Reviewing The Completion Process by Teal Swan: Why this idea is a bad thing

The book, written by New Age spiritual guru Teal Swan, claims the process heals trauma. Here’s why it’s actually very dangerous.

The Completion Process (or TCP among Teal’s fans) is a book that promises to help its readers heal from traumas they may have had inflicted on them during their lives. Teal Swan, a self-proclaimed “Spiritual Catalyst,” believes that using TCP will help mend trauma buried deep within a person’s memories.

As someone interested in the idea of healing trauma, I decided to read into the book. What I found was outright disturbing.

Teal Swan’s process is completely untested and unresearched, apart from anecdotal work she or her practitioners may have done.

Science places an emphasis on researching and testing techniques before allowing practitioners to use them on masse. For example, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy was created as a result of experiments and the results produced in the 1960s. As the American Psychological association puts it:

Experimental psychologists use scientific methods to collect data and perform research. Often, their work builds, one study at a time, to a larger finding or conclusion. Some researchers have devoted their entire career to answering one complex research question.