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At last we have an eclectic and down to earth model to treat our patients also valid as an owners manual for self-improvement with a high degree of efficiency. The combination of Western and Eastern approaches to fix the negative way of feeling and thinking is a very welcome one at a time when many people embrace the materialism that comes as a subproduct of modern technology. James Triana has written the book which will revolutionize current concepts in psychotherapy.
-Ignacio Lopez-Merino, M.D., private practice (Plantation, Florida)
Dr. James Triana
Dr. James Triana has been practicing as a licensed psychotherapist in Plantation, Florida for over 29 years. He has written an article on teens and violence for the Sun-Sentinel which was favorably received. In 2002, Dr. Triana was interviewed and quoted by sports journalist, Jeff Shain, from The Miami Herald, about the mentality of professional golfers, titled, "Psychology Major.” Dr. Triana was quoted as saying, "Triana uses a technique (PRT-Rethinking and Re-examining) in which athletes learn about their 'conceptual realm, 'discovering the underlying reasons that create anxiety or frustration." This is his first book. He has started working on his second book, working title, You Can Stop Blaming and Start Living using Personal Revolution Therapy ™. Dr. Triana has a passion for showing his patients how to use practical techniques to help them enrich their lives. Because Dr. Triana has been successful in helping people in his community, he has been invited to lecture about his work at independent living facilities, schools, and hospitals. In 2010, Dr. Triana was asked to co-host a 16-week radio show to increase awareness about crimes against children by the president of “Save the Children”, Inc. To make himself more accessible to people, he offers his services on his website,drjamestriana.com for Skype online counseling. Dr. Triana enjoys reading, writing, and traveling. He started jogging seriously three years ago. He says that he feels healthier now than when he was in his twenties. He was raised in Jacksonville, Florida and Macon, Georgia home of music legends like The Allman Brothers Band. He also likes playing his guitar, piano and drums. Having wonderful parents, four brothers and a twin sister, there is always laughter around the Triana family. His dream is to make Personal Revolution Therapy ™ a household name.
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Awake and Alive - Dr. James Triana
Copyright © 2012 Dr.James Triana
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Contents
Forward
Acknowledgments
Part I
Introduction
Why we need Personal Revolution Therapy (PRT)
What makes for happy or unhappy relationships
Personal Revolution Therapy ™ (PRT)
Things To Watch Out For Before Starting To Use PRT Techniques
Part II
PRT Techniques
Part III
PRT Techniques In Action
Part IV
Insightful Information: Why We Stay The Same
Creating a Better Life With Personal Revolution Therapy (PRT)
Forward
Compassion, truth, and forbearance are the three basic elements that gave birth to Personal Revolution Therapy ™ (PRT).
-Dr. Triana-
As with many curious boys and girls who are hungry for adventure to explore the world around them, I too at an early age was curious. I sought to learn and explore the inner workings of the mind.
Attending elementary Catholic school was the perfect environment for me to start inquiring about the importance spirituality has in our lives. The earliest memory I recall is the time when I first asked questions about Catholicism in the second grade at my Catholic school in Jacksonville, Florida. For most Catholics, second grade is the year where seven-year-old children receive their First Communion. My classmates and I were no exception. I remember the nuns barely explaining why first communion is an important Catholic Sacrament. The nuns would only respond, Because Jesus loves you.
I remember walking away puzzled, thinking, but Jesus loves everybody, Catholics or not.
A couple of days before making my First Communion, I approached a priest for the explanation to my unanswered question. I asked, Father, why as Catholics do we need to pray to saints to communicate with God? Can’t I communicate with God directly?
The priest looked at me, as if I had rudely interrupted his day and said, Enough, get back to your classroom.
I returned to my classroom more worried that I had bothered the priest than upset that my question was not answered. Determined to gain understanding, the next day I asked a different priest the same question. I asked, Father, how come we have to fear God to be good Catholics?
Once again, the second priest also provided no satisfying answer to my question about what it means to be Catholic. His response to me was, get to your classroom.
Needless to say, I was left hanging with my questions unanswered while receiving my First Communion. I remember as a seven-year-old feeling spiritually disconnected to something that was obviously important to the Catholic Church.
My own metaphorical wandering in the desert for forty years
lasted 25 years. As an adolescent, my parents allowed me to visit churches from different Christian denominations and synagogues in my quest to understand the importance of spirituality. It was not until I completed my Masters degree and started working as a counselor at a family-counseling center that I was introduced to the fundamentals of Eastern philosophy. One of my coworkers had a prolific understanding of Eastern philosophy. For the most part, this particular counseling center was enriched with 30 well experienced therapists who adopted Western traditional therapies of their liking to help their clients. However, many of these therapists did not incorporate any spirituality focus into their treatment plans with their clients. In our weekly client progress meetings, I began to notice the therapists who did not provide their clients the option to use spirituality as a tool for inner healing. I paid close attention to those therapists whose focus was only on Western traditional therapies. I began to see a pattern in the therapy reports from these treatment plans. In almost every case the therapists would report that their clients struggled to maintain the progress they have made. It was then that I started to search for ways to unite both Eastern and Western philosophies into effective treatment plans for my own clients.
Many therapists both then and now feel threatened to incorporate Western traditional therapies with Eastern philosophies to help their clients. However, my own spiritual journey has allowed me to discover that these two forces of healing can be a less threatening way for therapists to use with their clients. My research of progress reports has helped me to embrace both Eastern and Western religions that include Catholicism as well as Buddhism. The combination of these two philosophies can be the basis in which to provide practical techniques for clients to use on their own. I believe spirituality is an essential component to having a happy fulfilled life as well as an effective treatment plan.
My aha
moment came to me in understanding that effective spiritual practice can be quantified and that spirituality is essential in the lives of many. Quantifying spirituality is possible by measuring physiological responses associated when one meditates or prays. Meditation or praying is different from relaxation techniques. I discovered that clients gained better insight about themselves through meditation or praying than from relaxation techniques. The former allows clients to be better universally connected to a radiant force that brings a sense of comfort to their own existence. This is what I call spiritual mental process work. Clients who just used relaxation techniques struggled because many still felt emotionally disconnected to forces beyond their control.
The problem with psychotherapy today is that most therapists deal with faith or spirituality passively in therapy sessions. Good therapists are trained to respect the religious beliefs of their patients but that is where it stops. Most therapists do not engage their patients to enrich their spirituality through mental process work.