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Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal by Belleruth
Naparstek
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
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.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All
rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Review
"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
