This 3-CD set includes the most critical guided imagery mentioned in the book for each phase of recovery from PTSD. For Stage 1, Re-establishing Safety & Control, there is Imagery for Protection & Support, a Walking Meditation and Imagery for Restful Sleep. Stage 2, Healing & Integration, has Imagery to Ease Depression, Imagery to Release Grief and Imagery to Heal Trauma. And Stage 3, Clean-up & Renewal, offers Imagery for Confidence, Imagery for Anger & Forgiveness and Affirmations for PTSD. (CD)*This resource partners well with Naparstek’s Invisible Heroes (BOOK – see above)*
Somatic Psychotherapy and Trauma Resolution
Conversations and Audio Interviews with members of the United States Association of Body Psychotherapy, 2007-2010. Produced by the NY Center for Somatic Psychotherapy and Trauma Resolution. (CD)
Lucid Dreaming: A Concise Guide to Awakening in Your Dreams and in Your Life
Lucid dreaming has become the template for some of the more successful protocols that reduce or eliminate PTSD nightmares, as well as help people deal with the more garden variety fears and anxieties. LaBerge offers techniques that teach anyone to consciously explore and use their dreams for self-discovery, creativity, fantasy fulfillment, emotional healing, and profound spiritual insight. This complete mini-course shows you: The fastest and most effective program to awaken in the dream state;how to “re-dream” your nightmares to resolve hidden fears;ways to use dreamwork for emotional healing;and how to use the lucid dream state to more fully awaken in your daytime hours. Features a CD complete with dream induction sessions, exercises, and more. (BOOK)
Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal
Traditional psychotherapy is word-base; the patient talks through his or her problems. However, Naparstek questions the verbal techniques used for decades to treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD. Her book draws on over thirty years of clinical experience, the most recent, cutting edge research, and powerful new discoveries in neurophysiology, biochemistry and brain imaging, to synthesize a new understanding of trauma, and why imagery is truly the key to its healing. Filled with the voices of scores of actual survivors and therapists, it offers a spate of imagery know-how, a step-by-step program with more than 20 imagery scripts, tailored to the three stages of recovery, and a practical guide to the best of the new imagery-based therapies, such as EMDR, Prolonged Exposure, Trauma Incident Reduction and Somatic Experiencing. (BOOK) *This resource partners well with Three Stages of Healing Trauma: Nine Meditations (CD – see below)*
Healing Trauma (Health Journeys)
Naparstek designed this guided imagery with help from combat vets, survivors of rape, bombings, accidents, natural disasters and inces. It goes very deep, and seems to work best with seasoned wounds. In the immediate aftermath of trauma, it is recommended that most people start with the stress, sleep and grief imagery first. (CD – 60 minutes)
