Healing Through Journaling

A 3 book collection by Luz Maria Villagras Surco to support therapy, heal past trauma, and ease anxiety.

Why These Journals​

Healing isn’t a perfect path; it has ups, downs, and moments that can feel like too much. That’s exactly why this 3-book Therapy Journal Series exists: to offer you a gentle, guided space where you can explore your thoughts and emotions in your own time, with compassion and clarity.

Each of these guided journals, The Therapy Sessions Journal, The Past Trauma Journal, and The Anti-Anxiety Journal, was carefully designed by Luz Maria Villagras Surco, a holistic psychotherapist and conscious parenting coach who has worked with clients across cultures for over two decades.

These are not ordinary journals. They are therapist-crafted companions that weave together clinical tools, reflective prompts, and gentle practices to support your healing every step of the way. Instead of facing a blank page, you’re guided with short, compassionate questions and exercises that help you stay consistent, even when emotions feel messy.

You’ll find inside:

  • Grounding practices to reconnect with your body and calm your mind.
  • Cognitive reframing tools that guide you from event → thoughts → emotions → healthier perspectives.
  • Actionable steps that you can integrate into daily life, one small win at a time.

What makes these journals unique:

Therapist-crafted

Real frameworks Luz Maria uses with her clients in practice.

Trauma-informed

Safety reminders, pacing, and grounding woven throughout.

Gentle & guided

Bite-sized prompts prevent overwhelm or avoidance.

Whole-person focus

Mind, body, culture, and family are all welcomed here.

This series was born from the belief that everyone deserves a tool they can turn to in moments of confusion, anxiety, or pain. A tool that helps you transform what feels heavy into something lighter, clearer, and more compassionate.

Together, these three journals form a journey:

  • A place to capture and reflect on therapy insights,
  • A safe space to revisit and release past trauma,
  • And a practical guide to reduce anxiety and find calm in daily life.

They are more than journals. They are stepping stones toward self-healing, clarity, and inner peace.

How These Journals Help You

Healing doesn’t happen in one big breakthrough. it’s built from small, consistent steps that reshape the way you think, feel, and respond to life. These journals were created to be your steady guide, giving you repeatable practices that calm the body, clear the mind, and strengthen your resilience day by day.

Make Therapy Stick

No more forgetting what you talked about in session. Use these pages to prepare before therapy, debrief after, set clear goals, and track micro-habits, so insights turn into lasting change.

Process & Release Safely

Trauma doesn’t have to stay locked inside. With gentle Trauma Release Writing, you’ll work through one memory at a time, at your own pace, with built-in grounding to keep you safe.

Quiet the Anxious Mind

Ease racing thoughts with a blend of CBT-style prompts, calming breathwork, and sleep rituals designed to reduce spirals and invite rest.

Grow Emotional Literacy

Learn to name your feelings with precision. The more clearly you can express emotions, the less reactive and more intentional you become.

Rebuild Safety in Your Body

Grounding check-ins, mindful breathing, and body scans help you send a powerful signal to your nervous system: I am safe now.

See Your Patterns Clearly

With simple daily logs, you’ll start noticing the triggers, cycles, and distorted thoughts that have been shaping your reactions and finally learn how to interrupt them.

Practice Self-Compassion

Therapist notes throughout the journals remind you to slow down, celebrate progress, and treat yourself with the same kindness you’d offer a loved one.

These journals aren’t just about writing. They’re about rewiring old patterns, restoring balance in your body, and creating a calmer, kinder relationship with yourself.

1. The Therapy Sessions Journal – Carry Therapy Into Your Daily Life

Therapy is powerful, but the real transformation happens in between sessions, when insights are tested against real-life challenges. The Therapy Sessions Journal was created to help you hold onto the clarity and breakthroughs you gain in therapy, so they don’t get lost in the noise of everyday life.

Inside, you’ll find structured prompts that guide you to:

  • Prepare before sessions – Clarify what’s on your mind and what you’d like to focus on so you arrive feeling ready and confident.
  • Debrief after sessions – Capture key insights, emotions, and “aha moments” while they’re fresh.
  • Turn learning into action – Translate therapy conversations into small, achievable goals and micro-habits you can practice daily.
  • Track your growth – Look back and see how far you’ve come, not just what still feels hard.

This isn’t a blank notebook. It’s a gentle companion that keeps you accountable, consistent, and supported between sessions. Whether you’re working with a therapist, coach, or simply exploring self-reflection, this journal ensures your healing journey keeps moving forward with intention.

2. The Past Trauma Journal – Revisit, Release, and Reclaim

Trauma leaves an imprint. In the mind, in the body, and in how we see ourselves. The Past Trauma Journal is designed as a safe and structured space to process these experiences, one step at a time. Based on Trauma Release Writing, a research-informed method adapted for self-guided use, this journal helps you face the memories you’ve avoided, without becoming overwhelmed.

