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E.C. Hurley; DMin, Ph.D., Psychologist, Founder/Executive Director of Soldier Center located in Clarkesville Tenn, and a veteran of Desert Storm. Dr. Hurley is a Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress and holds the status of Diplomate with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. Dr Hurley is an EMDR trainer who has trained military mental health professionals in EMDR throughout the world from Europe, Korea, and U.S. military bases throughout the United States. He presents on EMDR at conferences around the world and provides therapy to military personnel, veterans, and their family members. Dr. Hurley joined us from Tennessee to talk about the extremely effective technique of EMDR, what it is and it’s use for combat-related and non-combat-related PTSD and other emotional conditions.
Find out more about Soldier Center and the 10-Day Program for people from all over the country, by going to: www.Soldier-Center.com. You can also learn more about EMDR and find clinicians in your area who use this technique by going to: www.EMDR.com. (You can also purchase a copy of the book about EMDR at that website, “Getting Past Your Past,” by Dr. Fran Shapiro.) For clinicians around the world, go to: www.EMDRIA.org.
Dr. E. C. Hurley
Founder/Exec. Dir or Solder Center
www.soldier-center.com
Bob Blakley, co-director of the movie, “Frozen in War,” which is shown at the Save A Hero events, joined me in the studio to talk about this movie, focused on the epidemic of suicide among veterans and active duty members. You can watch the 25 minute excerpt of the film, donate to help complete the film, and find out about the next event, by going to: www.FrozenInWar.com.
Bob Blakley joined me in the studio.
Also, playwright, Ami Dayan, writer of the play, “Reason,” about a radical Pentagon-funded attempt to use Mindfulness Training to treat PTSD among veterans and their affected families, joined us from Boulder, Colorado to talk about his play and this amazing program. Ami is using this play at performance therapy workshops around Colorado and the nation. Find out more about the program showcased in the play at: www.DyanamicHumanSolutions.com. Find out more about the play, “Reason,” and where these performance therapy workshops will be happening at: www.ReasonOnStage.org.
Ami Dayan, Playwright
www.reasononstage.org
Jacqueline Kappelman joined us to talk about Service Dog Express, Service Dogs, and Service Dogs related to PTSD. This unique program will help to train your pet or help you adopt a dog to become a service dog. She talked about the benefits of going this route. Service Dog Express can help you with this, or find someone who can, throughout the nation. Find out more at: www.ServiceDogExpress.com or call: 855-778-2364. Jacqueline is also a licensed therapist, experienced at working with veterans, and she provides counseling via the internet, if veterans are unable to get to a therapist’s office for help. This is within the state of Texas. You can find out more by contacting her at: [email protected] or 210-246-2174.
Jacqueline Kappelman
AND…Our friend and a regular of the show, veteran, First Sergeant Will Williams, recipient of the 2014 Service to Mankind Award and 10-tour combat veteran, joined us LIVE in the studio, and he brought along with him veteran Robert Hall. Both veterans spoke about how their involvement in helping others has helped them with their own PTSD.
Robert Hall has an organization helping children who do not have fathers. To find out more, go to: www.BoysToMenOfGod.com.
And First Sgt. Will Williams is involved in so many organizations to help veterans and children, that there are too many to name, from The School for the Deaf and The School for the Blind, to Heroes Night Out. He let us know about upcoming events in Round Rock to raise money for many of these charities. Find out more about how you can get involved, if you’re here in Central Texas, by giving Will a call: 512-782-4212.
Veterans, First Sergeant Will Williams and Robert Hall joined me in the studio.
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