About me: 10 Year Army Wife Makes A Pocket Guide Book for
Stress, Trauma And PTSD Therapies For Soldiers And Their Families
Baraboo, WI. – October 1, 2008
Dawn Hutkowski, 10 years Army wife of SSG. Jerry Hutkowski, Iraq veteran, produced a research and practical guide book of alternative therapies for stress, trauma and PTSD that, she says will reduce recovery time or prevent conditions altogether. She has an alternative therapy practice in Baraboo WI., where she has used many of the therapies on clients and herself.
She has been researching alternative therapies for over 15 years. She began to focus on PTSD, stress and trauma when she was in massage school in 2005. In a visit to Colorado in 2006 she became aware of the plight of soldiers and their families who are dealing with stress related issues. They are being misunderstood, mistreated, misdiagnosed and misrepresented.
Colonel Charles W. Hoge, M.D at Walter Reed Institute has seen that 1 in 8 soldiers suffers from PTSD (post traumatic stress syndrome) and less than half seek help for fear of it affecting their careers. It's been estimated that nearly one million Vietnam veterans developed PTSD. Tens of thousands of veterans with PTSD receive treatment from the VA in the form of medication and/or talk therapy, but with limited results. Many others continue to live without treatment for their condition.
Dawn Hutkowski wants to send a clear message that there is no weakness or shame in getting therapy after going through one of the hardest things in the human experience. There is self respect to be gained from taking care of yourself, to continue to be all you can be. And alternative therapies she believes hold the answer.
It is available through the printing company Lulu.com (link below) for the very reasonable price of $10.00 for a printed copy and $8.88 for a downloadable version.
http://stores.lulu.com/feathertouchtherapy
DARLING!!! How are you? What's new? I MISS YOU OODLES!! So, I am in Salt Lake still... and got a job doing massage. The space is nice & the people are wonderful. I'm not quite sure why I ended up here, but I can't wait to see what happens. Anyway, I hope all is well. This is probably the easiest way to keep in touch.. so feel free to get back to me here or by email. LOVE YOU!!!! Tell the family hi & send lots of hugs! Talk to you soon. :D
Heya!! Hope all is going well, havent seen you for a while so i figured i could at least drop you a line. This year is just awesome so far from my views, hope it is just amazing for you all also!
Keep flying!! It sure rocks, i been doing a lot over tha last week, lol, boy ar my wings tired d=
Dawn thank you so omuch for such a wonerful dedacation yesterday. EVERYONE thought it was beautiful! you did such a great job thank you so much for beign my friend and being there to do this. it ment SO MUCH to us. you where so peaceful and quite yesterday. I also wanted to tell you iM so sorry about your Grandma it is horriable how your family is fallign apart over this I hope the best to you guys and I hope your family remebers what is really important here. I feel so bad for yor mom, Rachael and you. Bless it be, Namaste and thank you ~E~
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