How Energy Therapy Changed My Life

From a therapists office to becoming a practitioner

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I was 22 years old and I dragged myself into a new waiting room with my very own insurance card from my first full-time job. I took the clipboard to start filling out the paperwork and an unassuming man came to call me back for my first therapy session since I finished college.

Making the Choice

He sat me down and told me, “You have two options. We can do talk therapy, which from the looks of your papers you have been doing well over 10 years and are very familiar with, or we can try something totally new and weird and unorthodox.”

Needless to say, I had some questions, but he promised me I would only pay my $20 copay regardless and if I responded well to the alternative therapy, I would likely only need a few months of treatment instead of the rest of my life. I thought he was crazy.

What it was like

We did some funky stuff, like repeating phrases about how I love myself, tapping on various body parts, using a pendulum to ask my subconscious questions, and even running a magnet down my spine. I don’t think there is one name for the type of therapy this was, but now I consider it all energy therapy.

At the end of the session, I had to admit I felt lighter, but I wasn’t ready to believe the weight wouldn’t come back.

When I arrived at my second session, I could feel the pep in my step and it kind of disturbed me. When I left the office the second time, my feet barely felt as if they were touching the ground. I was floating on air and the therapist told me he didn’t expect to see me again.

The future

I was floored. I went out and bought the books he showed me that he used in his therapy. I bought a pendulum. I started researching energy therapy like crazy. But the more days that passed without feeling any signs of depression, the less I wanted to think about it.

The books began collecting dust on the shelf, and I went on living my life.

Happily Ever After?

I wish I could tell you that was the end, and I never felt sad ever again. But it…