Why Does Counseling Seldom Work?
Why Does Counseling Seldom Work?
In the early years of my counseling I once gave up to eight
hours a week in free counseling to a woman whose problems never
got better. After about two months of this I called it quits. I
now know what I didn't know then. Free counseling is worth what
you pay for it! And counseling that doesn't lead to healing
seldom does much good.
Why? Years ago, a study unearthed a shocking discovery. Those
who went to counseling for a problem took longer to recover than
those who didn't! There are many reasons for this, but the most
important factor to remember is that we forget 90% of what's
ever happened to us. That means that at best, counseling only
treats 10% of our problem.
So what's the solution? The 90% that we don't consciously
remember is indelibly recorded in our brain. Scientists have
shown that if you touch the exact same spot on the brain with an
electrode, the memory and all the feelings associated with it
return.
Do you see what I see in that statistic? If we can access the
feelings that are stored in any traumatic event, it's much
easier to heal the real root causes of our problems and not just
endlessly treat the underlying symptoms.
People ask how we get such remarkable results at our Quantum
LEAP Healing Retreat. It's simple. We designed it to go straight
to the root problems and uncover them, using feelings instead of
memories as our guide.
We use simple, gentle, but very powerful methods to reconnect
with the hurts that underlie our problems. It doesn't matter if
the problem relates to marriage, work, bad habits, depression or
anything else. Once those core hurts are uncovered -- the very
things the led to our problems -- dealing with them is simple.
We ask God Himself, the very God who promised to heal ALL our
dis-eases, to heal the pain that was previously unresolved. And
He's glad to do it. Once the underlying core pain is healed, the
problems usually evaporate. At worst, they become much more
manageable.