HAT Book

Heart Assisted Therapy: Integrating Heart Energy to Facilitate Emotional Health, Healing, and Performance Enhancement by John H. Diepold, Jr., Ph.D. was published on January 25, 2018 and is now available!  

The 7 x 10 black & white paperback in the psychology / clinical psychology category is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and  Barnes & Noble for a suggested retail price of $49.95. [Note: If Amazon  lists the book as "out of stock" they are playing games and blaming the  publisher. In this event, please order from Outskirts Press (link  below), or Barnes & Noble, or from me directly.]

The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/HeartAssistedTherapy was launched simultaneously with the book's publication and allows for easy  purchase. Opportunity to purchase directly from Dr. Diepold is also an  option, if desired. Please see more details below.    

Heart  Assisted Therapy (HAT) is a holistic, humanistic, mind-body, and  energy-science approach to psychotherapy that helps people recover and  heal from traumatic life experiences.  HAT can also help those who want  to heal from the sting of loss and grieving, manage the many faces of  anxiety, and improve their performance.        

This  book is more than a manual describing the evolving development of HAT  and how to engage the HAT model of psychotherapy. It also integrates and  synthesizes my clinical experiences in providing psychotherapy over  three decades, and offers paradigm challenging procedures, concepts, and  conjecture on the nature of effective psychotherapy. While this book  was written primarily for psychotherapy and health care professionals, a  version of HAT, called HAT-SR, can be used by anyone and is included.  (See Table of Contents below)       

Dr. Diepold is a licensed psychologist with 37 years of clinical  experience.  He has been a contributing member (and former Board Member)  of ACEP since the organization’s inception, and is a long time member  of the New Jersey Psychological Association (and a former Board Member),  the South Jersey Psychological Association (and a former President), a  Life Member of the American Psychological Association, and earned the  Diplomate status with the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. He has  also worked with local high school and college sports teams and  individual athletes to improve performance.       

Dr. Diepold has been doing outcome research using a HAT-SR protocol with  elders and their caretakers in Moorestown, NJ.  Additionally,  there is a scientific research  team at the University of Arizona studying the electrophysiological influences of HAT  components on the heart-brain-hands connection.  Psychotherapy outcome studies are also in progress and in preparation for publication.  

Acknowledgements

Foreword (By Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D.)

Introduction     

Chapter 1: Clinical Realities and the Evolution of HAT     

Chapter 2: Successful Psychotherapy and Core Ingredients       

Chapter 3: The Heart of it All       

Chapter 4: The Role of Our Innate Electro-Physiology       

Chapter 5: The Heart-Breath Treatment Approach with HAT     

Chapter 6: An Integrative Energy Bonanza     

Chapter 7: Anatomy of an Acceptance Statement       

Chapter 8: The Basic Clinical Protocol     

Chapter 9: Future Performance Imagery: Preparing For The Future       

Chapter 10: Heart Assisted Therapy (HAT): Quick Overview of Basic Protocol     

Chapter 11: The Therapeutic Stance in HAT       

Chapter 12: Nuances and Dragons       

Chapter 13: Key for Note Keeping       

Chapter 14: HAT Advanced Application Considerations     

Chapter 15: Healing and Adjusting to Loss, Grieving, and Bereavement       

Chapter 16: Treatment of Severe and Multiple Traumatic Experiences       

Chapter 17: Using HAT With Self-Sabotaging Behaviors: Elaters and the Influence of the Positive     Chapter 18: Pain Management Issues: An Integrated Application of HAT       

Chapter 19: Sport and Performance Enhancement       

Chapter 20: The Optional Use of Muscle-Checking       

Chapter 21: The Heart Assisted Therapy Self-Regulation (HAT-SR) Protocols     

Chapter 22: HAT Applications in Mindful-Education     

Chapter 23: HAT Applications in Dentistry, Medicine, and Nursing       

Chapter 24: Using HAT with Children and Adolescents       

Chapter 25: Examples of HAT in Clinical Practice: Evidence for Clinical Efficacy       

Chapter 26: Anecdotes and After-Thoughts       

Chapter 27: Model Building and Thoughts About How HAT Works       

Chapter 28: Research with HAT       

Chapter 29: The Flow To and From Boundless Consciousness     

Chapter 30: Providing Background Information Before Initiating HAT     

Chapter 31: Epilogue: The Future of Heart Assisted Therapy       

Appendix A: The HAT-SR Protocols     

Appendix B: Heart Assisted Therapy: The Original Model (HAT-MC)       

