Frequently-Asked Questions
I’m often asked about the work that I do and I thought it might be helpful to share some of the most frequently-asked questions followed by my answers.
Q: What is energy healing?
A: There is something inherently mysterious about energy healing that defies translation into mere words. However, words although imperfect, are what we have as our medium so here goes with my attempt to demystify energy healing without robbing it of its inherent mystery.
Many energy healing practitioners believe that as human beings we exist beyond the boundaries of our physical body. Like thoughts and feelings, which can have a significant effect on our health, but are unseen to most people, we also have other types of subtle energy that both surround and interpenetrate our physical form. Energy healers believe that these subtle forms of energy can also have a profound effect on our health, our relationships and our general well-being.
As an energy healer who specifically practices within the broad framework provided by Brennan Healing Science (BHS), I intentionally and in a heart-centered way, manipulate this subtle energy to bring it into balance, which then has an effect, sometimes subtle, sometimes dramatic on other aspects of my clients’ health. I do not “cure,” but instead help my clients heal themselves.
Brennan Healing Science is a sophisticated, highly specialized form of holistic hands-on energy healing. BHS uses many of the concepts and ideas of quantum physics and fuses them with the wisdom of ancient healing traditions. This unique blend plus the extensive training practitioners receive, catapults Brennan Healing Science Practitioners to the forefront of energy healers where they are increasingly viewed as not merely practitioners of a complementary treatment, but as a critical member of an integrative model of healthcare.
Q: What makes Brennan Healing Science Unique?
A: Superb Training and Skills
Practitioners complete a rigorous four-year program of intense studies at the prestigious Barbara Brennan School of Healing founded by Dr. Brennan, a former NASA physicist in 1982. It is the world’s premier institution in the field of holistic hands-on healing and has campuses on three continents. Practitioners are proficient in over 60 techniques and healing science skills to rebalance and repair the energy field, the organs and the chakras.
Practitioners are not only technically proficient but also learn and practice (and pursue their own transformation in the required therapy sessions) psychological and spiritual skills that allow them to help you re-member who you really are.
The Art of Presence
But, perhaps most importantly, practitioners establish deep contact with their clients in the here and now.
Q: Where is Brennan Healing Science Practiced?
A: BHS is accepted and used in a variety of settings including wellness centers where I practice, hospitals, hospices, physical therapy offices and private practices. Clients say that they value it highly as either a stand-alone treatment or as a non-invasive, drug-free adjunct to traditional therapies.
Q: What is Brennan Healing Science Good For?
A: My clients come for a variety of reasons, but generally they are experiencing discomfort, physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually. Most of the time following the energy work they report feeling better, sometimes in unexpected ways. My clients report that their sessions:
- Give them helpful information about how they run their energy and where they are balanced and unbalanced
- Alleviate pain and discomfort
- Induce a deep sense of relaxation and well-being
- Bring about profound changes
- Ease mental anguish and depression
- Provide invaluable support during cancer treatments and help to mitigate the toxic effects of chemotherapeutic drugs
- Accelerate recovery from illness and surgery
- Help with addictive behaviors such as alcoholism, cutting and eating disorders
- Deepen spiritual connections
- Support life transitions
Q: What Can I expect from a Brennan Healing Science Session?
A: General
- Sessions that can be scheduled to be in-person or done at a distance
- The length of sessions vary, but the first session usually lasts about 1½ hours and subsequent sessions last about 1 hour
- That sometimes it may take more than one session to bring about a change or to meet your expectations
- That results are unique and vary individual to individual, sometimes “healing” can take an unexpected form
- That all information you share will be kept confidential
- That your wishes will always be respected and that you are the ultimate authority on what is best for you
Before the Session
- We will have a conversation about your expectations from the work
- I’ll ask you to review and sign the Consent and Information Form as well as a copy of my Policies
- I’ll ask you to complete the Client Intake Form (I may choose to do this with you in-person during your first session)
During the Session
- You’ll be asked to remove your shoes and any metal that you might be wearing, otherwise you’ll remain fully clothed and lie on the treatment table
- I will take pendulum readings of your chakras before I lay my hands on you and also at the end of the hands-on healing. I will record the results and share them with you at the end of the healing or in a follow-up phone conversation or e-mail
- You will feel my hands either on or above your body, generally starting at your feet and working up your body and including your head
- While my touch is intended to be non-invasive, I will also ask you to immediately tell me if you are uncomfortable
- You might fall asleep. It is quite common for clients to drift off or fall asleep during the session
- You might experience changing physical sensations (heat or a fullness in your head for example), varying emotional states, or memories of past events
- Results that can be immediate, dramatic, subtle or not show up for several days
After the Session
- We will have a brief conversation about the follow-up plan
- I will ask you to increase the amount of water you drink
- I will ask you to take it easy and not return to any strenuous activity for the rest of the day
- I will ask that you refrain from drinking alcohol for 24 hours after a session
- On occasion, uncomfortable sensations can intensify following a session. Usually these resolve within a day or two but I ask that you contact me immediately if this occurs
- I will ask you to call or e-mail me with any other concerns
Disclaimer: I do not medically diagnose, prescribe treatment or promise medical cures or recoveries. If you have a physical injury or disease condition, I ask that you be in the care of a licensed medical professional. I do not advise you to discontinue any medical treatment or medications that you may be receiving.