Invisible Heroes · Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal by Naparstek, Belleruth -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Dedication Praise GUIDED IMAGERY EXERCISES Foreword INTRODUCTION - A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT TRAUMA PART I - UNDERSTANDING TRAUMA 1 - THE MANY FACES OF TRAUMA AND RECOVERY

A CHILD WHO NEARLY DROWNS A POSTCOLLISION TRAUMA A LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS A VIETNAM VETERAN A SURVIVOR OF RAPE A CHRONICLER OF HORROR

2 - FRANNIE’S STORY: A HUMBLED THERAPIST’S EDUCATION

FRANNIE’S UNDOING FROZEN BUT STILL WRITING THE EMERGENCE OF BOOBY TRAPS THE RAPE WORSENING SYMPTOMS AND STALLED THERAPY TAKING A NEW TACK THE STONE METAPHOR HEALING AND THE RETURN OF JOY TRAUMA GONE UNDERGROUND LAYERS UPON LAYERS MEMORY STORAGE BETWEEN NUMBNESS AND ALARM CONTAMINATION AND SHAME HIDING OUT PROWESS AT MEDITATION AND IMAGERY

3 - FIERCE UNDOING: THE NATURE OF TRAUMA AND THE DILEMMA OF RUPTURED IDENTITY

SYMPTOMS CATALYTIC EVENTS VICARIOUS TRAUMA ACUTE STRESS REACTION SYMPTOMS RESURFACING SPLINTERED BELIEF AND LOSS OF PREDICTABILITY THE RETREAT OF FAIRNESS AND THE LOSS OF CONTROL SHATTERED IDENTITY LOSS OF MEANING

4 - WHO SUFFERS: HOW, WHEN, WHERE, AND WHY?

THE NATURE OF THE TRAUMATIC EVENT SURVIVOR TRAITS REACTIONS AROUND THE TRAUMA

5 - THE PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF TRAUMA

WHOLE-BODY SUFFERING BLASTED BY BIOCHEMICALS THE FREEZE RESPONSE DISSOCIATION AND MORE ENDORPHINS THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF KINDLING CHRONIC PAIN CONDITIONS THE UNITY OF PSYCHE AND SOMA

6 - THE COGNITIVE EFFECTS OF TRAUMA

TRAUMATIC MEMORIES AND NIGHTMARES TIME DISTORTION DISTRACTEDNESS OBSESSIVE THINKING THE HIPPOCAMPUS OTHER CHANGES IN THE BRAIN DISSOCIATION PSYCHIC OPENING AND PRECOGNITION

7 - THE EMOTIONAL EFFECTS OF TRAUMA

IMMEASURABLE SORROW AND DEEP GRIEF TERROR, ANXIETY, AND PANIC RAGE NUMBNESS: WALKING THE FOG WALK SHAME AND HUMILIATION LONELINESS AND ALIENATION DESPAIR HELPLESSNESS GUILT, BLAME, AND REGRET A HEART RIPPED OPEN

8 - THE BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF TRAUMA

THE SYMPTOMS SURFACE AVOIDANCE AND ISOLATION DISRUPTED RELATIONSHIPS— OVERCONTROL, AVOIDANCE OF INTIMACY REENACTMENTS AND FLIRTING WITH DISASTER SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR SELF-MUTILATION AND REPETITIVE SELF-INJURY IMPAIRED VOLITION AND LEARNED HELPLESSNESS COMPULSIVE BUSYNESS

PART II - HEALING TRAUMA 9 - HOW AND WHY IMAGERY HEALS TRAUMA

GENTLE BUT POWERFUL MOM, BLANKIES, PEEKABOO, AND THE COMFORTS OF THE IMAGINAL REALM THE RIGHT-BRAIN CONNECTION REBALANCING BIOCHEMISTRY THE RETURN TO MASTERY: REGAINING LOCUS OF CONTROL FIGHTING TRANCE WITH TRANCE: THE POWER OF POSITIVE DISSOCIATION BLESSED DISTANCE AND DETACHMENT SIDESTEPPING WORD TRAPS THROUGH METAPHOR AND SYMBOL GROUNDING AND REINHABITING THE BODY COGNITIVE RETOOLING: LEARNING CONSCIOUS PLACEMENT OF ATTENTION SEROTONIN: THE BODY’S NATURAL “HIGH” REPLACING ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCES TO SLEEP, PERCHANCE TO DREAM THOSE BIASED AGAINST THERAPY CAN USE IT SPIRITUAL CONNECTION: CONTACTING THE WIDER PERSPECTIVE

