"In
my busy practice as a family physician, I have found
that the Option Process® Dialogue as taught in
PowerDialoguesSM, 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
PowerDialoguesSM 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 PowerDialoguesSM
to follow these principles is a great gift indeed.
I am grateful."
— Ted
McCarthy, M.D., Chief of Psychiatry, Mercy Hospital,
Maine, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University
of Vermont School of Medicine, Maine
"The
attitude underlying PowerDialoguesSM,
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
"PowerDialoguesSM
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
"When
I learned the Option Process® at The Option Institute,
my experience was so profound and so deep that my
personal and professional lives were 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. PowerDialoguesSM
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
"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 PowerDialoguesSM,
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
PowerDialoguesSM) 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 Process® 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 PowerDialoguesSM
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 PowerDialoguesSM.
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 PowerDialoguesSM
(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 PowerDialoguesSM!
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
(PowerDialoguesSM 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 PowerDialoguesSM, 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 PowerDialoguesSM
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."
— 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
PowerDialoguesSM! 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 PowerDialoguesSM
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
PowerDialoguesSM, 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 PowerDialoguesSM
(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. PowerDialoguesSM
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
