PowerDialogues: The Ultimate System for Personal Change [Spiral-bound]

Barry Neil Kaufman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 30, 1999

PowerDialogues is the most readable, useful and comprehensive guidebook to date on The Option Process Dialogue. As a landmark book for thousands of people around the world, it offers a unique, simple and effective tool for personal growth. It is now being used, as well, by helping professionals as a cutting edge adjunct to many educational, therapeutic and spiritual traditions. Additionally, The Option Institute International Learning and Training Center uses PowerDialogues as its primary text in its Certification programs. This book is a must read for those who want to learn how to take charge of their own destiny and master a sense of self-trust, inner ease and clarity that is built on a platform of respect, dignity, and love.

Editorial Reviews

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" PowerDialogues, has helped me to develop my own truths and put my new beliefs into action." -- Audrey White, Financial Consultant, Texas

"(PowerDialogues) transformed the way I work as a psychiatrist. I have changed my vision from one of expert to guide" -- Philip N. Lomas, M.D. Psychiatrist, Wisconsin

"The Option Process is clear, precise and packs a punch. The tools given in PowerDialogues is a great gift indeed." -- Ted McCarthy, M.D. Chief of Psychiatry,
Mercy Hospital, Maine

"The attitude underlying PowerDialogues, is invaluable! Learning and using the attitude of the Option Process Dialogue is the greatest gift." -- Sue Davis, M.D. Massachusetts

I encourage everyone, including my clergy colleagues, to open your hearts to the gift that awaits you here. -- Kathleen Panning, M. Div., Lutheran Minister, South Carolina

I found one of the most powerful techniques to use in erasing barriers between people is Barry Neil Kaufman's PowerDialogues. -- Michael Rubell, President and Senior Consultant, TeamWorks International, New Jersey

Professionally and personally, I can't begin to say how thankful I am for Barry Neil Kaufman and his PowerDialouges. -- Robin McCarthy, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Founder Familyworks, Maine

The stress level of both my patients and me have been vastly reduced as a direct result of using PowerDialogues. -- Alan Kalker, D.P.M., Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin

To shed the mundane weight of everyday conflict in your law practice, invest some time learning the Option Process Dialogue. --Scott Sanes, Personal Injury Trial Lawyer, Texas

About the Author

On a peaceful New England mountainside in Western Massachusetts, a dream flourishes. The Option Institute is a nonprofit educational organization founded in 1983 by Barry Neil Kaufman and Samahria Lyte Kaufman, who continue to actively teach in Institute programs. The Kaufmans are the authors of 12 books on The Option Process and The Son-Rise Program, including Happiness Is A Choice, Son-Rise: The Miracle Continues, To Love Is To Be Happy With and Giant Steps. There are over 3 million copies of their books in print, in 22 languages, in over 65 countries. Since 1972, the Kaufmans have been teaching adults The Option Process, a powerful method of uncovering and changing limiting and/or self-defeating beliefs. This unique process enables people to dramatically increase their own happiness, personal power and success, as well as enhance their ability to meet challenging or difficult events with strength and confidence. They are also the originators of the Son-Rise Program, created when their own son, Raun, was diagnosed as severely and incurably autistic. The Kaufmans' groundbreaking program transformed Raun from a mute, withdrawn child with an I.Q. of less than 30, into a highly verbal, socially interactive boy with a near-genius I.Q. Bearing no traces of his former condition, Raun graduated from an Ivy League university and now lectures and teaches groups, families and individuals at The Option Institute. Son-Rise: The Miracle Continues, the story of the Kaufmans' work with their son, became a best-selling book and award-winning NBC-TV movie. In the 25 years since it was established, The Option Institute has grown to a 100-acre campus with a full-time staff of over 80 dedicated individuals, offering personal growth seminars to thousands of adults and educational programs to more than 20,000 families of children with special needs.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 303 pages
• Publisher: Epic Century Publishers; 2nd edition (January 30, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887254072
• ISBN-13: 978-1887254076
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 9.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #787,034 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Use this book and unlock the ties that bind you inside!, November 30, 2006

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Jon C. Hillegeist - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PowerDialogues: The Ultimate System for Personal Change (Spiral-bound)

I cannot recommend Power Dialogues too strongly. I have always been "successful," but have spent decades in and out of therapy, prayer groups, etc. in an attempt to feel better on the inside. All of those approaches were good and helpful, but at I best I made incremental process. However, using the simple tools and questioning process in Power Dialogues, I gained the most powerful, dramatic and breakthrough insights I've ever had. I learned that I was creating my anxiety and fear and shaky confidence - not the challenging circumstances around me. I also learned that I was creating those feelings as a strategy to take care of myself, and that I could freely chose better, more effective and more enjoyable strategies. I have told all my family and friends about this approach and hope that you will try it out for yourself too.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful tool for personal growth!, February 22, 2006

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Frascarolo France (Lausanne, Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PowerDialogues : The Ultimate System for Personal Change (Spiral-bound)

PowerDialogues presents a wonderful tool for personal growth! With userfriendly, clear and simple explanations, and also examples, you can learn the basis of this tool which allows everyone to uncover self-limiting beliefs and become free of their accompanying uncomfortable feelings. This method takes into account the whole person (mind, heart, emotions and behaviors)! I recommend it to everyone, professional or not.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, May 23, 2007

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Erik Linthorst (Manhattan Beach, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PowerDialogues: The Ultimate System for Personal Change (Spiral-bound)

This book teaches a very practical, easy to master self counseling method. If you're looking for easy to understand, yet very incisive tools, this is a great book.