Shawn Nelson, a founding member of Veteran’s Heart Georgia, began his military career in 1990. By 1993 he was trained as a Ranger, serving in the 75th Ranger Regiment. He was subsequently deployed for “Operation Gothic Serpent” in Somolia, Africa. This action is best known for the combat assault which became the basis for the book and movie, Blackhawk Down. He departed military service in 2005. His experiences with PTSD led him to the depths of Hell and back out through a personal spiritual journey. This journey includes work with The Heart of the Healer Foundation and with Edward Tick. He currently lives in Arizona, where he is pursuing a degree in Psychology and preparing to lead others on the pathway towards spiritual healing.
With 17 years of experience, Stacie Smith, MA combines insight-oriented psychotherapy with principles of mindfulness practice and other body-centered approaches. Her transpersonal orientation to the therapeutic process aims toward deeper integration of the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of well-being.
Stacie’s deep committed to healing the wounds of war comes from her own experiences of being a child of traumatized war survivors. She continues to study the intergenerational effects of PTSD, the effects of one’s spiritual practices on the deeper healing processes of the psyche, and the role of ceremony and community in reintegrating veterans of war back into society.
Stacie’s private practice is located in Decatur, Georgia. Please visit her website at www.mindfulprograms.com or call 404-687-9940.
Bill Nixon is a Vietnam veteran who served in the United States Marine Corps for six years during the 1960′s. He is the father of five children and has eight grandchildren. Bill has lived with PTSD for forty years. Through mindfulness training and the strong support of his beloved wife, Susan, counselors and friends he has entered the long road of healing. Bill is interested in helping other veterans who may be suffering today and who are seeking a mentor.
Bill Liggin, M.A., L.M.F.T. is the owner of Transpersonal Counseling, a private practice in Atlanta and rural Carroll County Georgia since 1979. Bill is veteran of the Vietnam War and served in Vietnam, Okinawa, The Philippines, and Thailand. He has worked with veterans and the families of veterans with the diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder who served in Korea, Vietnam, World War II, Afghanistan, Iraq, South America, and Africa. He has worked with patients who suffer from natural disasters as well as industrial accidents, plane crashes, rapes, and victims of domestic violence. He has worked with fire departments and police departments in his private practice.
Bill has had to work with his own struggles with PTSD and continues his personal journey towards healing.
Kaye Coker, MSW, LCSW, a psychotherapist in private practice, works with individuals and couples experiencing problems with ptsd, anxiety, depression, and sexuality and relationship issues.
Kaye has received intensive training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), which she has been teaching and weaving into her psychotherapy practice for more than a decade. Since 2005 she has been involved in research and teaching MBSR to veterans of OIF and OEF.
A member of the National Association of Social Workers, the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and SISP, she can be reached through www.mountainheartcounseling.com.
Robert A. Cagle served, on active duty, in the United States Army from 1964 to 1967. He was with the First Infantry Division in Viet Nam 1965-66. His war experiences brought about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, “PTSD,” which he fought with for 40 years. He is a Registered Respiratory Care Practitioner in metro-Atlanta, husband, father and grandfather.
Robert has worked closely with Dr. Edward Tick for the past seven years, returning twice to Viet Nam and journeying twice to Greece so that he and his family could heal from the wounds of war.
He was encouraged to write poetry about his experiences and found this to be an outlet he never expected. It has allowed him to envision experiences and express them, and has given him an open invitation to tell his story even if no one else saw it.
Jesse Harris Bathrick, M.A, LMFT, is a psychotherapist, community builder, advocate, teacher and artist who has focused her work over thirty years on healing wounds of trauma and loss resulting from family violence, rape, war and natural disaster.
Jesse is committed to finding ways to help people heal, reclaim their lives, restore there spirits and reconnect with their families and communities. She has provided training to other professionals locally and nationally.
Since 2005 she has been working in Sri Lanka training local community paraprofessionals to respond to the traumatic losses, psychosocial and spiritual needs of victims of the tsunami in Asia.
Dick Bathrick, M.A., L.M.F.T., is Director of Programs for Men Stopping Violence, which he co-founded in 1982. He brings more than three decades of experience in progressive social change to the work of battering prevention. As part of MSV’s national training team, he has co-led trainings for a variety of organizations, including the National Council of Churches, the U.S. Army and U.S. Marines.
He is the author or co-author of a number of published articles and the training manuals, “Men at Work: Building Safe Communities” and “Men Stopping Violence: A Program for Change.” Among his affiliations are the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, the National College of District Attorneys, the National Institute of Justice, and the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
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