I asked Dr. Ewin to tell me in one word how he would describe the essence of his professional life as a physician. His answer was clear, quick and passionate. This is a man whom we all admire for his intelligence, his effectiveness in treating patients, and his teaching. Yet it comes down to one word, his word: enthusiasm.
The words and phrases that come to a physician working over a lifetime are guides to the art of therapy. In many patients, symptoms fall into the cracks between mind and body and this elusive interface can only be reached with scientific insight and intuitive understanding. Dr. Ewin understands this and emboldens his art with vigor.
Dr. Ewin “believes his patients can get well, because they do.” With his words, images and suggestions, noted throughout this little book of wisdom, he changes the way his patients think, feel, and behave. He knows the mind can change the way the brain functions and he also knows the brain can change the way the mind functions. In hypnosis, he makes this healing resonance between mind and body happen again and again. Simply put, his patients become whole again.
I encourage each reader of this wonderful book to embrace Dr. Ewin’s lifetime of experience, make it fit into your own style, and teach it to others as you travel the path of your own career. For these are the secrets, these are the keys, and these are answers that work.
Peter B. Bloom, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,
Past President, International Society of Hypnosis