Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to retell the details of my
traumatic experience?
Often clients come after spending years in traditional
therapies. Their first concern is usually: Do I need to tell the
story of my trauma all over again? I don’t think I can bring
myself to do it.
For traumatized people, retelling the event of
the past can be very painful. They usually feel as if they are
reliving the trauma and in reality this often would re-traumatize
them all over again, rather then heal. This is one of the main
reasons why so many people resist working through their trauma.
There are various theories in regards to what
is and what is not therapeutic in relationship to healing. The
prevailing philosophy in traditional psychotherapy is that the
only way to really heal is for the person to go deep into their
fear and discomfort and experience it completely.
“I have had a history of panic attacks
and I thought about this problem continuously. This obsession
was a result of years of worry that at any moment I could have
an attack, and not be able to take care of my children, and have
to depend so much on others, and just that feeling of no control
over my life. My doctor felt most of my problems resulted from
this fright. He thought it would be good for me to see a psychologist,
who could help me to learn some relaxation techniques to help
me cope with this condition. I found a doctor in my area who specialized
in treating panic disorders and who was on my insurance plan.
This ended up as a total disaster. I went to her at such a weak
point in my life. Immediately, in my first 2 appointments she
just wanted me to tell her about any and all abuses and disturbances
from my past. I had to tell her every degrading thing that had
ever happened to me. This was not a good thing. It was in no way
making me better - I was still afraid of an attack coming and
recollecting all this other crap from my past was simply freaking
me out. I thought it would just put me over the edge.”
During energy restructuring sessions, a client
usually needs to give only a brief description of the problem.
Yuliya may ask some additional questions, but most of the time
that is enough for her to tune intuitively into the energetic
imprint of the trauma and to determine its impact on the bodily
experience. In other words, she does not need to know all the
details of what happened to a client because she has an ability
to determine how the trauma affected the body and its energetic
structures, which is ultimately what needs to be healed. Then
she designs a treatment, and visibly starts the process of change
through a healing session applying principles of energy restructuring
methodology that very specifically and concretely address the
underlying traumas.
Clients often comment at the unexpected ease,
gentle humor and accuracy with which the issues are resolved.
Does a person have to be physically present
for this kind of a treatment?
Yuliya has been healing people locally, as well
as all over the United States and Internationally.
She offers long distance telephone consultations
and treatments over the phone for people who are unable to travel
to see her in person because they live too far away or have a
medical condition that makes it impossible for them to travel.
The results of a distant healing can be as effective
as being treated in person. The exception are the individuals
who because of the nature of their condition cannot stay focused
on the phone and need a personal connection in order to concentrate
on the session.
At first, the whole notion of being healed by
someone who is not there with you, who you have never seen and
where you have no idea what they are actually doing may understandably
feel rather strange. However, the people who approach me this
way are usually referred from relatives, friends or medical professionals.
Often, these people are desperate because have been failed by
other therapies and treatments. So on some level they are willing
to try anything, and that helps them through the initial couple
of sessions until they start feeling the consistent changes and
stop disbelieving that it is actually possible.
”I was suffering from intense back pain
for the last three years. The condition became progressively more
severe, so that I was aware of the pain all the time. I also developed
an anxiety condition obsessively watching for the symptoms of
the pain which made me only tenser and made the pain worse. It
was like a vicious cycle.
In the course of three years I tried various
therapies including standard medical treatment of steroid injections,
as well as alternative therapies such as massage, acupuncture
and chiropractic. Most of them did not have much effect and if
there was any relief from the symptom, it was short lived. I was
in despair.
This is when my friends from Boston told me
about Yuliya. They said that she was very effective helping their
child recover from lingering post operative pain. I live in New
York, and even though I felt hopeless about finding help, I was
ready to travel to Boston to see her.
However, when we spoke on the phone, Yuliya
said that before she would ask me to make the trip, she wanted
to try first several over the phone treatments on a daily basis,
so that she could diagnose the state of my condition and to make
sure that what she did was making a difference.
As I said I was ready to try anything, so
there I was lying on the couch, holding the phone, not knowing
what the other person was doing on the other side, and not feeling
very much of any change at first. I could not even talk about
it to my friends. It was a real stretch for me to believe that
she could really do anything for me in this way after everything
else that had not worked.
What impressed me from the very beginning
was the accuracy with which Yuliya identified all the areas in
the body where I had any recent or even old childhood injuries
and all the places where I had any discomfort. As opposed to other
practitioners she was not focusing just on the specific area of
pain I was complaining about. She explained to me that most chronic
pain conditions are the result of a cumulative trauma and in order
for the change to become permanent all the injuries need to be
healed, and the entire spine must be realigned. She also identified
some of the significant emotional traumas that I held in my body,
in particularly living through the 9/11 experience, because as
she explained, those energies were contributing to my physical
pain.
Within the first few sessions I started feeling
a definite change. At first it was hard to accept that something
was really changing. Then my anxiety started subsiding, my pain
was disappearing and I realized that the discomforts that were
healed were not returning. Just within the first six sessions
I already experienced over 70% improvement in my physical and
emotional condition. I knew there was HOPE.
I never ended up meeting Yuliya. The trip
to Boston was not necessary, since everything necessary was accomplished
over the phone. I am a believer now, even though I do not understand
completely how it all works. My family and friends are noticing
the change in me and I can tell they are becoming interested as
well. I feel so much more secure now, knowing that if something
should happen to me again I have someone to turn to who can really
help."
