Improving the Quality of Life for Veterans with PTSD

Improving the Quality of Life for Veterans with PTSD: The Healing Therapy Way! Is a self-help guide for veterans (and others) suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. The book is dedicated to Marine LCpl Janos Lutz who suffered from PTSD and who subsequently took his own life at age 24 after deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq. The aim of the book is to save the lives of our soldiers with this self-help guide to various treatments. We wish to thank LCpl Lutz's mother, Janine Lutz, for bringing this important topic to the fore despite her own grief over losing her only son to this dreaded disease called PTSD. The book is grounded in several theories related to PTSD and it acknowledges the federal government's legislative interventions by the past and presents three presidents: Obama, Trump, and Biden. The book explains the causes, signs, and symptoms of PTSD so that one can recognize it from the onset and seek treatment, whether medical or non-medical. We also infused two face-to-face interviews with real, live veterans under treatment for PTSD and what their coping strategies are to heal. The book is permeated with nonmedical alternative and complementary therapies. Some of the proposed therapies are Adult Coloring Therapy, Glass-Blowing, Therapeutic Healing Gardens, Pet Therapy, Healing Circles, and Resilience Through Art. It should be noted that Online therapies are available as well as Compensated Work Therapy to aid in Post-deployment Social Interactions. This book is dedicated in the honor of firefighter, Stephen Gerard Siller, who gave up his life in the Twin Towers in the 9/11 attacks. The proceeds, 50% thereof, will be donated to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation (https://www.t2t.org/). Note that all financial donations to this charity are tax deductible and that they are a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We thank you for your support of this charity. Endorsement: From a first responder and military family for over one hundred years, "Improving the Quality of Life for Veterans with PTSD" is a well-written and thoughtful read. All I can say, speaking for my family of Army, Marines, Firefighters, Police Officers, and Medical Specialists is: "A BIG THANK YOU!" Richard Rotanz, PhD, Rotanz and Associates