Book Review: Energy Diagnostic and Treatment Methods

This book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder / PTSD. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. Jef Gazley is t he Official Guide to Post-Taumatic Stress Disorder / PTSD. Energy Diagnostic and Treatment Methods, by Fred P. Gallo, is a valuable resource for people interested in Combat PTSD and it is available through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Energy Diagnostic and Treatment Methods is the first book to describe a diagnostic system based on the practice of energy psychology: the application of diagnostic and treatment methods that are rooted in an energy paradigm. Directed at the body's energy system and perturbed thought fields, energy psychology heals at a more elemental level than other psychotherapeutic methods. Effects are generally rapid and painless. Through a variety of protocols, this book guides psychotherapists in diagnosing and treating psychological problems using manual muscle testing and various kinesiological treatments.

Pennsylvania-based psychologist Gallo trains professionals in thought field therapy and energy psychology. The latter, his subject here, applies diagnostic and treatment methods that are rooted in an energy paradigm, and directed at the body's energy system and perturbed thought fields. He characterizes the approach as more elemental than other psychotherapeutic methods and the effects as generally rapid and painless. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)