The concepts and guidelines expressed here will make more sense as the user reads the other articles found on this Web site, thus reading only one section could lead to misunderstandings and misconceptions. Consult your doctor or counselor before you take any action or start any medical or psychiatric treatment . Nothing contained on this Web site constitutes personal advice. If you are a female who is currently pregnant, you should be under the supervision of a qualified physician before using the information found at this Web site. Below are listed samples of acute illnesses which constitute contraindications to the use of this therapy.
Any acute flaring up of a mental illness is an absolute contraindication.
If you are going through alcohol withdrawal or if you are going through a withdrawal from another addicting drug, you should first receive treatment by a qualified mental health professional before using the information found at this Web site. An acute psychosis is a condition where, because the individual is having a nervous breakdown, he no longer has a grasp for reality. If you are an individual who has been or who is currently suicidal, no matter how mild your degree of suicide risk might be, you should abstain from using this Web site unless your physician or qualified mental health provider carefully supervises you through the entire process and thereafter for a time no less than two years of follow up after the symptoms subsided. If you are currently homicidal, are at risk of physically abusing your spouse, your child, or someone else, you should not use this Web site unless you physician or qualified mental health provider directs and supervises your treatment through out the entire process including two years of follow up. The ideal candidate to use this Web site is the individual person who is a young adult or middle aged adult in good physical health, who is psychologically healthy, who has never been hospitalized for a psychiatric condition, who has never taken psychiatric medications, who has never had a nervous breakdown, who has never received psychotherapy or been in counseling, who currently has satisfying interpersonal relationships, who is well adjusted in his local community, who has no family history of psychiatric illnesses in his first-degree relatives, who has the support of many friends and relatives, who is not under excessive amounts of stress and who, if female is not pregnant.