Emerging Profession Helps Psychological Victims of War and Terror

The emerging field of Energy Psychology offers rapid relief of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, phobias and more. It can help veterans and other people after witnessing or experiencing life-threatening events, terrorist incidents, physical and emotional abuse, natural disasters and serious accidents.

(PRWEB) May 29, 2005 -- With Congress approving funding for mental health treatment for veterans from Iraq, the new field of Energy Psychology holds promise for a quicker recovery from emotional problems such as Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), phobias, anxiety and more. Imagine returning from fighting a war, and being plagued for 17 years by horrible memories, constant insomnia, and a fear of heights (from over 50 parachute jumps). Then imagine that within 15 minutes your height phobia is gone, within an hour horrid memories stop intruding, and within a couple of days you are sleeping through the night. This actual case example, from a treatment administered at a VA hospital, introduces the award-winning book and CD Energy Psychology Interactive: Rapid Interventions for Lasting Change by licensed clinical psychologist, David Feinstein, Ph.D. The example features Vietnam war veterans with PTSD who had been in treatment for 17 years.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder occurring after witnessing or experiencing life-threatening events, which can also occur following terrorist incidents, physical and emotional abuse, natural disasters and serious accidents. The disorder is marked by biological changes and psychological symptoms, interfering with a persons ability to function in relationships, social and family life, occupations and life in general. The PTSD National Institute estimates that 5.2 million adults in the U.S. have PTSD during the course of a given year. Treated with drugs and various forms of psychotherapy, there is no definitive treatment or cure, which emphasizes the need for new treatment methods .

The book arrives just in time to teach psychologists, counselors, and others in the helping professions the basic concepts and procedures for introducing the principles of energy psychology into their practices, with clearly written step-by-step procedures (and video clips on the CD-ROM), to help returning veterans, victims or war and terror, or anyone who wants to eliminate unwanted emotions or instill positive goals. The Energy Psychology Interactive Self-Help Guide teaches the general public how to self-apply the methods. Feinstein indicates that energy psychology techniques involve manual self-stimulation of acupressure points while holding the trauma or phobia in mind, providing relief in a short period of time.

While the preliminary studies supporting the unusual speed and power of these treatments have focused on alleviating PTSD, anxiety, and irrational fears, their use with more everyday problems and psychological goals is increasing. Early clinical trials with 29,000 patients in South America and corroborating brain scans attest to the efficacy of these procedures, which are still consider experimental. Published scientific studies are increasing. More information is available at www.EnergyPsychEd.com or through the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology at www.energypsych.org.

Feinstein, a licensed clinical psychologist, spent three-and-one-half years working with a 24-member Advisory Board of licensed energy psychology founders, practitioners and pioneers to create the first definitive statement of the theories and practices common to this new psychology sub-specialty. As an author of six other books, Feinstein has done research, teaching and counseling in the fields of psychotherapy and self-development for the past 30 years, and is a key-note speaker and presenter at conferences and trainings world-wide.

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