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Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal
enlarge	Author: Belleruth Naparstek Creator: Robert C. Scaer Publisher: Bantam Category: Book List Price: ~~$15.00~~ Buy Used: $7.98 You Save: $7.02 (47%) New (34) Used (14) from $7.98 Media: Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 400 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8 Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1 ISBN: 0553383744 Dewey Decimal Number: 150 EAN: 9780553383744 ASIN: 0553383744 Publication Date: December 27, 2005 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Editorial Reviews: Product Description If you or someone you love has suffered a traumatic event, you know the devastating impact it can have on your life and your spirit. Life-threatening accidents, illnesses, assaults, abusive relationships#8212;or a tragedy like 9/11#8212;all can leave deep emotional wounds that persist long after physical scars have healed. Survivors become #8220;invisible heroes,#8221; courageously struggling to lead normal lives in spite of symptoms so baffling and disturbing that they sometimes doubt their own sanity. brbrNow there is new hope for the millions affected by posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Drawing on more than thirty years#8217; experience as a therapist and on the most recent cutting-edge research, Belleruth Naparstek presents a clinically proven program for recovery using the potent tool of guided imagery. She reveals how guided imagery goes straight to the right side of the brain, where it impacts the nonverbal wiring of the nervous system itself, the key to alleviating suffering. brbrFilled with the voices of real trauma survivors and therapists whose lives and work have been changed by this approach, Invisible Heroes offers:brbr#8226; New understanding of the physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral effects of PTSD, who is most susceptible, and why symptoms can get worse rather than better with timebrbr#8226; Important insights into how the brain and body respond to trauma, why conventional talk therapy can actually impede recovery, and why the nonverbal, image-based right brain is crucial to healingbrbr#8226; A step-by-step program with more than twenty scripts for guided-imagery exercises tailored to the three stages of recovery, from immediate relief of anxiety attacks, flashbacks, nightmares, and insomnia, to freedom from depression and isolation, to renewed engagement with life brbr#8226; A helpful guide to the best of the new imagery-based therapies, and how to incorporate them into an overall recovery planbrbrBelleruth Naparstek concludes with the inspiring words of survivors who have found their way back to peace, purpose, and bra deep joy in living. Her compassionate, groundbreaking book can lead you and brthose in your care to the same renewal and healing.brbrbriFrom the Hardcover edition./i

Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews... Fabulous resource for survivors professional alike! August 31, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Belleruth Naparstek has such wisdom and compassion in discussing and working with survivors of a variety of traumas. Some students and clients have found this book a bit overwhelming but overall the responses have been as positive as mine. I highly, highly recommend this book. Invisible Heroes is an important and useful book. August 3, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful I have just purchased my 6th 7th copies of Invisible Heroes. The others have all been given to psychotherapy clients; survivors of several kinds of traumatic experience. Trauma survivors find this book instructive and comforting -- they read and re-read it. Sometimes we make recordings of the imagery and meditations, sometimes they purchase those Belleruth has made so beautifully. PTSD winner July 3, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful This book contains the clearest, easiest to understand explanation I've found for how trauma affects the brain. A must read for all those dealing with trauma, trauma victims or PTSD. Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma -- Encourages, Explains, Offers Proof January 28, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful How lucky I've been to discover this book now, years after initial publication! I second other Amazon reviews, esp. by trauma survivors. Easy read.(CD recording of it also available.) Important parts: br /1) Most of the book explains PTSD and related symptoms, many which might seem at first to have nothing to do with trauma. More important to me than the rest, because of unraveling confusing experiences in my life. br /2) Scripts of guided imagery. Some may be important for some trauma survivors to read before listening to them on CD, because of concern of how we might react to the power of voice and music, e.g. meditation on grief. Sleep meditation seems the most powerful. br /3) Information about 11 things people who have successfully recovered have done. Validating. Offers a healing direction.br /4) Unexpected information about development of gifts as a result of trauma. br /5) The title might be encouraging to other survivors of trauma. Look how far we've come, rather than how much we've left undone. "I look forward to reclaiming my strength and using the full range of my gifts." It's good to know that I'm not alone in benefitting from that affirmation.br /6) Those who know the trauma survivor can benefit in recognizing PTSD problems, because they can ask for specific help about how to deal with the person who has PTSD. "It ain't easy." br /7) I've given the book to some helping professionals who have told me, "It sounds like I should get that book." I'm ordering more copies. Facinating read January 23, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful This book causes you to think deeply about alot of things. Especially things you didn't realize were issues in your life or the life of ones you love. Read it with a highlighter and pen in hand!!

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