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Integrative Healing: Energy and Spiritual Therapy, Coaching and Well-being Newsletter (Fall, 2001, Issue 53)

 
by Philip H. Friedman, Ph.D
http://www.integrativehelp.com/
http://www.philipfriedman.com/
http://www.energyspirit.com/

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WELCOME TO THE: “INTEGRATIVE HEALING: ENERGY AND SPIRITUAL THERAPY, COACHING AND WELL-BEING NEWSLETTER”.

It has been some time since my last newsletter and I want to thank the over 1000 newsletter subscribers for their patience. I also want to thank the 400 plus people who subscribe to my 3 email Lists for participating with me on this healing and awakening journey.

CONTENTS:

1. WHAT’S NEW

NEW WEBSITE DESCRIBED INCLUDING:

A) LIST OF 33 INTEGRATIVE HEALING TECHNIQUES
B) INTEGRATIVE POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY COACHING
C) 12 UNIVERSAL LAWS
D) 12 FUNDAMENTAL CHOICES FOR HAPPINESS AND UNHAPPINESS
E) GRAPHS OF CHANGE OVER TIME (13 WEEKS)

2. WHAT ELSE IS NEW:

A) BOOKS, VIDEOS, AUDIOS AND MAGAZINES
B) POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE
C) 24 STRENGTHS OR VIA’S (VIRTUES IN ACTION)
D) COPING WITH LIFE’S CHALLENGES, BLOCKS, BARRIERS AND OBSTACLES
E) SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS

1. WHAT’S NEW
NEW WEBSITE

After many months of hard work my new web site called INTEGRATIVE HEALING is finally up and running at my web site addresses:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/

If you haven’t viewed the new site I would encourage you to do so.

If you aren’t familiar with the site let me walk you through it.
The site is called INTEGRATIVE HEALING to represent the integrative approach to healing that I use. This includes the INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY approach I use which is described at:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/private_therapy.html

and the INTEGRATIVE COACHING approach or more specifically the
INTEGRATIVE POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY COACHING approach I use which is described at:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/coaching.html

The site also includes a more extensive description of my background at:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/about.html

and an extensive 100-110 word description of the following 33 healing techniques at:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/healing_techniques.html

INTEGRATIVE HEALING TECHNIQUES

OVERALL INTEGRATIVE HEALING TECHNIQUES

Attitudinal Healing (AH)
Be Set Free Fast (BSFF)
Cognitive Therapy (CT) and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT)
Forgiveness Therapy (FT)
Hypnosis (HYP)
Marriage, Family and Relationship Therapy (MFRT)
Multimodal Therapy (MMT)
Sedona Release Technique (SRT)
Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT) Solution-Oriented Therapy
Stress Management Therapy (SMT)

PRIMARILY INTEGRATIVE POWER THERAPIES

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR)

PRIMARILY INTEGRATIVE ENERGY AND SPIRITUAL MERIDIAN BASED THERAPIES

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
Energy Diagnostic and Treatment Methods (EDxTM)
Healing from the Body Level Up (HBLU)
Miracle Acupressure Tapping Technique (MATT)
Negative Affect Erasing Method (NAEM)
Neuro-Emotional Technique (NET)
Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT)
Tap And Soft Touch Energy Technique (TASTE)
Thought Energy Synchronization Technique (TEST )
Thought Field Therapy (TFT)
Touch And Breathe (TAB)
Spiritual Kinesiology (SK)

PRIMARILY INTEGRATIVE ENERGY AND SPIRITUAL BASED CHAKRA AND MERIDIAN THERAPIES

Acupressure Chakra Technique (ACT)
Holographic Repatterning (HR)

PRIMARILY INTEGRATIVE ENERGY AND SPIRITUAL BASED CHAKRA THERAPIES

Advanced Energy Healing (AEH)
Creating And Receiving Technique (CART)
Healing And Release Technique (HEART)
Light Imagery Grateful Heart Technique (LIGHT)
Pranic Healing (PH)
Reiki (RKI)
Seemorg Matrix Work (SMW)

