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 What is the art and science of medical intuition?
What happens during an intuitive reading by Sue?
Does time or distance matter?
What is a "healer"?
What is Energy Psychology?
How does one know if they have any
blocked energy in their mind or body?
How is Energy Psychology different
from conventional talk therapy?
Does energy psychology work with addictions?
Can energy psychology help with weight
issues and eating disorders?
Where can I learn more about energy
psychology self-healing techniques?
What are chakras and what do they represent?
What is the art and science of medical intuition?
Caroline Myss, Ph.D. is an energy medicine pioneer and medical intuitive who has written several books on intuition and healing. She states in her book, Anatomy of the Spirit, (1996) that the practice of medical intuition means using one's intuitive ability to help people locate, understand and heal the emotional, psychological and spiritual origins of illness, and/or dysfunctional emotional patterns.
Mona Lisa Schulz, M.D. Ph.D, in her book Awakening Intuition, (1998, page 134) defines medical intuition this way: "when you begin to tap into your body's emotional patterns and the images that the emotional centers of the body can send you, you are practicing medical intuition."
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What happens during an intuitive reading by Sue?
A reading is an intuitive assessment, a sort of de-coding of the emotional and psychological energies of the client's chakra system. (Chakra is a Sanskrit (Hindu) word for "wheel." Chakras are wheels of energy in the body that a clairvoyant can see, feel, or otherwise sense.) I can "read" the energy of the physical body, but I usually don't scan the body unless there is some compelling reason to do so. I find that most physical concerns are either rooted in or have strong mental/emotional/spiritual component. Most of my work focuses on diagnosing and healing traumas, patterns and negative core beliefs, such as "I'm not good enough, I'm unlovable, I must be perfect,"etc. If there is something about the client's physical body that I need to know, I find that the information generally comes to me without digging for it.
I read people "cold" which means I knows nothing about them other than their name and age. Readings are done either in person or by phone. When the client arrives or calls, we'll pray together briefly and set our intention that the reading reveal whatever I need to know to help them, and be for their highest good and the highest good of all concerned, in accordance with Divine will for them. We ask for protection from God, Christ and the Holy Spirit, or from any Divine being in the client's spiritual tradition, and for assistance from our angels, guides, and spiritual teachers. If we're on the phone, the client will then hang up and call me back in about 25 minutes. I spend about 3-4 minutes reading the energy of each of the 7 main chakras.
The information that I receive comes in a variety of ways. Sometimes I see images of real or symbolic events, descriptive words, and first person sentences such as "I'll never trust again" or "I can't get what I want." I do an objective overview of the events that did the most damage in childhood, relationships, jobs, betrayals, loss and grief, inability to speak up for self, feelings of low self-esteem and inadequacy, being disempowered or overpowered by others, abused, etc. The reading emerges as a very accurate healing blueprint so the client can heal emotionally, physically and can move forward into happiness, love, financial success and achievement of their goals.
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Does time or distance matter?
Time and distance have no bearing on the ease or accuracy of the reading. Some people are easier to read than others for reasons I don't understand, but generally my accuracy rate is close to 100%. If I make a mistake, it's usually because I will feel the energy of an abusive parent for example, and attribute the abuse to one parent when it was really the other one, or sometimes I will misinterpret a symbolic image. I've done 100% accurate readings for clients sitting in my office as well as clients in Scandinavia, Canada and Europe.
I type the reading as a Word.doc, email it to the client. We discuss the reading, they give me their feedback, and together we decide which issues/traumas are the most important to work with first.
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What is a "healer"?
Although an intuitive person who incorporates various energy healing techniques in their practice may be referred to as a "healer," I do not heal anyone, nor do I practice medicine, diagnose or treat any illnesses. Anyone can and should learn to self-diagnose when they are losing energy to a person, a situation or to their traumatic childhood. What do I mean by "losing energy?" I mean being in conflict, stuck in a draining power struggle, trying to change someone or gets needs met that this person is incapable of providing.
Energetic diagnosis, ie. "reading energy"is nothing like traditional medical or psychiatric diagnosis. Energetic diagnosis is the perception and interpretation of imprinted belief patterns and trauma in the body/mind. I am not a licensed mental health professional. I am an intuitive healer and spiritual counselor. I function as a guide and my job is to support my client as they confront, work with and heal their own issues. Most clients find it valuable that the readings reveal conscious as well as repressed/subconscious issues such as abuse, trauma, shock and fear, negative/limiting core beliefs, and the roots of patterns as well as spiritual blocks.
In a surprising number of cases, birth trauma, separation from the mother after birth, pre-natal trauma and what appears to be past-life trauma is revealed as the root(s) of difficult relationships, illnesses, addictions, obesity, intrusive thoughts, and dysfunctional repetitive behavior patterns. For example, if a pregnancy is unwanted, or the parents want one gender and the baby is the other one, rejection energetically imprints on the baby. Later in life, they may feel like an outsider, that they are not wanted, that they're "not good enough" or "defective" or something similar. Those early traumas tend to richochet through our lives, showing up over and over in various relationships, jobs, etc. Same storyline, different script…
** To see an actual reading of "Patsy" that illustrates how being unwanted as a pregnancy can cause lifelong damage, go to the ARTICLES page and click on "The Hidden Language of Trauma"
Here are descriptions of three popular and highly effective energy psychology self-healing modalities. The first, EFT - is meridian based and the second, Seemorg Matrixwork, uses chakras to access and release the energies of pain and trauma. The third, TAT, Tapas Acupressure Technique, is also based on accessing the meridian system to release blocked energy that holds trauma in place in the body/mind.
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What is Energy Psychology?
Energy psychology (EP) is a cutting-edge, fascinating, simple and very effective model of psychological/spiritual/energetic healing. The techniques encompass the holistic/alternative /complimentary and mind/body/spirit medicine model that so many consumers are searching for in these days of HMO's and harried M.D.'s who listen for 30 seconds then reach for their prescription pad. EP methods have been in use for some 25 years and have been clinically observed to consistently improve or completely heal a wide array of physical and psychological problems.
Some EP methods use the chakra system, which are invisible wheels of light and energy in the body. Other modalities access the meridian system, which acupuncture is based on. Meridians are (…text deleted) invisible energy pathways mapped out by the Chinese 5000 years ago. Other models such as Healing Touch, access the human biofield, which is a layer of subtle energy surrounding the physical body.
An acupuncturist places hair-thin needles into meridian accupoints in order to release the blocked energy that is causing physical or emotional pain or imbalance in a patient and restore the smooth energy flow. EFT, the Emotional Freedom Technique, uses gentle fingertip tapping on specific acupressure points to release energy stuck in meridians that may be causing pain or emotional imbalance.
Most people have experienced painful knots in their trapezium muscle between the base of the neck and the shoulder. When a massage therapist releases the knots, the muscle relaxes, pain is released, and a sense of relief and well-being follows. Blood flow that had been restricted flows normally, bringing healing oxygen to the tissues. As the blocked energy releases, the body/mind comes into balance, the energy flows normally, and the person usually feels better quickly. In the same way, the emotional charge or "sting" and pressure or pain in the body when we recall an unhealed traumatic memory is released from the brain with EP techniques.
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How does one know if they have any blocked energy in their mind or
body?
When someone has unhealed emotional trauma, even if they can't
remember it, there is stored, blocked energy impeding their health
and their life. Even worse, if they have denied the emotion,
anger for example, or tried to rationalize it away, Oh, it doesn't
matter, they didn't mean it - or otherwise repressed the emotion
at the time, the body simply stores it. How do I know? Because
over and over in my practice, when someone releases a deep wound,
not only is there usually a huge emotional catharsis, but some chronic
pain or dysfunction in their body may resolve as well. This necessity
to get to the root of the issue is why people get into destructive
and painful patterns in their lives. Until they clear the cause(s),
they keep doing the same thing over and over, and can't understand
why the pattern keeps re-running. The subconscious is like a computer
hard-drive. It records everything that has ever happened to us,
and if there has been pain, violation or other trauma, the program
that carries that pain needs to be cleared and a new, healthy program
installed in order to heal.
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How is Energy Psychology different from conventional talk therapy?
Talk therapy, also known as cognitive behavioral therapy, has basically
been the only therapeutic game in town, other than perhaps hypnosis,
for about 100 years. Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and the other
talk-therapy pioneers taught us that if one changes their:
A) Thoughts then
their
B) Feelings
will change and then their
C) Behavior will
change
Dr. Phil may disagree with me, but I have to say that this approach
has multiple limitations. In this conventional psychological paradigm,
therapy takes a long time, perhaps years, it's expensive, you have
to cry and beat up pillows and write angry letters to your parents
and then burn the letters and who knows what else in order to heal
your damaged inner child. I've worked with many, many people who
have had months or in some cases years of talk therapy from experienced,
compassionate, clinically trained and licensed therapists and they
still haven't healed. Some clients have remarkably astute sadder
but wiser' understanding of the abusive, dysfunctional families
that they endured as children, but the pain still haunts them and
still handicaps their lives and relationships. Too many of my clients
have emerged from talk-therapy with a great set of coping skills
for their pain instead of real healing. I have yet to see the person
who could be talked out of the sense of emptiness, grief, abandonment,
shame, betrayal and shock of sexual abuse, for example. Only when
the originating trauma and the thought and behavior patterns that
resulted from that damaging trauma are neutralized and healed, does
the client's life really begin to change.
Treating PTSD and Trauma
According to the February 2004 issue of the Harvard Mental Health
Letter, (www.health.harvard.edu)
a Veterans Administration study found it was not a wise choice to
have PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) patients relive their
traumatic experiences in therapy. The VA did a study in which two
groups of Vietnam veterans diagnosed with PTSD were randomly placed
into either trauma focused' therapy, in which they repeatedly relived
their traumatic memories, or present centered' group therapy weekly
for seven months, then monthly for another five months. Both types
of therapy showed modestly improved symptoms, but there was a considerably
higher dropout rate, 27%, in the trauma focused group than in the
present centered group, 18%. The authors of the study concluded
that therapeutic reliving of trauma is not 'cost effective for these
men; it involves too much wasted effort.
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Does energy psychology work with addictions?
Anyone with any common sense knows that addicts cannot be reasoned
with or talked out of their addictive behavior. It's not possible.
Addictions are not difficult to understand. I don't care what the
addiction is; it can be to food, sex, street drugs, prescription
painkillers, shopping, pornography, exercise, overwork, whatever.
Reduced to their common denominator, addictions are simply anesthesia
for pain. Even when addicts/alcoholics are repeatedly
treated for their physically addictive cravings, the emotional pain
and anxiety that drives the addiction remains. That is one of the
main reasons why they relapse, over and over again. Until a problem
is healed from the deep and usually multiple roots, it will recur.
An alcoholic knows that he or she shouldn't be drinking to excess.
The 12-step programs do a fabulous job of helping people who want
to stop maintain their sobriety one day at a time. The spiritual
support, group and sponsor support and willpower do work, but it's
a never ending day-to-day battle to stay sober. With EP techniques,
the emotional charge or sting of the traumas that produced the need
for anesthesia in the first place can be self-healed to allow deep
emotional release, instead of having use up precious energy to maintain
a vigilant sobriety. Most addictive cravings can be neutralized
in moments by re-balancing the addict's energy. The energy has to
be re-balanced every time a craving hits for a period of time, until
the cravings cease. Craving elimination alone does not heal the
problem, but with the cravings down to a zero, the deeper healing
work on the root causes of the addictions and the anxiety that
drives all addictive behavior can proceed much easier. With
EP, people shift slowly, session to session, from the inside out.
(See TESTIMONIALS) Energy psychology techniques can deal with most,
although not ALL, emotional issues (and even many physical issues)
relatively quickly, almost painlessly, and in most cases permanently,
with the least amount of re-traumatization of the patient.
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Can energy psychology help with weight issues and eating disorders?
Yes, EP has an awesome track record with weight issues. For details
go to the
http://www.emofree.com, 
website and do a search for articles by Dr. Carol Look, a NYC psychotherapist
who specializes in weight loss issues.
Eating disorders are much more complicated and they require a more
comprehensive approach including supervision by a physician. I recommend
that people dealing with bulimia or anorexia find an experienced
clinician or integrative medicine program that also incorporates
EP techniques.
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Where can I learn more about energy psychology self-healing techniques?
For a virtual library of real-life case histories of treatment
of PTSD, trauma, abuse, physical pain, childrens issues, addictions
and many other issues, go to
http://www.emofree.com,
the site of the Emotional Freedom Technique, or click here.
Trauma & Abuse.
Fears
& Phobias.
Anxiety
& Stress.
Depression.
Addictions, Compulsions & Overweight
Children's issues.
Pain
& Other.
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What are chakras and what do they represent?
Chakras, (Sanskrit word for "wheel") are swirling circles of energy that intersect the body at the locations noted below. They can be thought of as miniature hard drives, containing energetic imprints both emotional and physical traumas, pain, beliefs, perceptions, and other information that can be discerned intutively and that is expressed physically in the body and mind. For example, when someone says something that insults you or hurts your feelings and you get a feeling in your stomach of recoil, a "kick in the gut" feeling, you're experiencing physical expression of hurt, shame, embarrassment, humiliation, shock, anger, sadness or other negative emotion in that area of your body.
- 1st, (root) chakra, (base of spine) primal issues of survival and physical safety
Body: bones, spine, immune system, legs
- 2nd, (navel) external power in relationships, (power struggles) money, sex, creativity
Body: sex organs, bladder, pelvis, lower back, colon
- 3rd, (solar plexus) identity and self-esteem
Body: organs of digestive system, spleen, adrenals, mid-spine
- 4th, (center of chest) love, grief, betrayal, heartache
Body: heart, circulatory system, lungs, breasts, shoulders, arms, diaphragm
- 5th, (base of throat) will, choice, expression and speaking up for one's self
Body: neck, throat, thyroid, mouth, teeth, gums
- 6th, (third eye/forehead) the mind, emotional intelligence, clairvoyance
Body: Brain, eyes, ears, nose, nervous system, pineal gland, neurological diseases
- 7th, (top of head) connection to the spiritual realms, entity attachments, supernatural interference, God, the Divine
Body: muscular system, skeletal system, skin, any organ system
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