10 - GENERAL GUIDED IMAGERY WISDOM AND TACTICS

POINTERS FOR THE NARRATOR POINTERS FOR THE LISTENER

11 - GUIDED IMAGERY FOR THE FIRST STAGE OF TRAUMA: REESTABLISHING SAFETY AND CONTROL

WHERE TO START STAGE ONE 1 PEACEFUL PLACE IMAGERY 2 IMAGERY TO GROUND AWARENESS IN THE BODY 3 IMAGERY TO FOCUS ON THE HEART 4 IMAGERY FOR PROTECTION AND SUPPORT 5 AFFIRMATIONS 6 IMAGERY FOR RESTFUL SLEEP

12 - GUIDED IMAGERY FOR THE SECOND STAGE OF TRAUMA: HEALING AND INTEGRATION

7 IMAGERY TO SUPPORT AWARENESS OF FEELINGS 8 IMAGERY TO FACE DOWN ANXIETY 9 IMAGERY FOR SOFTENING PAIN 10 IMAGERY TO EASE DEPRESSION 11 IMAGERY TO RELEASE GRIEF 12 IMAGERY FOR TRANSFORMING A SYMBOL 13 IMAGERY FOR WORKING WITH AN ISSUE LOCATED IN THE BODY 14 IMAGERY TO HEAL TRAUMA

13 - GUIDED IMAGERY FOR THE THIRD STAGE OF TRAUMA: CLEAN-UP AND RENEWAL

15 IMAGERY FOR CONFIDENCE 16 IMAGERY FOR ANGER AND FORGIVENESS 17 IMAGERY FOR A DEEPER LOOK AT THE SELF 18 IMAGERY FOR ACCESSING A SYMBOLIC ANSWER 19 IMAGERY TO SUPPORT WEIGHT LOSS 20 IMAGERY TO SUPPORT RECOVERY FROM CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY 21 IMAGERY FOR CONNECTING, HEART TO HEART

14 - OTHER IMAGERY-BASED THERAPIES

EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING (EMDR) THOUGHT FIELD THERAPY (TFT) EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE (EFT) WHOLISTIC HYBRID EFT/EMDR (WHEE) TAPAS ACUPRESSURE TECHNIQUE (TAT) PROLONGED EXPOSURE THERAPY (PET) TRAUMA INCIDENT REDUCTION (TIR) IMAGERY REHEARSAL THERAPY (IRT) VISUAL KINESTHETIC DISSOCIATION (VKD) SOMATIC EXPERIENCING (SE) TRAUMA PATTERN RELEASE (TPR) A NOTE ABOUT CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBRIEFING (CISD)

15 - TEN INGREDIENTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE HEALING

THE TRANSCEND PROGRAM FOR RECOVERING VIETNAM VETERANS HEALING THE WOUNDS OF WAR FIND A SAVVY, SUPPORTIVE THERAPIST FOR AN ANCHOR LEAN ON A SUPPORT GROUP LEARN WHAT PTSD IS AND HOW IT ACTS CONSIDER MEDICATION USE PRAYER OR RITUAL DEVELOP A SIMPLE SELF-SOOTHING PRACTICE ACQUIRE A REGULAR PHYSICAL PRACTICE GET REGULAR BODYWORK USE JOURNALING AND OTHER FORMS OF SELF-EXPRESSION ENGAGE IN IMAGERY-BASED THERAPY

16 - SURPRISE BLESSINGS: GIFTS IN THE RUBBLE

GENEROSITY JOY COMPASSION HEIGHTENED CREATIVITY SURVIVOR POWER SPIRITUAL CONNECTION

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