Appendix C: The Oath of Hippocrates       

References and Selected Bibliography     

Index     

Contact Information       

More Therapist Comments about HAT     

About the Author          

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To provide insight about the book, I am sharing the Forword written by Dr. Gary E. Schwartz. 

                                       Foreword Discovering the Heart of Therapy  

                                                          Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D 

I can see you’ve got a change in mind, but what we need is a change in heart. 

In Change in Mind, Change of Heart, Carole King 

When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions; that is the heart of science.  

Carl Sagan, Ph.D  

Does  the field of psychotherapy – or health care in general – need another  book about psychotherapy? For example, when we search for books on  psychotherapy available from Amazon.com, the list contains over 55,000  titles! 

The  truth is, before I had the privilege to come to know Dr. John Diepold  and read his innovative, inspiring, and integrative book, my response would have been  a conservative “no”. However, after studying this visionary book, I can  emphatically report that I have come to the conclusion that this one-of-a-kind book deserves to be  considered as required reading for anyone involved in psychotherapy applications  and research, whether you are a seasoned practitioner and / or academic, or you are a  student just learning the art and science of psychotherapy. 

Before  helping you understand some of my reasons for this resounding  endorsement, I should share with you a bit of my professional background so you can  judge whether my laudatory conclusion is worth your taking seriously. Briefly, I was a  student in one of the last cohorts of students in the clinical psychology Ph.D. program  in the waning years of the Department of Social Relations at Harvard University. My  clinical training included psychoanalysis, client centered therapy, and behavior therapy;  my specialization was in cardiovascular psychophysiology and  personality. I served as a professor of psychology and psychiatry at Yale University, director of the Yale Psychophysiology Center, and co-director of the Yale Behavioral Medicine Clinic. Moreover, I twice served as the acting director of the clinical psychology Ph.D. program in the Department of Psychology at Yale. For over two decades I have been a professor of psychology, medicine, neurology, psychiatry, and surgery at the University of Arizona and direct its Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health. I was awarded one of two NIH funded Centers of Frontier Medicine in Biofield Sciences which I directed for four years. 

It turns out  that all of this training and experience is valuable in my understanding  and appreciating the breadth and depth of what Dr. Diepold has termed Heart  Assisted Therapy (HAT). In fact, I have come to the conclusion that what Dr.  Diepold has discovered is that heart (in general) and HAT (in  particular) can be justifiably thought of as being “the heart of therapy.” 

As you will  learn, HAT is a relatively simple – yet conceptually sophisticated –  therapeutic technique that can be (1) integrated within a wide variety  of psychotherapies, and (2) applied to a large variety of clinical conditions. I am not  going to take your time to explain what HAT is; the author does this so clearly in his  descriptions as well as with his numerous exemplary clinical cases. All that you need to  know in this Foreword is that a core component of the HAT technique involves the  systematic crossing of one’s hands over one’s heart, in sync with one’s breathing,  what Dr. Diepold calls “heart breaths,” and that the careful and creative application of  these procedures in unison with the HAT protocol have the potential to dramatically  improve the therapeutic and cost effectiveness of psychotherapy and  counseling. 

