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Digging for Victory: Horticultural Therapy with Veterans for Post-Traumatic Growth

Author(s) : Joanna Wise

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Raf Goovaerts on 25/05/2015 20:40:07

(5 out of 5)

Although I have no direct experience of Horticultural Therapy or working with veterans, as a psychotherapist, I found this book a very well written, thoroughly researched, and practical guide for the kind of therapy that might well be most suitable for ex-soldiers. I enjoyed reading the written accounts from various people in this field, the impact of killing and being on the battlefield on the bodies and minds of soldiers, and how simply being outdoors and involved in a wide range of gardening activities, within a wider therapeutic setting, can contribute to healing the trauma of those that have put everything on the line. Much recommended reading for therapists working with service personnel.

Judith Hibbert on 11/05/2015 16:18:46

(5 out of 5)

Gardening has long been recognised as a healing balm for wounded minds - it is 100 years since Dr A. J. Brock developed the use of occupational therapy to treat shell-shock at Craiglockhart in WW1. Yet surprisingly little has been published on the subject and such books as exist tend to be long on anecdote and short on science. Digging for Victory is the first publication to take a rigorous, evidence-based approach to the subject. Joanna Wise marshals her research methodically so that the theory propounded in the first three chapters provides a sound underpinning for the comprehensive "how to" guide to establishing a horticultural therapy programme which follows. The book's clarity and its engaging style make it accessible to the lay reader as well as to the specialist and ensure that it will be indispensable to theorist and practitioner alike.