The Energy of Belief: Psychology's Power Tools to Focus Intention and Release Blocking Beliefs [Paperback]

Sheila Sidney Bender (Author), Mary T. Sise (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 2007

Sise and Bender lay out a series of simple exercises that allow people in distress to quickly feel major physical and psychological shifts by holding their bodies in certain ways while taking deep breaths. Their book is packed with real-life case histories of clients who were not helped by the forms of therapy, but for whom the authors' technique, energy-TAB, produced miraculous results.

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"The Energy of Belief is for anyone struggling with self-defeating anxieties, beliefs, habits and behaviors, who is ready to try some exciting, effective, simple, user-friendly new self-help tools for change. Sise and Bender's exciting, eminently readable new book is based on the latest discoveries of the meridian-based treatments of energy psychology, and in a very clear, practical and grounded way, empowers readers to focus and fuel their intention to change and grow." -- Belleruth Naparstek, LISW, author of Invisible Heroes

"The Energy of Belief is a breakthrough book that can help you overcome the repetitive, destructive thinking that leads to physical breakdown and emotional suffering. Clear, practical, and easy to work with, this is a powerful book that can help you change your life." -- Joan Borysenko, PhD, author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind

Product Details

• Paperback: 235 pages
• Publisher: Energy Psychology Press; 1 edition (November 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 160415019X
• ISBN-13: 978-1604150193
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #120,550 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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45 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New Dimensions in Energy Psychology, February 8, 2008

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Fred P. Gallo (New Wilmington, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Energy of Belief: Psychology's Power Tools to Focus Intention and Release Blocking Beliefs (Paperback)

In "The Energy of Belief," Bender and Sise offer their own approach to energy psychology. They provide coverage on how to apply efficient techniques and protocols to uncover and resolve limiting beliefs and distressing emotional states. This book teaches how to use TAB (Touch and Breathe), a gentle mind-body technique where you think about an issue while taking a deep breath and touching key locations on your body. Similar to Energy Tapping, this technique helps to neutralize distress. The chief focus, as the title indicates, is on beliefs. And the authors cover beliefs in considerable detail. The protocols covered are simplified with useful diagrams so that anyone can apply them. This book will be of value for both self-help and to professional therapists. To some degree, this is a self-help version of an earlier professional book by Diepold, Bender, and Britt: Evolving Thought Field Therapy. I highly recommend it!
--Dr. Fred P. Gallo, author of Energy Psychology: Explorations at the Interface of Energy, Cognition, Behavior, and Health, Second Edition (Innovations in Psychology)and Energy Tapping for Trauma: Rapid Relief from Post-Traumatic Stress Using Energy Psychology

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Touch And Breathe for Emotional Health & Well-Being, February 20, 2008

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Victoria Britt "Victoria Britt, LCSW" (Montclair, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Energy of Belief: Psychology's Power Tools to Focus Intention and Release Blocking Beliefs (Paperback)

The Energy of Belief is that rare combination of profoundly important ideas imbedded in a clear step-by-step self-help modality. Sheila Sidney Bender and Mary T. Sise have combined their considerable expertise as psychotherapists and pioneers in the emerging field of energy psychology to create this gem of a book. They have provided well reasoned theoretical explanations with extremely effective strategies for helping readers to examine and change their self-defeating beliefs and behaviors. Using the innovative Touch and Breathe (TAB) technique originated by the BDB Group, Bender and Sise gently guide readers through a personal journey of discovery and healing as they explain exciting new strategies for dealing with difficult personal issues. Of particular importance is their teaching how to access the mind/body/energy connection using self muscle testing. This, combined with a basic understanding of the acupuncture meridian system and some basic tenets of clinical psychology, has the potential to empower the reader in ways that have not been made available to the general public in such a lucid and concise format. The well conceived illustrations are invaluable in helping readers achieve the goals of gently and mindfully addressing painful areas of their lives. I highly recommend this wonderful new book to both the clinical and general public.

Victoria Britt, LCSW

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is an excellent book that delivers on the promise in its title, July 2, 2008

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D. Benor - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Energy of Belief: Psychology's Power Tools to Focus Intention and Release Blocking Beliefs (Paperback)

Sheila Sidney Bender & Mary T. Sise, The Energy of Belief: Psychology's Power Tools to Focus Intention and Release Blocking Beliefs, Fulton, CA: Energy Psychology Press 2007.

This is an excellent book that delivers on the promise in its title, presenting clearly and convincingly the tools and methods that can identify and transform beliefs that block one's progress and satisfaction in life. Sheila Bender and Mary Sise have a very readable style that engages the reader's interest as it explains biological energy fields, blocking beliefs and how to deal with them.

Helpful nuggets that stand out include:

· Energy field perturbations (well known in the numerous therapy traditions as signs of problems), as well as elaters and harmonizers (positive aspects of energy fields);

· Energy field reversals (again, well known in the Energy Psychology) and energetic belief reversals that can block progress;

· Self-testing for energetic belief blocks.

The scripts and diagrams for using the Touch and Breathe method, supplemented with richly illustrated case examples provide a clear understanding of how to apply these methods. This book is warmly recommended to those who are seeking methods for self-healing.

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