Treating Trauma Through Shakespeare and Science
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Stephan has very recently performed an interview with WSKG, as the Franklin Stage Company brought him back in his one-man stage show “Cry Havoc!”. In the interview Stephan discusses his experience in the military, Cry Havoc!, and his work with DE-CRUIT as well helping veterans deal with post-traumatic stress through Shakespeare and science. The interview can be listened to at …
Stephan co-wrote Chapter 17, “Rehumanization through Communalized Narrative for Military Veterans”. The Crisis of Connection: Roots, Consequences, and Solutions
For veterans seeking to participate in DE-CRUIT in cities Leigh Valley, PA; Saratoga Springs, NY; Samaritan Village (NYC), NY; East Village CREATE Lab (NYC), NY, please see the attached flyer regarding very soon upcoming DE-CRUIT programs. If you are interested in participating, please contact Stephan Wolfert as soon as possible at 323-533-2847 | Stephan@decruit.org. DE-CRUIT Flyer July-October 2018
Video of a Saskatoon TV station’s interview with Stephan Wolfert, on reasons for creation of CRY HAVOC! and DE-CRUIT, and how the terrible circumstances facing veterans today might be decreased and veterans helped in the future. Video from CTV News Saskatoon – Cry Havoc: An Incredible One-Man Show
“Stephan Wolfert came a long way to reach Saskatoon, but we’re not talking about miles on his motorhome.” Article in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix – Healing Words: Shakespeare Triggers Radical Change in Veterans with PTSD
For veterans seeking to participate in DE-CRUIT in cities Leigh Valley, PA; Saratoga Springs, NY; Samaritan Village (NYC), NY; East Village CREATE Lab (NYC), NY, please see the attached flyer regarding very soon upcoming DE-CRUIT programs. If you are interested in participating, please contact Stephan Wolfert as soon as possible at 323-533-2847 | Stephan@decruit.org. DE-CRUIT Flyer July-October 2018
Stephan Wolfert presented for DE-CRUIT at the GoldLab Symposium in May. The Symposium brings together critical thinkers in bioscience, medicine, public policy, and the humanities to discuss complexities and barriers for improving health care in a straightforward, understandable, and approachable way. It helps to foster an informed community to create connections, collaborations, and relationships among presenters, participants, and the public; …
The article, entitled “A Trauma-Informed Analysis of Monologues Constructed by Military Veterans in a Theatre-Based Treatment Program”, has just been published in the journal Qualitative Research in Psychology – its authors are Alisha Ali, Stephan Wolfert, Jocelin E. McGovern, Jennifer Nguyen, and Adam Aharoni. See the article at the link below. Ali, Wolfert, McGovern, Nguyen & Aharoni (2018). A trauma-informed …
Link is included here for renting the film. Cry Havoc is an award-winning, critically acclaimed one-person play by military veteran, Stephan Wolfert. Wolfert seamlessly interweaves Shakespeare’s most famous speeches with personal experience to help us understand the national crises we face when we “wire for war but never un-wire from war”. “It chews you up and spits you out, as …