About the Book
How It Works : Sharing and Caring
How It Works : Sharing and Caring
How It Works : Sharing and Caring
Be prepared for a deep, inside look into the hearts, minds and real lives of men and women combat veterans ... disoriented, confused and disillusioned by the ravages of war trauma and the psychological wounds and mental health disabilities that dominate their very being when they returned home from the war zones, forever changed. The abi
Be prepared for a deep, inside look into the hearts, minds and real lives of men and women combat veterans ... disoriented, confused and disillusioned by the ravages of war trauma and the psychological wounds and mental health disabilities that dominate their very being when they returned home from the war zones, forever changed. The ability and confidence to look into the tear filled eyes, face-to-face, of a suicidal veteran, whether in the hospital ER or clinic setting, reassuring him or her that: " Oh yes, there is a reason to live and I will tell you why."
In my book I have written for you - you will learn how to talk on the telephone with a struggling, distressed vet... not being afraid of what to say to the caller but in fact knowing how to begin to build trust...while motivating and encouraging him or her to reach out for help; learning how, when and where to set-up a veteran rescue - How to identify signs and symptoms of suicide ideation and how to assess risk factors. Learn about the type of questions to ask and where and when to go for help. Learn how to support and offer resources to the family and friends of the veteran in distress and be equipped and ready to answer their pleas for help.
How does Heart to Heart Resuscitation work? I have designed the H2H program of recovery by writing 2 volumes:
Vol 1
Heart to Heart Resuscitation -A Memoir
and
Vol 2
Heart to Heart Resuscitation - My Journal
In Volume 1 of H2H Resuscitation -A Memoir the journey begins with rigorous peer-based groups that utilize instructional discussions, storytelling, and team building group activities that are designed to challenge our vets to overcome their past experiences and move forward into a life of purpose. Our programs allow the veterans to appreciate the peace of a secure and guarded experience while they focus on the challenges, they face in completing the program.
In Volume 2 of H2H Resuscitation - My Journal
This journal was written to accompany the book.. It contains prompts for reflection and journaling in 12 different areas ("chapters"). There is also space for "additional journaling" should it be needed.
Our two days a week, 90-minute sessions of intensive peer-to-peer group programs serve as the catalyst to help veterans discover the answers to the big questions in life. Challenges related to the struggles of former daily military life, combat deployments and the symptoms of post-traumatic stress (PTS) surface during these 12 months of groups and 6 months of after care.
The Heart-to-Heart Resuscitation program teaches how to identify and fight through these challenges, which might have been limiting their personal success and family relationships. The Program for men and women is a confidential, and open environment that fosters camaraderie and friendship. Utilizing peer relationships, participants find common ground through shared experiences and understanding and allowing a greater potential for growth and recovery. By discovering the truth about discipline, team building, legacy, courage, honor, and family, the veterans develop authentic character and learn to live a life of leadership. We equip our Warriors to fight through life’s challenges and discover the very purpose for their lives moving forward.
What makes this program distinctive?
The positive attitude this group creates. The Heart-to-Heart Resuscitation Program is safe, confidential, and genuinely authentic. The group talk is not just presented, it’s demonstrated... through storytelling. We open the windows into the vets' own lives with unbridled authenticity and honesty, sharing from the heart, personal failures to continued victories. We take that level of team and drive it up to a new level of success. We don’t just stand by and say, “We've got your six." We live it.
Our Heart-to-Heart Resuscitation - A Memoir is truly extraordinary and something that must be experienced to fully penetrate. Attending our groups will challenge your normal limits and positively impact your life forever.
The Heart-to- Heart Resuscitation - My Journal affective journaling program is designed to break through the 'roadblocks' that keep us from growing.
Heart To Heart Resuscitation - A Memoir- Veterans in Distress
How It Works : Sharing and Caring
How It Works : Sharing and Caring
Victor Montgomery, III writes about a slice in the lives of 14 veterans, telling their real stories as they courageously peel back the layers, expressing their challenges, sharing gut-wrenching experiences and demonstrating personal, powerful, healing strategies. Vic’s Memoir is meant to reflect his discernment, sensitivity, and observati
Victor Montgomery, III writes about a slice in the lives of 14 veterans, telling their real stories as they courageously peel back the layers, expressing their challenges, sharing gut-wrenching experiences and demonstrating personal, powerful, healing strategies. Vic’s Memoir is meant to reflect his discernment, sensitivity, and observations of these personalities, events and conversations, as well as uncovering the steps, strategies and measures taken to bring them help and hope.
"Yes, you do have a reason to live, and I will tell you why."
Welcome to Group Room #2
Learn how to explore a veteran’s inner most wounds at the deepest levels – Mind, Heart and Soul
From bloody boots and body bags to ringing a church bell on Sunday morning
"What are you looking for?
The keys that unlock Heart to Heart Resuscitation:
- Offers uplifting, inspirational real stories of rescue and redemption.
- Suggested recuperative techniques for - Mind, Heart and Soul Wounds.
- Acquire a sequence of life-changing methods in the 'healing power' of Journaling.
- Reveal the veteran in the mirror… “Don’t be fooled by the mask I wear!”
- Become competent in how to decode warning signs of veterans in distress.
- Uncover the hidden stigmas causing veterans not to seek help. "How can you help?"
- Examine the emotionally charged issues women and men face in the military. Sexual Assault!
- Provides a current in-depth support guide to veteran networks and programs.
- Discover how to process the raw feelings of a parent when their only son commits suicide.
- Learn how to peel away the dark, debilitating, distractions of guilt and fear.
