I know about the rewrite. I know the rewrite works. I decided to do it after Elise told me how helpful the work was to her. Until four months ago I was in an unhealthy three-year relationship. I was lying to myself about being "okay" with the dishonest ways of my boyfriend/partner. While doing the rewrite and continuing the work I started to see the lies I was telling myself. Once I saw I was lying to myself, I had to make a decision. "Do I keep lying to myself or do I start being honest?" I decided to be honest. Since then, people have been telling me how much they appreciate my honesty, and how it is helpful to them. It feels good.

In terms of value, Gerry (Elise's husband), was in therapy for seven years to work through the trauma of being at the 9/11 site. He told all of us in November how he received an email from John Worthington and how he felt that email was better than seven years of therapy. For me in addition to shamanism, I did 1.5 years of Jungian analysis before doing the rewrite. In my analysis work, we circled around my issues but we never got to the core. When I did the rewrite, I identified a core unhealthy belief within a few days. I started behaving in much more beneficial ways within one week of starting the rewrite. Is the rewrite valuable? Yes.

David Conneely, Science Teacher, Brooklyn, NY