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This complete set of tracks of guided imagery for PTSD can be used alongside other treatment approaches, as well as a stand-alone healing tool. Empowering and effective, this highly regarded guided meditation set for PTSD treatment increases self-esteem, confidence and sense of self-worth. The separate track of affirmations bolsters the PTSD treatment process with quick, positive reminders in a briefer format which listeners can hear while engaged in other activities, including driving.

If you or someone you love has suffered a traumatic event, you know the devastating impact it can have on your life and your spirit. Life-threatening accidents, illnesses, assaults, abusive relationships—or a tragedy like 9/11—all can leave deep emotional wounds that persist long after physical scars have healed. Survivors become “invisible heroes,” courageously struggling to lead normal lives in spite of symptoms so baffling and disturbing that they sometimes doubt their own sanity.

When listened to repeatedly, either as separate segments or cumulatively as a whole set, these tracks will dramatically reduce anxiety and the frequency and intensity of panic attacks by teaching relaxation at will, reducing fear and isolation, and instilling a sense of mastery and control in the listener. After two to three weeks, most people experience a substantial reduction or even elimination of panic attacks' classic symptoms. For some, this guided meditation for panic attacks has reduced the need for medication, and in some instances, it has even replaced it.

Created by foremost guided imagery and trauma psychotherapist Belleruth Naparstek, this guided meditation for healing posttraumatic stress was made with the help of trauma experts as well as sufferers of posttraumatic stress. Empowering and effective, this guided PTSD audio program increases self-esteem, confidence and sense of self-worth, while it reduces distress and depression. A separate track of affirmations bolsters the PTSD treatment process with quick, positive reminders in a briefer format

This guided imagery audio program for depression can be used as a stand-alone therapy or an adjunctive treatment alongside more traditional approaches of psychotherapy and/or medication. It has even been found helpful to people dealing with bipolar illness. The soothing, hypnotic narrative evokes imagery of the heavy fog of depression lifting, as tamped down energy is liberated and released, so that you can reunite with your own inner strength and again feel hope, love, motivation and possibility. For those who wish to try treating depression naturally, this is worth trying first.

This audio is a soothing, calming guided meditation for medical procedures, designed at the request of Kaiser Permanente to help patients undergoing cardiac catheterization feel more relaxed and confident during their procedure. It then was adapted for use for a whole range of potentially uncomfortable or unpleasant procedures where it is necessary for patients to be awake—colonoscopies, needle biopsies, getting stitched, gynecological exams, intubations, extubations—anything where the patient's comfort can be improved by taking the anxious mind elsewhere.

Our Health Journeys™ guided meditation for OCD has been specifically designed for people with obsessive compulsive disorder and can be used as stand-alone help for OCD or for use in combination with other recommended treatment approaches, such as cognitive behavioral therapy and medication. Carefully researched and written, this guided meditation for OCD helps reduce anxiety, stabilizes biochemical swings, increases strength and motivation to divert unwanted thoughts and behaviors, and catalyzes hope by envisioning a time of freedom from OCD’s oppressive symptoms.