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Dr. Fred Gallo has written a comprehensive, nuts-and-bolts sequel to Energy Psychology. It is a very practical guide on how to apply the principles of energy psychology to the diagnosis and treatment of clients who have psychosomatic or biopsychosocial problems. In this "handbook" energy diagnostics, Dr. Gallo offers a wealth of information and know-how that came to him after studying from the great masters in energy psychology. Beginning with Dr. George J. Goodheart, Jr., the chiropractor who founded Applied Kinesiology, Dr. Gallo has studied with and combined the working methods of Dr. John Diamond (founder of Behavioral Kinesiology), Dr. Roger Callahan (founder of Thought Field Therapy), Dr. John Thie (founder of Touch for Health), and many more. Following a decade of study, clinical application and research, Gallo developed his own concise methods for evaluating and treating psychosomatic disorders. The book's chapters cover Assumptions, Client Preparation and Engagement, Manual Muscle Testing, Neurologic Disorganization/Switching, Psychological Reversal, Basic and Ancillary Procedures, Global Therapeutic Procedures, Test and Treatment Points, Single Point and Multi-Point Protocols, Transforming Core Beliefs, Substance Sensitivities, the Future of Energy Psychology, and excellent photographs demonstrating the techniques offered.It is well known that emotional tension can cause malfunction in muscles leading to headaches, jaw pain, pain across the shoulders, etc. The link between the muscles of the body and the mind has been well established in the scientific literature over the past 5 decades and confirms the applied kinesiology and holistic medicine view that these two realms of the suffering individual cannot be separated in their function. The muscles are the crossroads where the tensions of the mind express themselves in the body. Releasing these tensions by various psycho-somatic approaches is often necessary to bring any health problem under control. Dr. Gallo has helped to explain the use of applied kinesiology and associated health care systems' reflex, nutritional, and meridian therapeutic approaches for emotional disturbances that were introduced by Dr. Goodheart into the chiropractic profession and beyond. Gallo has added many other testable physical indices for psychosomatic or somatopsychic disorders affecting patients. This book ushers in new methods of understanding and treating the manifestations of stress in the body. Excellent!-- by Scott Cuthbert, DC, author of Applied Kinesiology Essentials: The Missing Link in Health Care (2013), and Applied Kinesiology: Clinical Techniques for Lower Body Dysfunctions (2013).
