"In my busy practice as a family physician, I have found that the Option Process® Dialogue as taught in PowerDialogues^SM, by Barry Neil Kaufman, even if used for five minutes, helps me to empower my patients and assist them in making choices that will lead to a healthier lifestyle. Utilizing PowerDialogues^SM has increased my compassion for and understanding of my patients. It has given me hope where I once felt frustration."
- Lucille Marchand, M.D., B.S.N., Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School

"I have been a psychiatrist for thirty years. Never before has any process taught me so much about how to be with others. The Option Process® is clear, precise and packs a punch. At the center of this process are the principles of being present, being loving, accepting others, and being nondirective. To have been given tools in PowerDialogues^SM to follow these principles is a great gift indeed. I am grateful."
- Ted McCarthy, M.D., Chief of Psychiatry, Mercy Hospital, Maine

"When I learned the Option Process® at The Option Institute, my experience was so profound and so deep that my personal, but also my professional, life was irrevocably changed. The process enabled me to question beliefs in a way that went much further and deeper than any other approach that I have used as a psychotherapist. PowerDialogues^SM by Barry Neil Kaufman goes to the core! Every day in my private practice I see how thankful people are when I ask them these simple and respectful questions. I see liberating changes in people that go beyond any I have seen in the past. The process and its results are amazing!"
- Frank Stenzel, Licensed Psychologist/Psychotherapist, Germany

"The attitude underlying PowerDialogues^SM, presented by Barry Neil Kaufman, is invaluable! My full presence and calm acceptance of my patients, whether they are anxious, fearful, or at ease, is appreciated by them as much as, if not more than, all my medical knowledge and technical expertise. Learning and using the attitude of the Option Process® Dialogue is one of the greatest gifts a physician could give to themselves or their patients."
- Sue Davis, M.D., Massachusetts

"PowerDialogues^SM is a wonderful gift from Barry Neil Kaufman! This process has provided me with a way of living my faith in relation to my family, my parishioners and myself. I encourage everyone, including my clergy colleagues, to open your hearts to the gift that awaits you here."
- Kathleen Panning, M.Div., Lutheran Minister, South Carolina

"I always schedule Option Process® Dialogue sessions every time I come to The Option Institute. These sessions are the highlights of my visits. Through this process, presented here in PowerDialogues^SM, I have been able to develop my own truths and have been able to put my new beliefs into action knowing that I can trust myself to be my own expert. I feel like a new person."
- Audrey White, Financial Consultant, Texas

"The Option Process® Dialogue (Barry Neil Kaufman's PowerDialogues^SM) has helped me listen to clients in a fully attentive and totally engaged way-with more love than I ever before knew possible! I now feel confident in making nonjudgmental assessments and truly accepting my clients. My practice has bloomed more than I could possibly have envisioned!"
- Mary-Beth Gangemi, Sociologist/Social Worker, Certified Option Process® Mentor/Counselor, North Carolina

"In my work as a spine surgeon, I often see people with severe and longstanding low back pain. Frequently, they come to me hoping for a 'surgical solution' to their problem. However, often there is no such solution. Faced with this information, many people respond with frustration and anger. In the past, after a consultation with such a person, I, too, would walk away feeling frustrated, angry and powerless to help. Using the Option ProcessŪ Dialogue, I came to understand that I had judged myself as a failure for not having a definitive solution and had judged my clients as wrong for expressing their anger to me. I am now much more comfortable in these situations and, as a result, am able to attend to my clients with more attention and care."
- Martin Krag, M.D., Orthopedic Surgeon, Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Vermont, Vermont

"I strongly believe that the Option Process® Dialogue detailed in PowerDialogues^SM has benefited many of my patients by leading them to greater health. In my medical practice of nineteen years, this process has given me an amazing tool to help my patients and also myself explore the mechanisms responsible for unhappy emotions and behaviors. As Supervisor of students/clinicians at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto, I use the Option Process® more and more as a tool for teaching academics. I would recommend that the Option Process® Dialogue be taught in every medical school as part of the curriculum."
- Shimon Levytam, M.D., N.D., D.H.M., Naturopatic Director, Student/Clinician Supervisor, Canadian College of Naturopatic Medicine Canada

"The Option Process® has increased my effectiveness in every area of my profession a thousand fold! It has enabled me to deepen and solidify my loving, respectful and nonjudgmental attitude toward the very special children and families with whom I work. With the knowledge that each of us is doing the best we can, and that we all have our own answers to the challenges we face, I am able to help my clients find their own way of maximizing their potential and live happy, fulfilling lives."
- Ellen Stanley, Developmental Therapist and Special Educator, Maine

"I am amazed at the simplicity and beauty of the Option Process® Dialogue and PowerDialogues^SM. It is such an effective system because it places what I believe to be the most valuable therapeutic component-loving attention-at the center of the process. As both a 'therapist' and a 'client' I have found the Option Process® Dialogue to be extremely helpful in changing feelings and behaviors."
- Bert Voerman, Psychologist, The Netherlands

"As a trial lawyer practicing in Houston for over eighteen years, I felt certain I knew what was best for each of my clients. After all, I was their legal 'expert.' After being introduced to PowerDialogues^SM (the Option Process® Dialogue) by Barry Neil Kaufman, I quickly learned that the true experts were the personal injury victims I represented. Gone was my arrogance, which had potentially pushed away clients. Gone was the incredible burden of having to know all the right moves. This dialogue process has changed the interactions I have with clients, employees, fellow attorneys and judges, smoothing out what, in the past, would have been insurmountable conflicts. If you want to shed the mundane weight of everyday conflict in your law practice, invest some time in learning the Option Process® Dialogue!"
- Scott A. Sanes, Personal Injury Trial Lawyer, Texas

"In my work as a child and family therapist, I find the Option Process® Dialogue to be an extremely useful tool. This model of therapy is effective because it is respectful of the client's perceptions and ideas. It is empowering because it helps my clients to identify their strengths and build upon those strengths to achieve their goals. Many of my clients want to be happy and in control of their own lives but are not able to actualize this. The dialogue helps me to quickly and lovingly understand my client's issues and assists me in helping them dismantle the negative beliefs that are getting in the way of their happiness. Professionally and personally, I can't begin to say how thankful I am for Barry Neil Kaufman and his PowerDialogues^SM! Through them, I have chosen a life of happiness and love and am helping others to do the same.""
- Robin McCarthy, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Founder, Familyworks, Nonprofit organization providing therapy to low-income families, Maine

"I have been blessed to know and use the Option Process® Dialogue! It is the most loving and powerful way of helping people become happier that I have ever experienced. Having worked with adult and adolescent clients in correctional, drug and alcohol, and mental health residential treatment programs for five years, the most incredible thing I notice is that when people are happier and clearer, they also have fewer tendencies toward violent, criminal and antisocial behavior. And in my work as their counselor, I now no longer experience 'burnout' but instead feel energized and alive!"
- Peter Dan, residential Counselor, Adult Correctional Treatment Facility, Residential Counselor, Adolescent Mental Health Treatment Program, Oregon

"My professional life has greatly benefited from the Option Process® and the Option Process® Dialogue (PowerDialogues^SM by Barry Neil Kaufman). As an emergency room physician and regional EMS director, I am in a leadership position. Whenever I can, I share the Option Process® techniques and attitude with my colleagues. For example, I have found that letting go of judgments and attempting to be really authentic with the staff and patients have had a wonderful effect on what is often a challenging work environment. Also, I am more compassionate with my patients, especially those who are considered 'difficult,' and we get a lot of them in the emergency room! Because of PowerDialogues^SM, I know I can choose to be calm and respectful no matter what is happening around me. So really, the Option Process® has helped me not only to be a better doctor, it's showed me how to be a more loving human being."
- Geoff Miller, M.D., Emergency Room Physician, Regional EMS Director, Iowa

"It was not until I attended the PowerDialogues^SM course at The Option Institute that I truly believed the answers were within me. For the first time I now feel in control of my emotions. With the Option Process® Mentor/Counselor asking me gentle questions, I was able to unravel my feelings concerning the past and move forward with a new freedom I'd never before experienced! I continue to use this dialogue process with myself and have adopted the attitude of an Option Process® mentor/Counselor in my work as a dyslexia consultant. It allows clients, and particularly their parents, to resolve the negative feelings they sometimes have about their dyslexia-and move forward in a more positive way."
- Jo Bailey, Dyslexia Consultant, United Kingdom

"For over ten years, I have been in the business of helping diverse people work together to solve complex issues. I found one of the most powerful techniques to use in erasing barriers between people: Barry Neil Kaufman's PowerDialogues^SM! At a time of crisis in my own life, I learned the Option Process® Dialogue. Not only did it help me to transform myself, but I also now teach it in my own work. As A result, the groups that I work with are more productive, more successful than ever before and serve as role models within their organizations! This process has been critical to their success!"
- Michael Rubell, President and Senior Consultant, TeamWorks International, New Jersey

"While I was a naturopathic medical student, I learned the Option Process® Dialogue and discovered that I had become a health pessimist. I had gone from being a health optimist to believing that we are all susceptible and weak-a disease waiting to happen. Using PowerDialogues^SM to explore and question my beliefs, I have, thankfully, changed back to being optimistic about health. I now always ask my patients questions about their beliefs surrounding their illnesses. My patients are frequently enthusiastic about these conversations and most often gain insights into their illnesses. The Option Process® Dialogue has been of tremendous value to me-and to my clients!"
- Oceana Rames, M.D., Naturopathic Physician, Massachusetts

"The Option Process® Dialogue has profoundly changed my podiatry practice and the way I relate to patients. There is a lot more laughing in my clinic, even with patients who face life-changing problems such as major amputations. The stress levels of both my patients and me have vastly reduced as a direct result of using PowerDialogues^SM, and for that I am very grateful."
- Alan Kalker, D.P.M., Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin

"My journey with Barry Neil Kaufman's PowerDialogues^SM (the Option Process® Dialogue) has enabled me to radically transform my beliefs and my life. As An attorney, I used to believe that representing my clients well necessarily involved many heated, angry debates with opposing attorneys. I still represent my clients aggressively but now do so without using anger or hostility as a tool. Clients have remarked, when we emerge from negotiating sessions, that they are astonished that the process was calm and comfortable and that we still obtained the outcome they desired."
- Julie Flaherty, Attorney, Minnesota

"A family counselor for more than twenty years, I found the Option Process® Dialogue to be incredibly powerful. By simply being a caring questioner, I am able to be of greater service to my clients, helping them find solutions to their issues. As a result, self-trust and empowerment replace resistance and defensiveness. PowerDialogues^SM continually demonstrates that it is possible to understand anything that we truly want to know about ourselves! It is an adventure in which there are typically laughter, surprise and release in discovery!"
- Jane Wyker, Family Counselor, New York