Family hypnotherapy is the best way to get to the unrealistic perceptions, expectations and interpretations of family members. To help them accept reality and work towards change from it, hypnotherapy puts each family member in touch with what they would want from each other. It also allows them to "experience" in their mind what it would be like to relate to the real siblings, parents or other relatives.

Methods to use this approach in family therapy are given, together with many examples of "recovering families." And the time advantages of dealing with families in this manner are exemplified with transcripts from actual sessions

Goroff should be commended on this important publication

Fourteen years ago, while searching for term paper quotes, I came across a previous edition of this book in the stacks of the college library. The lengthy title whet my appetite and I took it home. Not only did I glean a quote and ace the paper; the contents became my life trumpet as I sought to headstand my way through our upside down culture. One of the most poignant aspects of the experience was on the book's dust cover where the due date was stamped. It revealed that the book had not been checked out for over seven years. This was a striking example of the author's premise that no one cared to even explore where the "I/me" approach to life might be wrong. Hidden in the dusty shelves was a treasure that is still relevant today.

The photography in this book is excellent. The book is keyed to the Pacific Northwest, so those who live in or visit the area will find it very easy to use. The descriptors are clear especially concerning edibility. The book fits nicely into a day pack for all you hikers out there. I would highly recomend this book, it is probably one of the best books out there!

I saw this book on a conference table at a writer's conference, and was struck by the illustrations. I bought it, and found the lyrical text so charming that, after struggling with myself, I donated it to my nearby library. The librarians have read-aloud choices for children's book groups, and report that its a favorite of theirs and of the children. I hadn't known about Gullah before, but the vocabulary is rich and gets the meaning through without any translation problem. It's a glimpse into one way of life that is unusual--but universal too. I loved it.

I keep this great reference book, along with Daniel Mowrey's other book "The scientific validation of herbal medicine" on my bookshelf. This book reviews the scientific information on more current herbs and herbal remedies, such as Gingko, Billberry, Centella, and others, with very precicse and interesting information on how they work in the body, with references to all the current studies being done on them. I also like the fact that he recommends certain combinations to maximize the potentiation of each herb. Both of these books are well designed for easy referrence, good index, and logical arrangement of information. Thanks :-)

Niagara Falls, New York is an exceptional place - not only blessed with one of the seven wonders of the natural world, but also with a rich and very colorful history dating back to the 1500s when the French explorers first arrived and much, much further where the Native American tribes are concerned. Daniel M. Dumych has brilliantly captured the late Victorian Era when the Falls were exploited for their money-making potential and raw power. He reverently shows how the first power project (Schoellkopf Station) was built and eventually destroyed by the collapse of the wall of the Niagara Gorge; the bustle and entertainment of Falls Street during the first half of the 20th Century; the awe as the current Niagara Power Project was constructed. This is a thoroughly enjoyable book for anyone who has grown up in Niagara Falls as I have, or for anyone who has ever visited the majesty of the cataract. Or for anyone who just loves history.

Again, Jim Daniels startles readers with a beautiful story, threaded with a trip back to Niagara Falls. To go into too much detail would be to rob the reader of a great ride.

This little book, consisting of the one long poem Niagara Falls, perfectly captures Daniels' transition from M-80 to Blessing the House-- it's a great snapshot of a writer in evolution, exercising new muscle in an incredibly effective way.

I would dub Niagara falls the masterpiece of Daniels' current catalog-- a certain must-have for any fan of his work.

Jim Daniels' "Night with Drive-By Shooting Stars" is grounded in place and family and marriage. It resounds with the echoes of people reaching out to one another--sometimes successfully, often not. As in his other poetry volumes, both Michigan and Pennsylvania are key characters (Daniels was reared outside Detroit, and has lived in Pittsburgh for two decades). One of the very first poems has to do with his ambivalence about the idea of his parents leaving the home he grew up in:

"Stay, I say. I keep a few boxes
in the basement--old records,
magazines, books. A little weight
to hold them there so I can imagine
some constant thing."

