For a therapist to be an effective Affirmation Therapist, he or she must be an affirmed and mature person. He or she must also know and understand the concepts presented in the different books and on the tapes by Dr. Anna Terruwe, Dr. Conrad Baars and Suzanne Baars. These concepts include the healthy emotional life, emotional deprivation disorder, affirmation therapy, repressive disorders including fear-based repression, energy-based repression and obsessive-compulsive repression, rational guidance of one's emotions and mortification therapy of sexual obsessions and compulsions. One must also learn about and live "the affirming life."
Please email information@conradbaars.com for further information.
At this time we do not have a way to certify therapists in Affirmation Therapy. We hope that we will be able to do so in the future. We also hope to have regular conferences for therapists in the future.
All the books are important to read and understand. Each book contributes valuable information to the whole picture. Psychic Wholeness and Healing has important information about the human person's "normal" psychology and information about repressive disorders and their treatment. Healing the Unaffirmed has an extensive discussion on Emotional Deprivation Disorder and proper therapy for unaffirmed persons. Both of these books are very important for the therapist to read and understand.
If you are unfamiliar with Dr. Terruwe's and Dr. Baars' work, Suzanne Baars' tape set "Made In His Image" is a good overview. Born Only Once is an excellent starting book for clients or patients to read to begin their path to psychological wholeness.
See the book description page for more complete information on the other books, especially Born Only Once, Feeling and Healing Your Emotions and The Unquiet Heart.
Dr. Conrad Baars also made a number of audiocassettes which are helpful for both therapist and client or patient. These tapes include:
"Affirmation & Psychic [Psychological] Incarnation: For Emotionally & Spiritually Troubled People" (3 tape set)
"Fear is Useless - What is Needed is Trust"/"Don't Look at the Waves - Look at Jesus"
"Speak Lord - An Aid to Meditation"/"Be Still - An Aid to Contemplation"
"Premature Forgiving - When to Forgive and How"/"Healing Prayer for Psychic [Psychological] Wholeness"
These books and tapes are available through Michael Baars on the order form page.
4. How can I connect with other therapists who either know this therapy or are learning it?
We have created a therapists' discussion list so we can have a forum for therapists to discuss Dr. Baars and Dr. Terruwe's work. If you would like an invitation to join, please send an email to AAtherapists-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or contact Bonnie Shayne.
Please note: We ask that only mental health professionals and students apply so that this can be a clinical discussion list. If you are not a therapist, please join one of our other email discussion groups. Thank you for understanding.
