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Title: Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal
ISBN: 0553383744
Author:
Belleruth Naparstek
Publicate Date: 2005-12-27
Publish: 2005-12-27
List Price: $15.00
Average Customer Rating: 5.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Fabulous resource for survivors & professional alike!
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.
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2: 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. 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.
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3: PTSD winner
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.
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4: 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.(CD recording of it also available.) Important parts:
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.
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.
3) Information about 11 things people who have successfully recovered have done. Validating. Offers a healing direction.
4) Unexpected information about development of gifts as a result of trauma.
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.
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."
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.
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5: 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 it with a highlighter and pen in hand!!
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