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Our Stress Mastery Questionnaire – an easy and confidential online self-assessment that comes with our Stress Mastery Guide and Workbook – can help you find answers. And life-changing solutions. 46 Fall 2019 | CONTENTMENTSummer The 2019 American AIS CombatInstitute of Stress Stress www.stress.org| www.stress.org CONTENTS Volume 8 Number 3 Fall 2019 6 Editor’s Message 8 The Fort Hood Massacre: Survivors’ Story and the Hidden Truths 26 The Fort Hood Massacre - Ten Years Later 28 Letter to The President of The United States, Donald J. Trump Regarding the Fort Hood Massacre 34 In The News 36 A Response to Veteran Suicides 46 Veteran Mentors for Hillsborough County Veterans (MHCV 501c3) 51 North Country Public Radio interview 52 Challenging the CBT Dogma to Treat PTSD 64 Reducing Therapeutic Obstacles: One Psychologist’s Experience Utilizing CES in Clinical Practice 72 The Hero’s Journey 78 Is There an App for That? How Your Phone Can Help You Manage Stress Fall 2019 AIS Combat Stress www.stress.org 5 Editor’s Message N By Kathy Platoni, Psy.D., DAIPM, FAIS COL (RET), U.S. Army, COL, Ohio Military Reserve/State Defense Forces