The Readiness Protocol for the Injured, Their Families, and Helping Professionals
You wouldn’t ask someone with a broken leg to run. So why do we ask the mentally injured to climb before they’re ready?
PTSD is real. So is recovery. But healing doesn’t start with trauma work—it starts with readiness.
The PTSD Journey Map is not another treatment method. It’s a clear, research-informed framework built from field experience, systems thinking, and the lived realities of those injured by invisible wounds. This book maps the terrain from instability to readiness—so that people with PTSD, their families, and the professionals who serve them can finally align their efforts.
What You’ll Find Inside:
- A powerful metaphor that reshapes how we view PTSD: from invisible pain to visible injury.
- A color-coded readiness map (Red-Red, Red, Yellow, Green) that helps everyone understand where the injured are—and what they need.
- The 12 Gets: essential tools that build the stability and strength needed before trauma work can begin.
- Real stories from veterans, first responders, families and professionals who’ve lived it, treated it, and built a better way forward.
- A systemic protocol that replaces pressure with orientation, confusion with clarity, and misalignment with shared purpose.
Who This Book Is For:
- People with PTSD who feel lost, unseen, or pushed too soon
- Family members who want to help but don’t know how
- Helping professionals seeking to provide care that matches capacity, not just symptoms
- Anyone ready to stop asking “Why aren’t you better yet?” and start asking, “Where are you now—and what do you need to heal?
Because PTSD is not a weakness. It’s an injury. And injured things can heal—if we stop asking them to climb before they’re ready.