Here are some of my reasons for celebrating Heart Assisted Therapy: 

1. Not only is the author a highly  skilled psychotherapist who has extensive     clinical experience with traditional (including psychoanalytic,  client centered, and cognitive behavior therapy) as well as contemporary  (including     neurolinguistic programming, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, and thought field therapy) approaches, but he keeps learning and     growing from the laboratory of his therapy office. The author addresses     and honors all of these approaches to therapy, and then he extends them.     In the process, Dr. Diepold practices what Dr. Carl Sagan calls the “Heart     of Science.”       
2. The author’s comprehensive approach to understanding the complex     mechanisms involved in HAT integrates (1) cardiovascular neuroscience and psychophysiology, with (2) contemporary biophysics and bio eld science.  Moreover, he acknowledges (3) the potential role of Chinese meridians  and (4) Indian Chakra energy centers as well. Dr. Diepold is not afraid     to be both creative and careful; he generally follows Dr. Neal  Miller’s wise     words that we be “Bold in what we try, and cautious in what we  claim.”     There is, however, one exception that you will discover (I refrain  from     revealing the surprise); the author expresses this controversial  claim in a     semi-playful manner.  
3. The author not only provides details regarding the HAT procedures and     its applications so that new as well as seasoned psychotherapists can learn     to use the technique, but he also provides extensive clinical case examples     that illustrate how HAT can assist and enhance success in therapy.       
4. The author has also taken the HAT  clinical protocol, which appears to access our self-regulatory  mechanisms, and abridged and tailored it for use     by non-therapists and researchers (called HAT-SR protocols) to help  manage emotional distress and promote calm and stability. The potential  uses     of these protocols by mental health counselors, social workers,  nurses,     physicians, massage therapists, and energy healers, are numerous.       
5. The author appreciates the need  for basic science as well as applied re-     search, and he is committed to seeing that these essential  systematic experiments are conducted. A formal research program has  begun employing     the B-Alert X10 telemetry EEG-ECG recording system to document how     HAT fosters changes (1) in the heart, (2) in the brain, and (3) in  the heart-     brain relationship.       
6. And the author deeply cares about the process of communication. He has     written a book that is easy to read, is playful at times, and even includes     some memorable humor. One of my favorites is his semi-tongue-in-cheek     energy psychology extension of Einstein’s famous formula,  EP = MC2. I am     afraid you will have to read the book to learn what the formula means        

It is hard not to appreciate and enjoy a book when it mixes conventional professional chapters such as “Clinical Realities and the Evolution of HAT,” “Successful Psychotherapy and Core Ingredients,” “Healing and Adjusting to Loss, Grieving, and Bereavement,” and “HAT Applications in Dentistry, Medicine, and Nursing,” with novel visionary chapters such as “An Integrated Energy Bonanza,” “Using HAT with Self-Sabotaging Behaviors: Elaters and The Influence of the Positive”, “Anecdotes and After-Thoughts,” and “The Flow To and From Boundless Consciousness.” In a word, this book is both serious and fun. What a delightful combination of information and writing. 

My sense is that Heart Assisted Therapy is a seminal book, and it has the potential to become a classic. This is a book that cannot only change our minds, but it can change our hearts as well. My recommendation is, “be prepared to be enlightened....”   

Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D., is professor of Psychology, Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry and Surgery, and Director of the Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health at the University of Arizona. He also serves as Corporate Director of Development of Energy Healing at Canyon Ranch Resorts, an internationally known wellness corpora- tion. For four years he directed a 1.8 million dollar NIH funded Center for Frontier Medicine in Biofield Sciences. Dr. Schwartz has published more than 450 scientific papers, including 6 papers in the journal Science, is the co-editor of 11 academic books, and is the author or co-author of 8 books, including The Living Energy Universe and The Energy Healing Experiments. 

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A sample of comments by therapists who have studied and use HAT in their daily practice of psychotherapy: 

HAT  has become my “go-to” intervention, especially when working with  traumatized combat veterans. HAT is a powerful, efficient, and gentle  cutting-edge treatment that is easy to use, and is both therapist and client friendly. 

Dr. Diepold presents HAT in a clear, thorough, and concise manner that is intended to play- fully spark curiosity, break new ground, and deepen clinical awareness. HAT complements any theoretical orientation, and can be employed throughout the diagnostic spectrum. It is also highly efficient for any type of performance enhancement and is appropriate for use with all ages. It is my belief that HAT will create a paradigm shift in how presenting issues are conceptualized and addressed. This is a book that the curious clinician may want to read more than once! 