Moral Injury .... Soul wounding "Beyond the Pale"
How It Works : Sharing and Caring
Moral Injury .... Soul wounding "Beyond the Pale"
Doc stopped talking and studied the 12 other veteran warriors' in group room #2 - staring back at him. as he began to talk. Many looked away from his "mad dog" stares or down at the floor in silence. You could hear a pin drop . The Vietnam army medic veteran began to share his story.
"They gave me an M14 rifle and .45 pistol, but h
Doc stopped talking and studied the 12 other veteran warriors' in group room #2 - staring back at him. as he began to talk. Many looked away from his "mad dog" stares or down at the floor in silence. You could hear a pin drop . The Vietnam army medic veteran began to share his story.
"They gave me an M14 rifle and .45 pistol, but hell under fire, trying to stop the bleeding of a wounded soldier, how the hell could I defend myself? I needed both hands in the wound. Shit! Bullets were whistling by my head and mortars exploding all around. It was ugly, man. I can’t get it out of my head. After all this time, I still feel the fear. Our helicopter was bullet-riddled, and the bay was soaked with the retched stench of decaying blood. One big nightmare, man. Guys were dying in my arms as body parts were missing. Who wouldn’t need drugs to get through that? I had an unlimited supply of morphine. So, here am I.”
Doc took a deep breath, pausing for a moment . You could read the tension in the room on their faces and body language remembering their trauma of combat sounds and smells.
(excerpts from Heart to Heart Resuscitation - A Memoir 2023)
The Montgomery Model of Heart To Heart Resuscitation is a fresh approach – a tried and true treatment decorum combining discovery counseling (mind), motivational interviewing (heart), and person-centered counseling (soul). Mr. Montgomery suggests veterans struggling with a dual diagnosis of substance uses disorders and mental health disorders, including suicide ideation, have a respectable chance at full recovery after working through his balanced method of treatment witnessed and written about in the true stories of Heart-to-Heart Resuscitation.
The Heart To Heart Resuscitation Method
The Heart To Heart Resuscitation Method
Moral Injury .... Soul wounding "Beyond the Pale"
Heart To Heart Resuscitation is about the present. It is about you or someone close to you. My mission as a teacher and therapist, whether I am face-to-face with you in my clinic or talking to you on the phone, is to create an immediate atmosphere of being present “right here, right now” to help you rediscover your own humanity and find t
Heart To Heart Resuscitation is about the present. It is about you or someone close to you. My mission as a teacher and therapist, whether I am face-to-face with you in my clinic or talking to you on the phone, is to create an immediate atmosphere of being present “right here, right now” to help you rediscover your own humanity and find the new, refreshed beginning of personal happiness and joy. I teach the Montgomery Model of Heart-to-Heart Resuscitation, which embraces a more personal approach to therapy and counseling. My approach eclipses most conventional therapeutic theories and codes of behavior in that it focuses on your special military needs and dynamics that most civilian clinicians do not encounter in a lifetime. The facts really present themselves that not many Veteran Affairs doctors, social workers or nurses specialize in combat veteran psychological trauma. In fact, most have never looked deep into the eyes or heard the cries of the wounded souls. I have been present with them and will tell you it is enough to tear your heart out. If you or some-one close to you gets this message, I want you to know you are not alone. I have your back!
Foundations of trust and a caring attitude are the most fundamental of human needs emotionally crushed vets require and want from their healthcare providers. And is at the very foundation of Heart-to-Heart Resuscitation.
Author's Note
The Heart To Heart Resuscitation Method
Author's Note
It is a little-known fact, going back to the First World War in 1914, even the toughest of the tough, the ‘true grit’ combat warrior decorated for bravery and valor, over time, can finally succumb to lying on a field hospital cot in the fetal position, with nothing left to give.
Wherever the war or conflict is fought, be it in the sandy a
It is a little-known fact, going back to the First World War in 1914, even the toughest of the tough, the ‘true grit’ combat warrior decorated for bravery and valor, over time, can finally succumb to lying on a field hospital cot in the fetal position, with nothing left to give.
Wherever the war or conflict is fought, be it in the sandy arid deserts, jungles and mangrove swamps of Vietnam, the mountains, forests and woodlands of Korea, or the amphibious landings on the islands of the Pacific; it does not change the enormity of the human cruelty and tragic events seen and experienced that is beyond many veteran’s abilities to cope.
Over the years of fire fights, mortar attacks, roadside explosives and sniper fire in Iraq and Afghanistan, and after multiple deployments, sleepless nights witnessing unrelenting carnage, loss of buddies- eventually takes its toll. Many warriors share nothing; say nothing.
Today in 2024, thousands of our men and women veterans suffer in silence. Moral Injury, soul wounding, , battle fatigue, shell shock, PTSD, TBI, depression, anxiety, and chemical dependence, which ever name you choose to call it, are all silent killers.
Our invisible combat veterans take cover in plain sight. They return home from combat zones masked in an abyss of confusion, darkness, and desperation. For many, the readjustment to returning to civilian life is often a near impossibility without the proper help ,motivation, guidance and affective counseling.
And so, the struggles begin. But as with any war, the battle against addiction and suicide ideation destroys families and claims lives - thousands of lives.
Heart to Heart Resuscitation is based on my personal experiences counseling, coaching, mentoring, and ministering to combat veterans for over 20 years. It is meant to reflect my discernment, sensitivity and observations of the personalities, events, and conversations as well as the steps, strategies and measures taken to bring our military men and women help and hope.
I have taken full responsibility and caution in honoring the anonymity of the veterans, families and survivors around the country who have entrusted me with their heart felt stories. To protect the identity and privacy of others, I have changed the names of individuals but altered only identifying characteristics…their stories are true.
