The Combat Trauma Healing Manual

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THE COMBAT TRAUMA HEALING MANUAL
By Chris Adsit, Military Ministry.
Published by the Military Ministry Press.
ISBN: 978-1-4196-7820-2, 178 pages
Price: US $15.99
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The Combat Trauma Healing Manual offers spiritual solutions for struggles with PTSD by helping construct an environment that will give God optimal access to the wounded soul. Designed for individual or group study, the Combat Trauma Healing Manual combines the latest insights of the medical and counseling communities with the timeless principles of God’s Word. The book outlines a step-by-step program that will help PTSD sufferers…

• Understand your trauma – spiritually, psychologically and physiologically
• Adopt therapeutic spiritual disciplines to bring you closer to God
• Process your loss and grief
• Experience the freeing influence of giving and receiving forgiveness
• Rebuild your identity based on what God says about you
• Strengthen yourself spiritually against future attacks
• Connect with those who will support you in many ways
• Define plans to fully reintegrate into society as a strengthened man or woman of God

Appreciation for The Combat Trauma Healing Manual

“This manual is a superb resource in helping our Warriors and families, and helping counselors and caring communities to assist them,especially in dealing with their unseen wounds and in ministering to their emotional and spiritual needs.”
Major General (Retired) Kenneth L. Farmer, Jr., M.D., U.S. Army

“This outstanding manual provides a wealth of material for the care of our military Reserve Components warriors who often return home without the ready infrastructure of a military base. It needs to be in the hands of every religious congregation across America as they seek to serve those in their communities who suffer PTSD as a result of serving their country in war.”
Chaplain (Brig. General, Retired) Douglas E. Lee, U.S. Army

“I wish I had this (The CTHM) 15 years ago.”
Arizona National Guard Desert Storm Veteran

“I have used the Combat Trauma Healing Manual in the past with great success. Not only does it describe the ‘what’ and ‘why’ that surrounds stress and combat stress, but also details a focused Christ-centered plan of ‘how’ to overcome. This positive and inspiring manual is one of the only tools that I’ve seen be successful in helping to overcome the effects of PTSD.”
Major, Company Commander, U.S. Army

“This is the best workbook that I have seen in my thirteen years of ministering to veterans.”
State Coordinator for Point Man International Ministries

“This book integrates what we know from science, medicine, and Biblical faith to bring healing to the wounded soul and hope for a fulfilling and meaningful Christian life. Because it is designed as a workbook, it provides a step-by-step process to address critical issues, allowing time for reflection and prayer to process the deep emotions that are a natural part of the internal battle often resulting from the wounds of war.”
Keith Ethridge M.Div., former Navy Chaplain

“The Combat Trauma Healing Manual is a labor of love that I have seen touch many military families, and we are still at the beginning of reaching out to our brothers and sisters in pain. I have seen this book open the eyes of so many that have been hurting for so long and have not known how to deal with their posttraumatic stress. With God as our cornerstone and The Combat Trauma Healing Manual as our instrument, God has given us the tools we need so that others may find his love and heal their wounded souls.”
Gene Birdwell, Executive Director, The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Foundation of America

From the Introduction

“The reality of war is that everyone gets wounded. Some wounds heal rapidly, but some last for a lifetime. The reality is that the wounds of heart, soul and spirit have a spiritual component that is not being adequately addressed. Despite the valiant efforts of many organizations and the commitment of billions of dollars to address these issues, there remains a serious gap – the faith gap.”
Major General Robert F. Dees, US Army (Retired), Executive Director, Military Ministry

From the Prologue
My family and I thought leaving the Army would remove me from the dangers of war. I had survived war and had come home, safe at last. Now I could focus on being a parent and a husband. But upon leaving the Army, I entered a different kind of fight: the war for my own heart and mind. I went face-to-face with my memories, with the horrors and stresses of combat-and lost.
Questions and doubts ravaged my mind: Why did I survive and my men die? Why did they send me there? Why does God allow such terrible wars to happen? Why can’t I feel anything?
Ashamed of the man I had become and unable to reconcile war, I reached a breaking point. I was highly praised and decorated for leadership under fire-yet I anguished in the aftermath of war. I realized I was about to lose everything: my marriage, my family, even my life. I had led a daring rescue mission and found myself in dire need of rescuing. I had fought to keep a promise-to never leave a fallen comrade-but who would keep that promise to me?
Former Captain Nathan Self, US Army Rangers