My Background

I graduated from The Academy for Five Element Acupuncture in Hallandale, Florida having completed my clinicals with the late Dr. J.R. Worsley. Since my late 20's I've been studying various healing modalities. I attended the Interfaith Ministry in Manhattan earning a certificate in spiritual counseling. Prior to that, I graduated from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey with honors.

I earned a doctorate in clinical hypnotherapy specializing in Ericksonian hypnosis. I have certificates in many modalities including Colorpuncture, Homotoxicology, Kinesiology and Matrix Energetics. I have studied numerous Oriental medicine techniques including Korean Hand Therapy used for pain relief. I'm an ongoing student of Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt's Autonomic Response Testing (ART) and Dr. Bob Marshall's Quantum Reflex Analysis.

Published Works

In 1991 when the world was just beginning to consider that our thoughts might have an impact on health, I pioneered that concept in my acclaimed book How Words and Thoughts Affect Your Body.

I'm a well known award-winning poet/artist who specializes in Japanese-style poetry forms. My famous poem PURPLE has traveled around the world like a chain letter and has been published in hundreds of venues including Chicken Soup for the Soul and Dr. Bernie Siegel's Love, Magic and Mudpies (Rodale Press).

Purple

In first grade Mrs. Lohr said
my purple teepee
wasn't realistic enough
that purple was no color
for a tent,
that purple was a color
for people who died,
that my drawing
wasn't good enough to hang
with the others.

I walked back to my seat
counting the swish swish swishes
of my baggy corduroy trousers.
With a black crayon
nightfall came to my purple tent
in the middle of an afternoon.

In second grade
Mr. Barta said draw anything,
he didn't care what.

I left my paper blank
and when he came around
to my desk
my heart beat like a tom tom.
He touched my head
with his big hand
and in a soft voice said
the snowfall
how clean
and white
and beautiful.