RET - Rapid Eye Technology

By Tricia McGill, Ph.D.

While some traditionally trained psychologists don't openly embrace the many spiritual qualities of RET, and not quite sure how it works, they most all agree that the bottom line is, that it does work! It is a blending of many scientifically proven approaches, such as talk and exposure therapy, visualization and neurolinguistic programming with the most recent, successful new development in psychotherapy to be created in this century; Rapid Eye Technology.

RET is a holistic technique which simulates the REM sleep state which is nature's way to process and release emotional stress while in the alpha/theta brain wave state. There are no drugs, judgments or labels used. Old patterns, fears and negative behaviors can be released on all levels; mental, emotional, physical and spiritual in a safe, supportive environment.

One reason RET is so effective is that it assists a client to identify, re-visit, process and re-frame a problem that may have been stuck in the deeper levels of the subconscious for years. RET desensitizes the negativity by getting the conscious and unconscious minds processing the trauma and reprogramming the belief we had about the painful situation, memory or event. These old unprocessed negative beliefs keep us trapped in self-defeating programs, behaviors and fears.

Harvard professor of psychiatry R.S. Gold, MD says, "rapid eye movements are an integral part of the amazing success of this new psychotherapy. Studies have shown that the reason is that the brain has two distinct memory systems, one of which stores events and episodes from daily life. The other makes judgments and stores them as facts. Eventually the episodic memory clears itself out and sends relevant information to be stored in the other system. This processing routinely happens during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. The problem comes when events are stuck in one system and are not processed at all or are incorrectly processed. Faulty belief systems are then built around these misinterpreted events. During RET the eye directing device simulates REM sleep in all neurolinguistic programming modalities, so corrected reprocessing can occur. When you think about it average people rarely dream about an exact duplicate of an event they experienced during their day due to this REM processing during sleep. Whereas traumatized people have on-going instant replay of intrusive flashbacks and nightmares that replay the unpleasant event over again frame by frame. Dr. Gold says that is why he recommends RET should be used with all traumatized patients. A trauma is another, more severe type of stress. It can be any event from losing a loved one to the terror of a brutal attack and rape."

RET is a new psychotherapy aimed at relieving more common stress, anxiety and other limiting behaviors, beliefs and life long self destructive patterns quickly. It is based on many years of research by the founder psychiatrist, Dr. Ranae Johnson. When traditional treatments and drugs failed with her patients, she turned over the matter to a higher power and was provided with answers including alternative therapies. In this new technology the therapist directs the clients eye movements with a special device helping him access stored memories and release negative ones in an altered state. While in alpha (the dream state) the client is fully aware and guided through a series of questions to make new choices to replace the old patterns. It simulates the natural REM sleep process, explains Johnson. Much of our behavior is in response to past traumatic experiences that the brain keeps on hold to trigger our fight or flight reflexes when similar situations arise. Originally, responses were survival mechanisms. Therapy also includes learning Life Skills, based on spiritual principals that help clients create new behavior patterns.

Portland medical doctors, Burt Bell and J. Nelson saw medical problems they felt went deeper than the obvious symptoms with their patients. They became RET practitioners and feel that now they are able to treat the whole person. "RET is a powerful modality" said Dr. Bell, who practices traditional as well as other healing arts. "It's a cutting edge tool to allow holistic healing without drugs; painlessly, easier and more quickly than anything I've been investigating in my 38 years practicing." Dr. Nelson claims, "with the emotional stresses released at the DNA or cellular memory level, healing on all levels takes place. Then with the Life Skill classes to teach new ways of viewing life, you can consciously create new effective patterns. You can truly create a new reality for yourself based on the belief that all of us begin life whole, healed, and knowing all that we need."

With RET you can wake up to the knowledge and awareness of your own healing energies Your sessions are done in an atmosphere of love and support, to assist and encourage you to identify your sponsoring beliefs that continue to form the unwanted pattern cycles in your life. Most RET clients receive liberation from self-limiting concepts and gain life changing enlightenment. RET often evokes a feeling of freedom and harmony in the mind, body and spirit. Clients experience healing when processing fears or phobias rooted in their fear of death and dying. They are helped to face these core issues directly and move beyond them. In doing so, most discover a new acceptance of their own mortality and that of their loved ones, that brings them peace, balance, and a sense of freedom on all levels.

Another psychologist, Al Botkin Ph.D. works with traumatized war vets in a VA hospital in Chicago. He was using Rapid Eye Therapy to treat post traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD), and was surprised when 15% of his VA veterans experienced spontaneous spiritual contact with the deceased. He was amazed to see former traumatized patients break into tears of joy at being reunited with buddies killed in Viet Nam and even enemy soldiers they had killed and were now seen as healthy people forgiving them for what they had done. Even avowed atheists were 100% ecstatic to experience direct contact with the Other Side feeling spiritually transformed. He saw so many instances of immediate resolution of long standing grief and trauma he began to experiment with the RET method and soon had achieved a 98% success rate. On one occasion a doctoral candidate sat in on one of Dr. Botkin's ADC techniques being done with a PTSD patient. Much to everyone's amazement the visitor experienced the same exact ADC as the patient being treated! This experiment has since been repeated several times, which further supports the theory something objectively real is happening.

he following is what Dr. Botkin writes in his soon to be published book on deliberately induced, therapeutic, after death communications (ADC's). A number of authors have described ADC's, in which bereaved individuals experience what they believe is actual spiritual contact with the deceased. ADC's are consistently reported as profoundly loving experiences that greatly assist the grieving process. Although most researchers have argued that ADC's can occur only spontaneously, Raymond Moody's research has indicated that we do have some control over the production of the experience. In this book I describe a new induction technique that produces ADC's in a more reliable, rapid and efficient manner. ADC's induced by this new technique provide a more elaborated experience that often fosters complete resolution of grief. These induced ADC's also appear to be much more like near-death experiences (NDE's) than do spontaneous ADC's, which strongly suggests NDE's and ADC's, may be essentially the same phenomenon.

RET is a powerful new psychotherapy that perhaps has given us the answer to mankind's oldest question… "What happens to us when we die?" And, for anyone who wishes to resolve their fear, trauma, grief, and most other psychological issues, as well as experience the profound joys of reconnecting with a loved one from the Other Side, then perhaps RET can help. To quote a famous medium: John Edwards, "With just a glimpse through the window to the other side, people can let go of fear, release their grief, accept closure, and regain their faith and hope." §

Tricia White Ph.D., MRET, Hypnotherapist, DD., Intuitive, Counseling Psychologist, Author, Radio Talk Show Hostess, Reiki healer, President and founder of New Age Services, a non-profit research foundation studying NDE's, OBE and ADC's. Las Vegas, Nevada 702-896-0065.