The BOOKS, MANUALS, TAPES AND SCALES page is at

http://www.integrativehelp.com/books_tapes.html and

describes my book: CREATING WELL-BEING: THE HEALING PATH TO LOVE, PEACE, SELF-ESTEEM AND HAPPINESS along with many testimonials such as:

"CWB is a beautiful book. The writing is simple and straightforward and the ideas get quickly to the core of things. The 12 principles of well-being cover the field in a new way. I think your questionairres and lists make the material especially accessible, and practical and useful. It is like a handbook. I hope it goes far." Randy Rolfe, author of You Can Postpone Anything But Love

"The 12 Principles of Creating Well-Being are thoughtfully and articulately presented. Phil Friedman's book is founded on spiritual truth. I expect anyone that sincerely applies the principles will find welcome healing." Alan Cohen, author of The Dragon Doesn't Live Here Anymore

"Philip Friedman's book is like going up an elevator and reaching inner peace." Jerry Jampolsky, M.D., author of Love is Letting Go of Fear, and Founder, Attitudinal Healing Centers
My book was published in 1989, whereas the newly completed and updated INTEGRATIVE HEALING MANUAL at
http://www.integrativehelp.com/books_tapes.html

was completed in 2001 and consists of:

7 ENERGY AND SPIRITUAL PROCESSES and TECHNIQUES such as:

1. MATT (Miracle Acupressure Tapping Technique)
Version 1 and 2 and 3 along with the Forgiveness Affirmations
Now renamed the Miracle Activation Trigger Technique
2. MMPIT (Multiple Parts Integration Technique)
3. ACT (Acupressure, Chakra Technique) . Now renamed the
Active Choice Technique.
4. CART (Creating, Allowing and Receiving Technique)
5. TASTE (Tap And Soft Touch Energy Technique). Now renamed the
Trigger And Soft Touch Technique.
6. HEART (Healing and Release Technique)
7. LIGHT (Light Imagery Grateful Heart Technique)

and

7 PROCESSES, MODELS AND TECHNIQUES in the POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY area.

1. COPERS and BETSI-HI Models of Well-Being
2. 7 Step Re-Empowerment Process
3. 12 Step Creation and Manifestation Process for creating what you want.
4. 7 Step Alphabet Model of Change
5. 11 Step Forgiveness Process
6. Exercises for Emotional Stability, Self-Esteem/Self-Confidence, Joyfulness, Sociability and Happiness .
7. 30 Daily Lessons to Practice

along with the SECRETS OF WEALTH, WISDOM AND WELL-BEING: Parts 1 through 5.

In addition at:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/books_tapes.html

you can find descriptions of 3 of the 5 Friedman Scales including the Friedman Well-Being, the Friedman Affect and the Friedman Belief Scales along with a substantially discounted pricing structure. On this page you can also find GRAPHS of changes over time (13 weeks) using the 3 Friedman scales during the process of Integrative Psychotherapy. These scales are excellent tools for tracking change over time and measuring outcome of both psychotherapy and coaching.

See also http://www.integrativehelp.com/healing_techniques.html#graphs

On the BOOKS, MANUALS, TAPES and SCALES page:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/books_tapes.html

are also descriptions of all 8 of my audiotapes:

1. Relaxation and Meditation
2. Creating and Manifesting What You Want
3. Brief and Advanced Form of Manifesting What You Want.
4. Forgiveness
5. Inner Journey to the Higher Self
6. Self-Esteem
7. Gratitude
8. Sunday (Healing Music)

along with a special price for purchasing all of them.

There also some VALUE AND SUPER VALUE PACKS available for purchase at:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/books_tapes.html#valuepacks
and
http://www.integrativehelp.com/books_tapes.html#megapack

These are great deals.

SPECIAL OFFER:

In fact if you place any order of $99 or over by DEC. 1st and email me that you have placed that order I will also send you a copy of one of my 2 new chapters on INTEGRATIVE ENERGY AND SPIRITUAL HEALING OR THERAPY at no extra charge.

