The program is presented by Wendy Maltz,
M.S.W., a licensed marriage counselor, certified sex therapist, author of the
book “The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual
Abuse” (Harper Collins, 1991) and co-author of “Incest and Sexuality:
A Guide to Understanding and Healing” (Lexington Books, 1987). This video
is produced and distributed by InterVision Media, an award winning producer of
health education materials. “Partners in Healing” breaks new ground
as it explores the dynamics of couples in various stages of therapy, working
together to heal the emotional scars of incest. “Partners in Healing”
can help incest survivors and their therapists learn: -How incest affects
sexuality -How partners can both be included in and involved in treatment as a
couple -How both partners are affected by the intimacy problems that result
form incest -How they can work together to become true partners in healing
By Edward Tick, PhD. (2005)
From Amazon.com: “War and PTSD are on the public’s mind as news
stories regularly describe insurgency attacks in Iraq and paint grim portraits
of the lives of returning soldiers afflicted with PTSD. These vets have
recurrent nightmares and problems with intimacy, can’t sustain jobs or
relationships, and won’t leave home, imagining “the enemy” is
everywhere. Dr. Edward Tick has spent decades developing healing techniques so
effective that clinicians, clergy, spiritual leaders, and veterans’
organizations all over the country are studying them. This book, presented here
in an audio version, shows that healing depends on our understanding of PTSD
not as a mere stress disorder, but as a disorder of identity itself. In the
terror of war, the very soul can flee, sometimes for life. Tick’s methods draw
on compelling case studies and ancient warrior traditions worldwide to restore
the soul so that the veteran can truly come home to community, family, and self.”
From Amazon.com: “The first book to explore the idea and effect of moral injury on
veterans, their families, and their communities
Although veterans make up only 7 percent of the U.S.
population, they account for an alarming 20 percent of all suicides. And though
treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder has undoubtedly alleviated
suffering and allowed many service members returning from combat to transition
to civilian life, the suicide rate for veterans under thirty has been
increasing. Research by Veterans Administration health professionals and
veterans’ own experiences now suggest an ancient but unaddressed wound of war
may be a factor: moral injury. This deep-seated sense of transgression includes
feelings of shame, grief, meaninglessness, and remorse from having violated
core moral beliefs.
Rita Nakashima Brock and Gabriella Lettini, who both grew up
in families deeply affected by war, have been working closely with vets on what
moral injury looks like, how vets cope with it, and what can be done to heal
the damage inflicted on soldiers’ consciences. In Soul Repair, the authors tell
the stories of four veterans of wars from Vietnam to our current conflicts in
Iraq and Afghanistan—Camillo “Mac” Bica, Herman Keizer Jr., Pamela Lightsey,
and Camilo Mejía—who reveal their experiences of moral injury from war and how
they have learned to live with it. Brock and Lettini also explore its effect on
families and communities, and the community processes that have gradually
helped soldiers with their moral injuries.
Soul
Repair will help veterans, their families, members of their
communities, and clergy understand the impact of war on the consciences of
healthy people, support the recovery of moral conscience in society, and
restore veterans to civilian life. When a society sends people off to war, it
must accept responsibility for returning them home to peace.”