"Strip" is an astonishing poem. Daniels limns the awkward pas-de-deux of two people who scarcely know each other, but are both seeking physical intimacy. The fact that they are mostly strangers is captured perfectly at the end of the poem:

" . . . She whispered
in my ear, and I pulled the blankets
up over us. I knew her name,
so I whispered that."

When he moves on to marriage and family, Daniels does equally well--the images are pungent, stark in their simplicity, resonant with truth. The poems he writes for and about his two children are especially good--true, loving, but dispassionate in observed detail. This is a fine work of a mature and skilled American poet.

A certified chiropractor tells how he discovered that allergy to the milk protein "casein" is the largest cause of neck, back and headache pain. Dr. Twogood tells the tale with folksy humor and a readable style accessible to all, even helping the reader find the names under which casein hides. He also deals with other problem foods, from MSG to wheat and corn.

Clearly, Dr. Twogood's goal as a chiropractor is to find a solution to his patients' problems and send them away feeling well. That goal and an open mind led him to learn what others have not: that milk is the Number One cause of the kinds of pain he sees in his practice: neck and back pain, and headaches. He was led to this discovery by listening to one of his patients describe the way in which his problems seemed to be caused by the occasional indulgence in milk. The doctor disbelieved at first, but kept his opinions to himself, and kept the idea in his mental database of information. Six years and many patients later, he is a believer.

I am a believer too.

It was my daughter's behavioral problems which are clearly caused by milk and milk products that led me to Dr. Twogood's work. Both my husband and I had suffered what is popularly known as "slipped discs" like clockwork, about every six months for more than ten years, and anything offering a solution to this cycle would be welcome.

In fact, when the book fell into our hands, my husband was in that "mounting up toward an incident" phase that had become so familiar to both of us: stiffness especially in the morning, along with a continuing feeling of pressure and mild pain in the lower back. This had led, every time, to Something Happening. Maybe we bend down to pick up something on the floor, or the tiniest little slip ends in that sort of tearing feeling -- no pain, just the feeling of "oops!" -- that always finds us, next morning, unable (well, unwilling) to move. These incidents are always to be dreaded.

My husband started removing milk from his diet. This is not easy for someone who loves cheese (and has it as part of his staple diet), but slowly over time he managed it. And the Something never did Happen. It's been about four years now, during which he has occasionally slipped up ("Chocolate pudding has milk in it?") and during which we have worked on refining out even the smaller traces ("But it says 'non-dairy creamer' right here on the bottle. How could it possibly have milk in it?" Read the ingredients list, you'll see!) but as we got better at minding the ingredients, his back ache slowly faded until the low in the back, every morning ache he's come to feel is almost a part of his nature, has finally subsided.

A little later I realized that my "slipped disc" was gone, too. Although I had not removed milk from my diet, a diagnosis of celiac disease had forced me to do without wheat, which in retrospect I realize must have been my "food trigger."

Dr. Twogood makes a terrific case for food allergies causing pain in the evidence he mounts up in his book. It is also true that I am extremely resistant to the idea of milk and milk products being "bad for you," when it is part of the stable of comfort foods I grew up with, and all those ads out there are filled with Beautiful People wondering where my milk mustache is. I don't want to give up milk and cheese (and sour cream and cheesecake and ice cream and...) but as I continued to read through Dr. Twogood's book, I became more and more convinced that it is clearly not good for me or anyone else.

If you suffer from chronic pain -- back, neck, headache, joint pain -- you cannot do yourself any harm by reading this book and trying the diet. This is not major surgery we're talking about here, but an elementary experiment you can do to find out whether removing the culprit "casein" from your diet would make your life better. Try it for just a month or two -- no one says it has to be for life; it's your choice -- and see if it has an effect. But if you do try it, try it seriously. Get this book and let it help you find all the places in which milk is hidden, so you can head for the grocery store well-informed and go completely and cleanly without for a while. Give this voice of experience a chance to help you, and you may find that life is so much finer when you are at last free of the pain that no one else could explain and cure.