Do you have any clinical documentation
that distance healing is effective?
The effectiveness of distant healing has been
clinically documented in cases where clients were referred by
a medical doctor in emergency situations. Following is a story
of an over the phone treatment of a woman going through an acute
panic episode, referred to Yuliya by her medical doctor.
“My life was really controlled by my
panic condition. When in early July 2000 I had two attacks within
a week and a half, both lasting over 18 hours, I just couldn’t
stand any more. I had a new primary care doctor that I had just
recently switched to - Dr. Alexander Angelov. He knew from my
history that I was constantly scared that I would have an attack,
and that I thought about it continuously.
Anyway, during my second attack in July, I
called my primary doctor, hysterical and crying. I had been nauseous
for over 18 hours at this time. What he did next changed my life.
He said “I am going to give you a pone number to call right
now, and this woman is going to help you right over the phone.”
He said “The only reason I didn’t mention her before,
is because she is not covered by insurance”. Of course,
I had total disbelief, since I did not believe in this kind of
stuff, but I was willing to try anything. I proceeded to call
this woman, Yuliya Cohen. She had just gotten off the phone with
Dr. Angelov, who had called her to give her some background information
on me. She immediately had me start doing some deep breathing.
She explained in her gentle soothing voice, that I was going through
a panic attack episode, and that I was sick due to the disconnection
of my own energy field from my body. She then started doing what
she called energy therapy on me over the phone. She also had me
talk to my body asking my field to come back in, assuring me it
that it was OK now, that whatever reason it left was in the past,
that was then, not now. It was OK to come back and that I could
be complete again. She explained that she could over the phone
energetically repair the disconnection and clear the fears held
in my body that were triggering the panic. We did this for maybe
one hour. This was soothing. I started to settle down. I was not
nauseous any more!! This was nothing short of a miracle. I had
tried everything for so many years. And she just stopped my panic
attack over the phone. This was really a breakthrough.”
Can you heal friends or relatives who
can’t or won’t see you?
In general, it is not ethical to manipulate someone
else’s life without their involvement. However,
under certain circumstances, Yuliya will perform an absentee healing
on a person on behalf of a concerned relative or a friend, when
the goal is to harmoniously align the other person’s energies
with their own innate path of development. In particular, a family
member or friend can offer a personal connection to someone who
needs to be treated but refuses help because they are caught up
in addictive or self-destructive behavior.
How permanent are the changes that happen
during the Energy Restructuring Therapy?
One of the most frequently asked questions is
whether the changes that happen during the healing are permanent
of or just the temporary relief of a symptom, that will simply
return later on. Energy Restructuring Therapy is a pioneering
methodology in the field of energy-based therapies for the diagnosis
and restructuring of underlying traumas and conditions. Once the
aspect of the trauma is correctly diagnosed and treated energetic
change in the body become lasting.
In the treatment of mental-emotional traumas the
extent of the change is largely tempered by the emotional limitation
of the body to process so much change at once. Because, as much
as all of us desire to be healed instantly, in reality we need
time to adjust our life to actually start living differently from
a new healed place. We all know the saying “Be careful of
what you are praying for”. Therefore, as much as there is
a potential for an instant healing, you need to respect your own
body’s unique rhythm for change. Not respecting the limits
may bring about a “healing crisis” when one can become
overwhelmed and frightened by experience of too much energy and
too sudden a change happening all at one.
In the treatment of physiological conditions the
effectiveness of the treatment once again depends on the correct
diagnosis of an underlying problem. A pain in the shoulder can
be a complication that progressed following an ankle injury. Similarly,
a back pain under a shoulder blade may be a result of cumulative
injuries following a whiplash during an earlier car accident and
childhood injury to the lower back.
How can I tell that something really changed?
In treatment of mental or emotional traumas a
client verifies the change in his psychological state by comparing
their reaction to a situation before and after the energy restructuring
therapy. You know that the condition has reversed if imagining
the situation does not bring about the old response.
For example, a female client came in a state of
heightened emotional anguish as a result of being betrayed by
her boyfriend. She was extremely distraught and could not think
of anything else but him and this situation. At the end of the
session, when I asked her to focus on him and tell me what kind
of emotional response she would get – she replied “Who
do you want me to look at?” She could not even immediately
recall what it was she was so upset about earlier.
The sense of change that occurs is not limited
to what you believe or perceive; it directly changes the emotional
and physiological response to the actual physical interactions
with the person or a situation you are conflicted about.
Another client was complaining that being in the
presence of a new boss made him feel very tense, nervous and anxious,
even to the point that his whole face would flush, turning bright
red. After his Energy Restructuring session he called back to
report that he spent a day at work oblivious to the presence of
his boss and only after coming home realized that he did not experience
any discomfort the entire day.
In the treatment of physiological conditions,
the change in symptoms may either be immediate, or take place
within 1-2 days following the session. In chronic conditions,
improvement happens gradually over time. Here we watch for consistent
change in the physical symptoms, during the course of each session
and from session to session.
In summary, whereas the change in the energetic
state can be instant, the corresponding changes at the cellular
level may take time.
Why is so
important to initially schedule 3 sessions?
Experience has shown that three sessions are needed
to ensure that energy restructuring changes are integrated into
the body in the most effective manner. The necessity of three
encounters with a particular concept or change is also grounded
in, and consistent with a large body of spiritual and metaphysical
practice.
For example, the metaphysical principle of Sacred
Geometry describes mathematically how permanent change takes place
in the body after three repetitions:
