Acknowledgments

Introduction
WHEE is elegantly simple
We all know the experience of pain.
Pain is often a message from our inner self, spoken through the symptoms of our body.
WHEE is a system I developed for dealing with pains and stresses.
WHEE was born from my frustrations as a psychiatrist.
The basics of WHEE
Reasons WHEE has been hugely successful and enthusiastically accepted
Explore for yourself how the various elements of WHEE work for you
WHEE is adaptable to your specific needs and preferences

Chapter 1: Understanding Pain
Conventional Explanations for Pain
Wholistic Ways of Addressing Pain

Chapter 2: Psychological Factors in Pain
Components of Physical Pain
Adapting to Pain
Rewards and Punishments
How We Are Programmed to Get in Trouble
How the Unconscious Speaks to Us
The Inner Child
Dialoguing with Our Inner Child
Vicious Circles that Lock In Our Pain
Transactional Analysis
Psychological Pain
Getting Support for Dealing with Pain

Chapter 3: The WHEE Method
Taking a Thorough Look at One’s Life History
Safety Issues
Ground Yourself Regularly
Focusing Clearly on the Problem
The SUDS and SUSS
Physical Sensations as Another Measure of Intensity
Tapping
Affirmations
Replacement Positive Statement
Rate, Duration, and Intensity of Tapping
Incremental Learning to Find Your Best Ways for Using WHEE
Journaling
How to Deal with Resistances
Bundling and Partializing
Parking an Issue
Muscle Testing for Dealing with Resistances
Clearing the Vessel through which Healing Flows
Presence
Research on WHEE

Chapter 4: WHEE for Rapid, Deep, and Permanent Pain Relief
Dealing with Acute Pain
General Observations About WHEE
Adapting to Chronic Pain
Dialoguing with Chronic Pain
Gently and Slowly Lightening the Burden of Chronic Pain

Chapter 5: The Unconscious Mind and WHEE
Integrator for New Awareness and Learning
Functional Control Systems
The Mind and the Immune System
Automatic Pilot for Habitual Behaviors and Psychological Responses
Memory Banks
Channel for Intuitive/Psychic Awareness
Wakening to Shadow Aspects of Ourselves
Switchboard/Control Panel for Collective Consciousness and Manifestations of Soul
Pain as a Wakeup Call from the Unconscious

Chapter 6: Spiritual Dimensions of WHEE and Pain
Biological Energies that Surround and Interpenetrate the Body
Earth Energies Can Strengthen Effects of WHEE
Intuitive Awareness Helps Us to Validate Our Spiritual Awareness
Mind Over Matter/Psychokinesis and Healing
Proxy/Surrogate Healing
Past-life Memories Can Enhance the Effects of WHEE
Death Has a Bad Reputation
Clearing Unresolved Issues with Spirits
Spiritual Bypass and Spiritual Inflation
Collective Consciousness
Deeper Questions Raised by Pain
The Shadow
The Pain Body
Acceptance
Love and Compassion
Forgiveness
Pain as Teacher

Chapter 7: Theories to Explain WHEE
Process and Content Explanations
Body
Emotions
Mind
Relationships with Other People
Relationships with the Environment
Spirit
Broader Understandings from WHEE
Positives Neutralize Negatives

Afterword: Looking to a New Future

Suggested Reading

Glossary

About the Author

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