If you would like to see a visual picture of the 3 dimensional
INTEGRATIVE META-MODEL go to:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/meta_model.html

The INTEGRATIVE META-MODEL has been updated to include the integrative energy and spiritual therapies in my chapters in 2 forthcoming books edited by Fred Gallo, Ph.D and Willem Lammers.

If you would like to see what clients and colleagues have to say about me go to:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/about.html#clients
http://www.integrativehelp.com/about.html#colleagues

or if you would like to see what my mission and purpose statement is go to:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/index.html.

For the 12 FUNDAMENTAL CHOICES FOR HAPPINESS & the 12 FUNDAMENTAL CHOICES FOR UNHAPPINESS as well as
10 HEALING AFFIRMATIONS go to:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/free_information.asp

If you are interested in a a list of 12 UNIVERSAL LAWS OR THE 25 COACHING GOALS go to:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/coaching

or if you are interested in descriptions of 12 of the 24 STRENGTHS currently described by POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY go to:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/coaching.html#strengths.

To find out about the 7 STAGE HEALING PROCESS go to:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/private_therapy.html

To find out about upcoming SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
go to:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/seminars.asp

EMAIL NEWSLETTERS

Regarding my 3 email newsletters:

EnergySpirit1 is a free e-groups’ interactive email discussion group open to everyone.
To subscribe send an email to EnergySpirit1-subscribe@egroups.com

IAESPT at webvalence.com is a free interactive email discussion group open to mental health professionals with a Masters degree and experience with 2 or more energy and spiritual therapies/healing disciplines. For IAESPT guidelines email
guidelines@wellbeingcoach.com

ESPT@egroups.com is a free interactive email discussion group open to doctoral level psychologists practicing energy and spiritual therapy and healing. For more information send an email to ESPT101@home.com

WHAT ELSE IS NEW:

The following books, manuals, videos, audiotapes and magazines will appeal greatly to some people. Each in its own way is a significant contribution to the field. You may want to check some of them out to see if you are attracted to them.

1. BOOKS and MANUALS

A) ENERGY BLESSINGS FROM THE STARS: 7 INITIATIONS
by Virginia Essene and Irving Feurst

B) BEYOND PSYCHOTHERAPY
by Martin F. Luthke, Ph.D and Linda Stein-Luthke

C) FORGIVENESS IS A CHOICE
by Robert D. Enright, Ph.D

D) ENERGY FLOW FOCUSING EXPLORATIONS
by Christel Kraft, M.Ed

E) AN OPEN HEART
by Dalai Lama

F) GO UP AND WORK WITH GOD
by Vianna Stibel

2. VIDEOS AND AUDIOS

A. GUIDED SELF-HEALING AND THE ESSENCE PROCESS (video and audio) by Andrew Hahn

B. INTUITIVE TECHNIQUES FOR GETTING THRU TO THE SOUL (audio and manual) by Phillip and Jane Montrouse

C. DNA 1 by Vianna Stibel (video that supplements her book GO UP AND WORK WITH GOD)


3. MAGAZINES

ENLIGHTENMENT MAGAZINE: 10th Anniversary Issue Celebrating Radical Spiritual Inquiry founded by Andrew Cohen

This issue includes articles by the always stimulating and frequently controversial Ken Wilber: “Authentic spirituality is revolutionary. It does not legitimate the world, it breaks the world: it does not console the world, it shatters it. And it does not render the self content, it renders it undone”,

and also by the always stimulating and frequently controversial Rupert Sheldrake. “Are we the smartest beings in the universe?’ ...if the galaxy has a life and consciousness, then it would be a consciousness far greater than our own ..there are forms of consciousness above human consciousness...one thinks of a divine consciousness embracing all things...I think we’d have to think of the consciousness of the sun as not embedded just within the sun but as something that extends through the solar system..if there is a consciousness of the sun...it might be something we can interact with...the creative process in evolution is a mystery”

There is also a fascinating article by Dr. Amit Goswami, a physicist who says that consciousness is the ground of being rather than material reality being the ground of being and that once we understand that, many perplexing problems in physics and the material world can be better understood.

