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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 …

“Saratoga Today” reports on the healing Vets are succeeding in achieving in Ballston Spa through the Shakespeare-driven post-traumatic stress treatment of DE-CRUIT. See the full article below. http://www.saratogatodayonline.com/home/item/7541-local-veterans-find-solace-in-shakespeare

Hello all, see below a news clip on the helping of veterans using Shakespeare in upstate New York. http://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/news/2017/10/27/shakespeare-helps-ballston-spa-vets-heal-emotional-wounds-of-war