CELLULAR Consciousness Farrant προγγεν.ψυχολ.

CELLULAR XCONSCIOUSNESS by Graham Farrant, M. D. .. Keynote Address at the 14th IPA Convention, August !, 1"#$ .. Edited by Arnold Buchheimer, Ph.D. and Lance S. Wright, M. D. From the IPA Journal Ae!thema .. .. It too% me a great dea& o' (ourage to venture into )rima& thera)y. I *as very se(ure in my o*n )ra(ti(e, my hos)ita& a))ointments, my university a))ointments, and my 'ami&y &i'e, unti& a (&ient (ha&&enged me that *hat I *as doing *asn+t enough. e said, -ou+re a ni(e guy, Graham, but I+m not getting any better. I read a boo% / you ought to read it. Go to Ameri(a and get the thera)y and treat me.- 0hat+s ea(t&y *hat I did. It too% a year and a ha&' to 'ind the humi&ity to admit that the boo% *as right, and I remember (rying my *ay through that boo%///0he Fee&ing Chi&d 23anov, 1"$5. 6ut eventua&&y I did. I never regretted it. My *i'e and the 'our (hi&dren (ame a(ross to 7os Ange&es and then *e *ent on to Denver *here I *as trained by 3u&es 8oth, and eventua&&y (ame ba(% in 1"9 and I+ve been doing this *or% ever sin(e. .. I )ra(ti(e on&y )rima& thera)y. I have a sta'' o' seven, and a tem)orary, )art/time sta'' o' another 'ive. :e have a sma&& 'a(i&ity *here one three/*ee% intensive and t*o one/ *ee% intensives &ive in the bui&ding. :e have si hours o' thera)y a day, and *e+re on ;4/hour (a&& 'or them, around the (&o(%. 0hey have a %ey to the bui&ding so they (an (ome and )rima& any time o' day or night, on *ee%ends and ho&idays, and I 'ee& that+s a very essentia& )art o' the )ro(ess, to have a((ess to a sa'e )&a(e to 'ee&. .. 6ut not everybody *ants to do )rima& thera)y, and in the ear&y years I met an in(redib&e amount o' )ro'essiona& resistan(e. My mentor at the hos)ita& *here I had a senior a))ointment said rather sar(asti(a&&y to me as I <ourneyed a(ross to your (ountry, -:hen you+ve gone and 'ound that it+s a&& a 'raud you (an (ome ba(% and have your a))ointment again.- e+s sti&& there and I 'ee& I+ve <ourneyed a &ong *ay, a &ong distan(e, sin(e then. .. In the ear&y days I did a ty)i(a&, to me, birth maneuver. I tried to )ersuade my (o&&eagues that )rima& thera)y *as va&id, e''e(tive, and meaning'u&. A&& I met *ith *as a tight (ervi, an unyie&ding tight (ervi, that *ou&dn+t give *ay, and I 'inished u) bashing my head against a bri(% *a&&, &itera&&y, 0hat hurt me a great dea& be(ause I *as ostra(i=ed at sta'' meetings and at (o&&ege meetings and )eo)&e that I %ne* very *e&& 'rom years ago *ou&d ma%e 'un o' me in the street> &i%e, -Did you have a good s(ream this morning, Graham?- .. 0he street I *or% in is entire&y 'u&& o' )sy(hiatrists. 0hey (an o'ten greet you in the street *ith -ou+re a&right, ho* am I?- 0hey rea&&y don+t %no* *ho they are. @o I did another thing, and I suggest to some o' you that it may be a *ay to go in your o*n

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