Roger Eugene Poiré, Psy.D., Gilford, NH   

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Heart  Assisted Therapy (HAT) is the most elegant approach to helping my  clients resolve their issues. People with complex, intractable problems like PTSD and  other anxiety disorders respond so well to HAT. Rather than running the  risk of re-traumatizing these people by using traditional talk therapy, HAT simply and humanely allows the  person to heal their wounds. I’m the guide, but it’s the client who leads us in the right  direction. 

HAT gives me the confidence as a practitioner to trust our innate ability to heal. 

Eric B. Levin, Ph.D., Philadelphia, PA   

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Heart Assisted Therapy is a gentle yet profound approach to emotional healing. It allows the patient’s innate wisdom to be the guide. I am continually amazed at the deep level of healing that can occur in a relatively short period of time. Dr. Diepold’s approach is nothing short of brilliant. 

Betsy E. Fernbach, Psy.D., Cherry Hill, NJ & Bala Cynwyd, PA.   

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In my search for effective and efficient ways to help people resolve problems and happily move on in their lives, I have explored a wide range of therapeutic approaches. Among the most effective I have found is Heart Assisted Therapy (HAT), developed by my good friend and colleague, Dr. John Diepold. I highly recommend this method to therapists of all persua- sions. It will bring a delightful addition that you can integrate with what you already do in your service to people. John’s book is a generous open door to this exciting approach. 

Fred P. Gallo Ph.D., DCEP 

Author of Energy Psychology, and Energy Tapping for Trauma 

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HAT has profoundly changed my practice as a psychotherapist. It took my practice into a higher gear. My clients are very satisfied an enthusiast about this model of care. I have been applying HAT in my practice daily for more than 10 years. This approach gave me a new way of thinking about human emotions, brain, and the importance of the heart. The HAT approach is simultaneously simple and complex. It causes an undoing process and a deep change in emotions, thoughts and bodily sensations. It brings calmness and serenity. 

Walter De Jongh, Psychologist, Belgium   

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I am using only HAT in my own practice because it is simply the best psychotherapeutic intervention method I know of; fast, smooth and lasting results. Finally, an intervention method that really works. HAT is elegant, quick, gentle, safe, and respectful in its execution, and yields profound and lasting positive results for the client. 

drs. MJJ Hagens, Psychologist, The Netherlands   

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My experience has been amazing using HAT 8-10 times a week with clients. The progress that clients make from distressing feelings to resolution and creative problem solving is the most rapid I have seen. Previously, I had been using EMDR for over 10 years. I  love how organic and easy it is for clients to use HAT for themselves  to increase mindfulness and self-compassion. It resolves trauma more  quickly than anything I have seen. 

Karen McGreer, RN, LMFT, Marlton, NJ.   

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I have been using HAT in my practice almost daily for the past six years. HAT is client driven and directed, and with the assistance of the protocol, the client naturally goes where they need to in order for healing to occur. It has been my experience that once introduced, HAT is literally the most efficient route to the heart of the matter that brought the client into therapy. Shifts in perspective are profound. 

Thomas E Dinsmore, LCSW, Kittery, ME.   

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Ordering a book directly from Dr. John Diepold: Here are the steps to follow: 

1. Send me an email that you would like to purchase a copy of the book (jdiepold1@verizon.net). Please let me know if you want more than one copy and any specific instructions. 

2. If you would like me to sign the book(s), please indicate this. 

3. The price of the book directly from me is $40.00 plus $5.00 for mailing (Total $45.00) 

4. Payment options are:      Makes checks payable to: John H. Diepold, Jr., Ph.D.     

    Mailing Address: 703 E. Main Street, Moorestown, NJ 08057       

    Or use this electronic payment link, which also supports the Heart Assisted Therapy Foundation:   📷  📷       

5. Please indicate how you will be making  payment (mailing check or electronic payment). Once   

    payment is  received, I will send the book along to you!  

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Thank you.