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Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal (Hardcover)

~ BELLERUTH NAPARSTEK (Author), ROBERT C. SCAER (Foreword)

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In the wake of 9/11, there was much media coverage of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD—the long-term stress response whose symptoms include chronic pain, nightmares and panic attacks—and how to treat it. Naparstek, a therapist for more than 30 years, is an advocate of guided imagery, as opposed to talk therapy, and in this book she uses case histories to illustrate how it works; she also looks at recent research on the brain that shows why this method is effective and offers step-by-step instructions on using guided imagery, which she defines as "deliberate, directed daydreaming," for healing trauma. According to Naparstek, trauma damages the left brain, which is language oriented, and talking about the trauma can actually worsen symptoms. Imagery, on the other hand affects the right brain, the seat of the emotions. Guided imagery is "fast, powerful, costs little or nothing," says the author; it can be done alone or in groups, with the help of tapes that walk the stress victim through the process of finding images that help heal the trauma. Clinicians will find the entire book useful; people seeking help may not need explanations of the biochemical processes underlying PTSD, but will respond to Napartek's passionate advocacy of a simple, gentle healing method.
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"The bad news is that stress-related disorders are epidemic in our society. The good news is the new array of therapies that are truly effective in healing them. INVISIBLE HEROES is a package of hope for anyone whose life is compromised by the insidious effects of emotional trauma. This is one of those blessed books that deserves to be called life-changing."--Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing Beyond the Body, Reinventing Medicine and Healing Words

"Belleruth Naparstek is both a compassionate therapist and authority on the role of imagery in health. Her new book on PTSD ingeniously combines her therapeutic work with the latest brain research on how to heal from trauma. The end result is a book full of wisdom, compassion, and practical solutions that can help anyone access their inner ability to heal even from worst case scenarios. The world certainly needs this information now more than ever."--Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of The Wisdom of Menopause and Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom

"Surgery is controlled trauma. Finally I understand why we cannot just "talk" patients back to full recovery. Here is a blue print for using the right brain to deliver health."--Mehmet Oz, M.D., author of Healing from The Heart

"Belleruth Naparstek is a treasure, deeply engaged, boundlessly energetic, visionary. Her new work on trauma is as wise as it is practical. We are all in her debt."--James S. Gordon, MD, Founder and Director, Center for Mind-Body Medicine, author of Manifesto for a New Medicine

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Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Bantam; 1 edition (August 31, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553803506
ISBN-13: 978-0553803501
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars It gave me hope!, November 19, 2004

By	Dari V. Rowen (Burlington, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Reading "Invisible Heroes" has absolutely changed my life. I am a survivor of childhood incest and physical abuse and this book understands me, my symptoms, and my life post-trauma. This is the first time I have felt really understood. That within itself was enough. Yet, this book can explain my symptoms and what is going on in my brain when things like when flashbacks are happening. It is wonderful to have clinical research to back up my experiences and to explain things to my academic/intellectual friends in a way they will take more seriously. And, to top all this off . . . this book brought hope to my life. Not only do I feel understood, and validated through the reading of this book, but I truly feel there is hope for healing. This is a new thing for me. No one in my almost 20 years of therapy (of all sorts) has suggested I could do more than manage the PTSD symptoms. In this book not only did I find hope for healing, but Belleruth gives "how-to's" for healing. I am so excited about the PTSD pack of guided imagery CD's. I couldn't afford them all, so I began with "Healthful sleep". Sleep is a particular problem for me and it seems to me that if I can get good sleep that would go a long way on the path to healing. I've used the CD for a week now and I'm sleeping really well. I've been able to decrease my dose of Ambien already and am optimistic about getting off this med altogether. More than anything else, thank you for your work, for your understanding of the PTSD phenomenon and for the hope you offer trauma survivors.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This Book is Healing GOLD! One of the best in 20 years!, November 29, 2004

By	Neal Szpatura (Cleveland Heights, OH) - See all my reviews

By the time I was about 5 chapters into Invisible Heroes, I had begun to strongly recommend it to friends, students and clients.

