Product reviews for Healing Scripts

I found this book to be extremely useful and very easy to read and understand. The author has used a similar technique to that employed by Ernest Rossi in many of his training books - that of printing the script on the left side of the page, while having the explanation of the purpose each suggestion is serving on the right side of the page. This allows the therapist to not only understand what to do and say but also to know why this is being said in this particular way and what the effect on the client is likely to be.

Marlene Hunter covers not just Traumatic Stress and related conditions in this book. She also has scripts relating to pain relief, panic attacks, depression, grief and all manner of subjects which any therapist is likely to come across at any time. There is also a section at the end of the book on working with children suffering from trauma, something that will be very useful to many.

The thing that comes across very strongly in this book is the fact that Dr. Hunter recognizes that people suffering from trauma find it very difficult to trust anyone, sometimes not even themselves, so she treads very carefully during all the procedures outlined in this book, always making sure that the client is in full control of what transpires during a session. She asks permission to do certain things, reiterates that the client still wishes to proceed if something has been previously agreed and makes sure that the client returns to full consciousness feeling empowered.

All the scripts in the book can be tailored and altered according to each client's particular needs and, although some of the scripts are tried and tested ones, there are enough new ideas there for any therapist to find the book an asset.