Through its five-week framework, you’ll be gently guided to:

  • Choose one memory that feels most pressing and work with it safely, instead of being flooded by everything at once.
  • Unpack your experience using prompts that help you bring clarity to thoughts, sensations, and emotions tied to the event.
  • Reduce avoidance by slowly teaching your nervous system that the trauma is not happening anymore. You are safe now.
  • Reframe your story so it’s no longer just about pain, but also about resilience, growth, and possibility.

This journal is built with pacing reminders, grounding practices, and therapist notes so you never feel alone in the process. It doesn’t replace therapy, but it offers you an empowering way to confront the past and release the weight you’ve been carrying, reclaiming your right to feel safe, whole, and free.

3. The Anti-Anxiety Journal – Calm the Mind, Strengthen Resilience

Anxiety thrives in silence and repetition. The same looping thoughts, the same bodily stress, the same fears replaying. The Anti-Anxiety Journal interrupts that cycle by giving you tools rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness, two of the most effective approaches for managing anxious thoughts and emotions.

Here’s what you’ll work with inside:

  • Thought logs – Identify the event → thoughts → emotions → behaviors, so you can clearly see how anxiety patterns form.
  • CBT reframing tools – Challenge distorted thinking like catastrophizing or all-or-nothing beliefs, and replace them with balanced perspectives.
  • Mindfulness and breathwork – Simple but powerful practices to anchor you in the present moment and bring your body out of “fight or flight.”
  • Sleep and rest rituals – Evidence-based tools to calm the nervous system at night and break the cycle of anxiety and exhaustion.
  • Therapist notes – Gentle reminders to practice self-compassion, celebrate progress, and keep moving even when doubt creeps in.

This journal isn’t just about calming down in the moment. It’s about rewiring the way your mind responds to stress, so you can move through life with more clarity, choice, and calm confidence.

Why They Work Best Together

Each journal is powerful on its own, but together they form a complete toolkit for healing and growth:

  • Therapy Sessions Journal helps you stay consistent and integrate insights.
  • Past Trauma Journal helps you confront and release the root causes of pain.
  • Anti-Anxiety Journal gives you daily practices to manage stress and build resilience.

This 3-book series is your personal therapy companion, designed by a holistic psychotherapist to support your healing not just in moments of crisis, but in the everyday practice of becoming whole again.

A Letter From Luz Maria

Dear Friend,

When I sat down to create these three journals, I didn’t want to make “just another notebook.” I wanted to give you something I wish more of my clients, and honestly, even myself at different stages of my life, had in their hands: a safe, gentle guide for the moments when emotions feel too heavy, too confusing, or simply too much to carry alone.

Over the years, as a therapist, I’ve seen how healing isn’t about one big breakthrough. It’s about the small, consistent steps, writing things down, noticing patterns, practicing grounding, reframing thoughts, that slowly rewire the way we experience life. These are the very tools I use with my clients in therapy sessions. But I knew people needed a way to keep practicing them outside of my office, in the privacy of their own homes. That’s why these journals were born.

Each one serves a different part of the healing journey:

  • The Therapy Sessions Journal helps you make therapy stick, so your insights don’t disappear after the session ends.
  • The Past Trauma Journal gives you a structured, safe way to release the weight of memories that still hurt.
  • The Anti-Anxiety Journal guides you in calming spirals, naming your feelings, and reclaiming peace in your everyday life.

I wrote these journals because I know healing isn’t linear. Some days you feel strong, and other days you feel like you’re back at the beginning. That’s normal. These books are here to walk with you, step by step, and to remind you that you are not broken, you are not alone, and you already have the capacity to heal.

If you only take one thing from this letter, let it be this: your story is worth writing, your healing is worth investing in, and your future self will thank you for the time you give yourself today.

Luz Maria-Clinical Hypnosis Therapist & Neurolinguistic Programmer Master | Positive Living UAE

Your Healing Journey Starts Here

Healing takes courage. It’s not easy to face your emotions, revisit painful memories, or sit with anxious thoughts, but it’s worth it. These three journals were created to remind you that you don’t have to do it all at once, and you don’t have to do it alone.

Together, the Therapy Sessions Journal, the Past Trauma Journal, and the Anti-Anxiety Journal form a complete toolkit to help you:

  • Stay connected to your therapy journey.
  • Process and release what no longer serves you.
  • Build daily habits that bring more calm, clarity, and compassion into your life.

Each page was designed with care, grounding, and real therapeutic tools that work. They are companions, here to guide you gently, to give you structure when emotions feel messy, and to remind you that healing is possible.

Whether you’re starting therapy, continuing your healing, or simply looking for a safe space to understand yourself better, these journals are for you.

✨ Don’t wait for the “perfect time” to begin. The first step toward change is often the smallest one, opening a page and allowing yourself to write.

👉 Choose your journal today and begin your journey toward peace, clarity, and healing.