and our veterans will take their rightful place in our society." - John Schluep, Vietnam era vet, Senior Pastor of First Congregational Church, Tallmadge, Ohio; Founder of The Warrior's Journey Home
~ "What a beautiful creation! It moved me to tears and inspired me to do more. So many beautiful principles that traditional therapy misses." - Glenn R. Schiraldi, Ph.D., University of Maryland School of Public Health
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