Edward Tick
{{short description|American psychotherapist and author}}
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Edward Tick (born April 24, 1951) is an American psychotherapist, author, poet and international pilgrimage guide. He is best known for his work on treating war mental health trauma{{cite news| first1=David |last1=Brooks | title=Fighting the Spiritual Void|work=The New York Times|date=November 19, 2018|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/19/opinion/mental-health-ptsd-community.html}} and post traumatic stress disorder. Tick has been treating Vietnam war veterans since 1979 before the term PTSD came into use. Tick introduced{{cite journal|last1=Tick|first1=Edward|title=PTSD: The Sacred Wound|journal=Health Progress (Saint Louis, Mo.)|number=3 |date=2013|volume=94|pages=14–22|pmid=23789462}} the identity model approach to PTSD seeing it as a "soul wound", similar to moral injury, rather than primarily a medical or psychological condition. In 2012 Tick presented training on PTSD for 2,000 members of the United States Army Chaplain Corps.{{cite news|title= Embracing the soul to heal war's pain |url= https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Embracing-the-soul-to-heal-war-s-pain-3794426.php | work=Times Union|date=August 16, 2012}} Tick was featured in "Forgiveness and Healing" episode of Link TV Global Spirit series.{{cite news|last1=Genzlinger|first1=Neil|title=Spiritual Themes, Explored From Many Angles|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/arts/television/11spiri.html|work=The New York Times|date=April 10, 2009}}
Education
Tick graduated with a BA degree in English from University at Albany in 1971 and an MS degree in Psychology from Goddard College in 1975. He received a PhD degree in Communication from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1981{{cite web|title=Edward Tick in Psychology Today listing of mental health professionals|url= https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/edward-tick-belchertown-ma/478533}}
Selected works
=Books=
- {{cite book | title=Coming Home in Viet Nam | publisher=Tia Chucha | date=2021-10-15 | isbn=978-1-882688-60-9}}
- {{cite book | title=Golden Tortoise | date=2005 | isbn=978-1-59709-008-7 | last1=Tick | first1=Edward | publisher=Red Hen Press }}
- {{cite book|title=Sacred Mountain Vol. 1: Encounters with the Vietnam Beast, 1979-1984 |publisher=Moon Bear Press|date= 1989|isbn=0944164005}}
- {{cite book|title=The Practice of Dream Healing: Bringing Ancient Greek Mysteries Into Modern Medicine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QNGiVPTWSWEC|publisher=Quest Books|date=2001|isbn=9780835607995}}
- {{cite book|title=War and the Soul: Healing Our Nation's Veterans from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder|publisher=Quest Books|date=2005|isbn=083560831X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p01bBgAAQBAJ}}
- {{cite book|title=Warrior's Return: Restoring the Soul after War| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GC3BBAAAQBAJ|publisher=Sounds True|date=2014|isbn=978-1622032006}}
=Articles=
- {{cite news|last1=Tick|first1=Edward|title=Apocalypse Continued|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/13/magazine/about-men-apocalypse-continued.html|work=The New York Times|date=January 13, 1985}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.edwardtick.com Dr. Edward Tick’s website]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1aB1XRL-Vs 2008-09 Tzedek Lecture, Oregon Humanities Center: "War and the Soul" by Dr. Edward Tick, February 18, 2009 in Eugene OR.]
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Category:American psychotherapists