I'm certain that, where both physical and emotional healing are concerned, this is one of the most important and valuable books written in the last 20 years. And I'm confident that value holds whether the reader is a trauma survivor, a psychotherapist, a medical practitioner or an interested member of the general public.

Belleruth Naparstek writes with compassion about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Equally important, she explains SIMPLY and EASILY what the latest medical diagnostics reveal about how our bodies' own biochemical and psychophysical responses can lock in PTSD in ways that just talk therapy or just drug intervention can't sufficiently overcome.

Most importantly, Naparstek offers very specific information about how, and why, guided imagery can be a functional, healing intervention to support the hard work of OVERCOMING PTSD. And she provides a series of guided imagery scripts, developed through extensive work with private clients, 9/11 survivors and VA Hospital trauma groups, among others. The scripts can be used on their own, or in concert with counseling and medical intervention.

This book is GOLD! It provides a functional path through hell into healing. If I could afford to, I'd send copies to the 100 people I care about most. And to every VA Hospital, domestic violence center, homeless shelter and free clinic in America. And I'd be grateful to be able to do it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This Book Is Teaching Me A Lot About Myself, January 17, 2005

By	Herman Neuman "An_Unreal_Real_Survivor" (Idaho-Nevada border) - See all my reviews

I am an unreal, real survivor, and I am very grateful for Naparstek`s book. I have suffered many prolonged and intense traumas. By the time I was eighteen years old, I had endured war, several killer illnesses, starvation, intense floggings, homelessness, school failure and slavery. (Slavery in the literal meaning of this word.) These experiences created many "ghosts" in my soul. Because I have never had any counseling, it took me a long time to even find them. For years I did not even know that they existed.

I mainly bought "Invisible Heroes," because its title is similar to my own memoir "Heroes from the Attic," and also because this book would enlighten me about my own traumas and triumphs. And it has done so beyond my greatest expectations. I have read it, and I will continue to study it. I will do so, mainly because it has confirmed that many of my "ghosts" are not really such. They are actual physical (electro-chemical) conditions in my brain and nervous systems.

This book has also confirmed that I am very lucky and very blessed. My traumas have given me many of the special gifts, which are described in Belleruth's Chapter 16, "Surprise Blessings: Gifts in the Rubble." Now I can prove that my discernments, which "normal" people don't have, are real, and that they might consider what I will have to say. Such, as for example, "the air in this building is polluted and in the log-run will make you sick." Years in advance I have predicted that such and such persons will get cancer. And sadly they did.

Thank you, dear author, your book will make my life a lot easier.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good read for family/friends who know someone with PTSD
This is a great book for explaining what people with PTSD are going through. It would have been better for me if all the medical information had been in one section instead of... Read more

Published 6 months ago by S. Trimmer

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly good
Outstanding. This is a life changing sort of a book. I have read much on trauma, worked in neuropsychology and helped people with trauma. Read more

Published 8 months ago by Mrs. Nuala Bingham

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous resource for survivors & professional alike!
Belleruth Naparstek has such wisdom and compassion in discussing and working with survivors of a variety of traumas. Read more

Published 14 months ago by Cammie Hering

5.0 out of 5 stars Invisible Heroes is an important and useful book.
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... Read more

Published 15 months ago by Michaele P. Dunlap

5.0 out of 5 stars PTSD winner
This book contains the clearest, easiest to understand explanation I've found for how trauma affects the brain. Read more

Published 16 months ago by Cynthia A. Zheutlin

5.0 out of 5 stars Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma -- Encourages, Explains, Offers Proof
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. Read more

Published 21 months ago by John Lafferty

4.0 out of 5 stars Facinating read
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 more

Published 21 months ago by R. Hunt

5.0 out of 5 stars PTSD Explained
Naperstek's book is a very readable, straightforward analysis of the symptomatology of PTSD and of the various non-verbal therapies now available to treat the disorder. Read more

Published on January 9, 2007 by cr8vwriter

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Published on December 31, 2005 by Holly Hansard

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for clinicians and trauma survivors
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Published on March 23, 2005 by Kirsten Randall

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