Edward Tick

Edward Tick began counseling Vietnam veterans in the 1970s, and since then he has treated veterans of numerous conflicts. Tick has an MA in psychology from Goddard College and a PhD in communication and rhetoric from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Tick directs Soldier’s Heart, a nonprofit initiative to establish veterans’ safe-return programs in communities across the nation. He is cofounder of the Sanctuary International Friendship Foundation. Tick is the author of Sacred Mountain: Encounters with the Vietnam Beast, The Golden Tortoise: Journeys in Vietnam, The Practice of Dream Healing: Bringing Ancient Greek Mysteries into Modern Medicine, War and the Soul: Healing Our Nation’s Veterans from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and Wild Beasts and Wondering Souls.

— From June 2008