A female client traumatized by several incidents of verbal and physical sexual assaults in the past and present.  Client was able to overcome her post traumatic stress by systematic desensitization - a technique that client had to perform everyday for a few days.   A week after her first session, she reported she no longer reactive to the thoughts of the assault incidents, she said "first I still had tears but now the thoughts of those events don't bother me anymore".  (telephone sessions, Canada)

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A recent married couple was on the verge of breaking up.   They agreed to try getting professional help to save their marriage because they recognized that deep down they loved each other.  They fought because they were not feeling loved and complained a lack of affection.  Through talking therapy, they came to realize they wanted the same thing from each other, i.e. love and affection. The couple returned to the 4th and final session saying they were happy with the progress and the wife said "it's the realization we want the same thing" that gave them the confidence that they could overcome their differences.  (Maple Ridge, BC)   

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A male client who went through tough times dealing with employment difficulties, addiction (sex and gambling), and unfulfilled long term relationships.  He felt fearful of his future.  He agreed to try body psychotherapy, Self Cleansing.  He was skeptical but willing to be open-minded.  After an hour of self cleansing process, he opened his eyes with a big smile on his face saying "now I can understand" about how this body psychotherapy could do.   He said "thinking of the future - no more fear - I can do it".   (Abbotsford, BC)

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A 17-year-old girl, M had trouble going to school every morning.  She woke up feeling fear of school and as soon as she almost arrived the school, she had panic attack.  Parents had a hard time understanding what was going on with their daughter so they sought all sorts of help but failed to find one that would give them the answer.  M had an opportunity talking to this therapist once and after gaining insights into her problem, she worked hard on her part to overcome the fear of school.  Also, with the understanding of what was going, her parents were able to get the right help to support M.  Six months later, M was able to say to her parents that she wanted to go school and confident that she could make it this time.   (M. from Malayaisa)

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A female client who had substance abuse issue and history of sexual/emotional abuse, eating disorder, anxiety and depression. She was overwhelmed by her past and present situations. In her last session, after 20 minutes of receiving the body psychotherapy she was amazed with the outcome "it works, I can't believe it really works !", "I feel good!". (L. Abbotsford)

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A client came in the first time saying "you saw my husband earlier, he is being transformed (in a good way), you did something to get him unstuck". She is very pleased with the person her husabnd has turned out to be. The husband received a couple of body psychotherapy sessions a few weeks prior to the wife came in for her session.(L. Chilliwack)

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"It's surprising how fast it works", after 5 sessions said 11-year-old boy who suffered from phobia of rain indicating that the fear of rain had subsided.  The sight and sound of rain caused him extreme anxiety.  It was so severe that he cried, threw up, unable to attend school and parents were helpless. (C, Maple Ridge)

13-year-old boy struggled with his difficulty in coping with stress for years.  He was easily distressed and frustrated by changes of routine, school assignments and tests, or anything that was unknown, and peers.  The stress led him to feel anxious and angry.  He tapped and hummed when he was feeling overwhelmed with school in-class assignments and resented teacher's sending him out of the classroom while this happened.  After 6 sessions, he no longer made noise with tapping and humming and his grades improved, and he was able to go places feeling overwhelmed.  He used to feel overwhelm and cried a lot when he went places such as summer camps.  He went camping with his father during treatment from this therapist, his father was overjoyed to see how calm his son was.  At the end of treatment, this boy said "I now can manage my stress a lot better" and when asked the scale of 0-10 feeling good, he said "11". (Z, Surrey)

Mother of two boys complained she did not know what else to do with her boys who constantly fought "I have to separate them all the time by getting them to do different things so that they won't have the chance to fight".  After one session seeing this therapist, mother called "I don't know happen, the boys are nice to each other, they even apologize when they hurt each other ... I am shocked to see this happen so quickly". (M, Maple Ridge)

A young mother suffered great anxiety after delivering her baby.  After 3 sessions treatment completed, she said,  "thanks for the prescription for my anxiety".  She was receptive and faithfully followed through the assignments of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for anxiety.  She revealed that it was already working after a week of relaxation exercises.  (N, Abbotsford)

5-year-old boy afraid of germs, whoever handed him food or beverage, must wash their hands.  After 5 sessions, mother called this therapist and left message "I am so happy and cannot wait to tell you that R. said he had been fighting the germs and he won so he is not afraid of germs anymore".  Play therapy with this boy engaged activities - fighting the germs.  (R, Chilliwack)

"my father said he decided to change after seeing you the last session" 14-year-old boy happily revealed.  Father was strict and set rules that were so unbearable that the boy cried during a session and said, "it's so harsh".  Father complained his son could better in school and furious that the boy was not in bed by 9 pm.  Father and son saw this therapist 3 times and they both left saying they were happy. (D, Abbotsford)

Mother of 10-year-old and 8-year-old girls complained about the girls being disrespectful, defiant and difficult.  Mother reported that the girls were improving after 5 sessions.  Mother and daughters were pleased with each other.  The girls said mother was not yelling as much and mother indicated the girls behaved a lot better.  The 8-year-old girl said "it's so easy". (K, Maple Ridge)

"I am feeling well, everything is fine now", " you should write a book about your success stories of your clients", said 16-year-old boy who went through years of facing challenges in many areas of his life i.e. conflicts with families; sexual identity; school problems; panic attacks; depression; suicidal and body image.  After working with this therapist for about 9 sessions, he is not afraid getting panic attacks at work and on the buses anymore; he is not afraid of eating; his relationship with families has improved 100 fold; he plans to go for trips in the summer; he is in good spirits and has a positive outlook.  (M, Maple Ridge) 

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"It is the imaginary of a peaceful place that brings my anxiety level down". 40-year-old who has a history of various severe trauma experiences is able to gain her sense of well-being after several sessions of body psychotherapy.(Chilliwack)

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"I feel a lot better just by talking". Jerry who had a hard time making up his mind about going on early retirement. After receiving less than 5 talking therapy sessions, he happily decided to quit working. (Langley)