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE

Last month I had the opportunity to both attend and present a poster session at the 3rd Positive Psychology Conference in Washington D.C sponsored by the Gallup organization in their Washington Headquarters
and hosted by Martin Seligman, Ph.D and Ed Diener, Ph.D.. Some of the more exciting and intriguing presentations included Positive Psychology and Social Renewal by David Myers; The Neurobiology of Positive Emotion and Positive Affective Style by Richard Davision; Mature Defenses by George Valliant; Tragic Optimism by Paul Wong: The Good Life in Different Cultures by Hazel Markus; Spiritual Well-Being by James Catanzaro; The VIA (Virtues in Action) Classification of Strengths by Christopher Peterson
and Achieving a Balanced Time Perspective as a Life Goal by Philip Zimbardo the President Elect of the American Psychological Association.

My presentation entitled “INTEGRATIVE HEALING: INTEGRATING NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY used extensive graphs, some of which can now be seen on my web site at:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/healing_techniques.html#graphs

and also showed my Integrative Meta-Model which can be seen at:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/meta_model.html

The presentation demonstrated how clients can learn to make powerful integrative shifts in stress levels, well-being, life satisfaction, cognitive balance and affective balance over a 13 week period from a negative to a positive state with most of the gains occurring during the first 6-8 weeks.

The GRAPHS in the presentation also showed that people having high scores on the Friedman Well-Being Scale Composite

(see http://www.integrativehelp.com/books_tapes.html)

also had high scores on measures of hope (Snyder), optimism (Carver), personal wholeness and personal empowerment (Friedman). The graphs did not show but implied that high levels of well-being, hope, optimism, cognitive-affective balance, life satisfaction, personal wholeness and personal empowerment exist within each person as their natural state.

24 VIA (VIRTUES IN ACTION) STRENGTHS

Since the conference I have worked extensively with the 24 VIA Strengths scale (see http://www.integrativehelp.com/coaching.html#strengths for 12 of the descriptions of these scales) in my clinical population and have made some interesting preliminary discoveries regarding the relationship between
these 24 Strengths and measures of well-being, happiness and life satisfaction.

Here is a brief list of the 24 VIA (VIRTUES IN ACTION) STRENGTHS currently being studied:

1) curiosity
2) love of learning
3) judgment and open-mindedness
4) creativity
5) social intelligence
6) perspective (wisdom)
7) valor
8) industry and perseverance
9) integrity and honesty
10) vitality (zest and enthusiasm
11) kindness
12) love
13) citizenship and teamwork
14) fairness and justice
15) leadership
16) modesty
17) self-regulation
18) prudence and caution
19) forgiveness
20) appreciation of beauty
21) gratitude
22) hope and optimism
23) spirituality and sense of purpose
24) playfulness and humor

Underlying these 5 strengths/virtues are said to be the 5 C’s
Competence--------------competence/cognitive virtues
Confidence---------------emotional virtues
Connection---------------relational virtues
Contribution-------------civic virtues
Character----------------personal virtues

with the possibility that the first 4 are the underlying core dimensions and that Character underlies them all.

COPING WITH LIFE’S CHALLENGES, BLOCKS, BARRIERS AND OBSTACLES

Life’s obstacles may provide an opportunity to learn lessons from the universe and from your soul. They then become signals, sometimes in disguise, for personal/spiritual growth and development. When we discover this, we realize that obstacles, barriers, blocks etc, are not only challenges but also blessings, gifts and opportunities to be grateful for. This means we can learn to shift our perspective, our consciousness with practice, and also honor our challenges, blocks, barriers and obstacles.

1. If obstacle after obstacle occurs on the path to your goal, the universe may be setting up roadblocks because it is trying to tell you that you are not pursuing your true path and you need to reexamine your priorities. One possible solution is to surrender to this signal from the universe or your soul
and wait and see if the universe provides you with another opportunity to pursue something more aligned with your true path and highest life purpose.
Surrender, contemplation, listening within and openness become primary virtues here.

