A Soldier’s Heart: Veteran Healing Through Ritual and Ceremony
May 12, 2026 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM PST
Meet The Panelist:
Edward Tick, PhD
Edward Tick, Ph.D. is an archetypal psychotherapist, author, educator, poet, international pilgrimage guide, and peace activist. He has pioneered archetypal and culturally based healing for almost half a century. He is a specialist on healing the invisible wounds of war and violence, and ancient Greece and the origins of medicine and psychotherapy. Among his ten books, The Practice of Dream Healing and War and the Soul are modern classics, and his books have been translated into several languages. Warrior’s Return is translated into both Russian and Ukrainian, and used for their contemporary healing along with Ed’s zoom support, even as the war proceeds. The documentary “Healing a Soldier’s Heart,” was a PBS special this Veterans Day. In addition to his private practice Ed works in Greece and Viet Nam on holistic and spiritually based healing and restoration of the Asklepian dream incubation tradition and other ancient practices. He is passionate about the restoration of archetypal, spiritual and community-based practices for restoring the soul.
Moderator:
Tobi Fishel, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Residency Wellness
USC/LA General Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine
Dr. Fishel is an integrative clinical and health psychologist and the GME Director of Residency Wellness for USC/LA General at the University of Southern California. She is the former co-founder and CO-Director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt Medical School. She also co-developed the Distressed Physician Course at Vanderbilt University which incorporates emotional intelligence, narrative medicine and mindfulness and taught a trauma psychotherapy course in the School of Social Work at USC. She is a consultant for integrative health centers, is the co-director of the LEAPS integrative medicine leadership yearly intensive for trainees, developed integrative nature-based retreats for individuals living with chronic pain, and currently teaches in the USC’s master’s program on chronic pain. Dr. Fishel has a unique clinical practice where she incorporates self-compassion, creative arts, mindfulness, movement, depth psychology, spirituality, body-centered practices and the healing medicine of community, music, and the natural world. The guiding principles in her work are authenticity, meaning, and connection and she encourages a deepening relationship with the innate gifts of one’s own soul.