2. Sometimes the obstacle/barrier is telling you that you are just too attached to the outcome of the goal and that you need to release this attachment and let the outcome/result unfold more harmoniously. This way you can still pursue the goal but by releasing the attachment to the result you will experience more peace of mind and be open to new possibilities should they present themselves. Or the goal may eventually be obtained, but with less struggle and according to the pace of the divine plan not your ‘ego’s plan.

3. It is also possible that the outer resistance/block that you are encountering reflects an inner resistance, an inner struggle or inner block that is being reflected in an outer experience or event. In this case you need to examine and then resolve the inner struggle/barrier/ block first, and the outer result will then manifest itself either as you first conceived it or transformed in some way after the inner resolution. Often, for example, you will need to forgive yourself regarding some situation/experience first or shift your attitudes, beliefs and perceptions in some significant way.

4. Another possibility is that the universe is telling you that you need to strengthen your determination/resolve before the obstacle barrier can/will be removed. In other words, the universe is trying to make you stronger more resilient, more resourceful and a more persistent person. It may also be teaching you to practice patience, flexibility, courage, gratitude, forgiveness,
assertiveness, resourcefulness etc..

Through contemplation, meditation, openness, listening within, journaling, reading and dialogue with others, and with practice and patience, you can learn to discover which of the above possibilities exist in your life or perhaps there is a 5th one that will open up new possibilities for you.
(adapted with appreciation and gratitude from “Spirituality for Dummies” by Sharon Janis and “Secrets About Life Every Woman Should Know” by Barbara D’Angeles and their spiritual teachers/yogic masters, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda and Baba Muktananda)

WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

If you would like to co-sponsor a 2 or 3 day workshop
on INTEGRATIVE HEALING: FACILITATING HEALING SHIFTS IN CONSCIOUSNESS, PERCEPTIONS, BELIEFS, ENERGY AND BEHAVIOR
email me at integrativehelp@home.com
or email integrativehelp@aol.com or call 610-828-4674.

This workshop will focus on the power of INTEGRATIVE HEALING SHIFTS that utilize client strengths to catalyze change. During the workshop I will demonstrate and teach 6 of my
POWERFUL HEALING TECHNIQUES including:

ACT (renamed the ACTIVE CHOICE TECHNIQUE);
MATT (renamed the MIRACLE ACTIVATION TRIGGER TECHNIQUE); TASTE (renamed the TRIGGER AND SOFT TOUCH TECHNIQUE); HEART (HEALING AND RELEASE TECHNIQUE);
the FORGIVENESS PROCESS and
LIGHT (LIGHT IMAGERY GRATEFUL HEART TECHNIQUE).

See my website at:

http://www.integrativehelp.com/healing_techniques.html

for descriptions of MATT; ACT; TASTE; HEART, the FORGIVENESS PROCESS AND LIGHT.

The workshop will also compare these techniques with other well known and related techniques in the field. (see my website on healing techniques).
The workshop will also allow participants to learn about the 24 CORE STRENGTHS described by the field of POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. The workshop will also teach participants how to empirically track change in their clients using the Friedman Scales and how to use that information therapeutically to catalyze and enhance change. In addition you will be able to demonstrate outcomes to organizations and agencies that may value your work more from seeing these specific results.

In this workshop you will also learn about my INTEGRATIVE META-MODEL.

This workshop will be both didactic and experiential and will offer APA-CE
credits for psychologists. CEU credits may be available for other professions as well.

Copyright (c) 2001, all rights reserved. Permission is granted
to copy or distribute the Integrative Healing: Energy and Spiritual Therapy, Coaching and Well-Being Newsletter so long as this copyright notice and full information about contacting the author is attached. The author of this newsletter is Philip H. Friedman, Ph.D. Contact him by email at: integrativehelp@home.com or integrativehelp@aol.com or call 1-610-828-4674.

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