About Us
Commitment Statement
The Healing Connection Ministries is committed to providing quality,
non-judgmental resources and services linking people to God's physical, emotional, and spiritual healing.
History
The Healing Connection Prayer meditation was developed over several
years by Christian psychotherapist, Dr. Peggy Avent. The inspiration
began in 1998 after she became experienced in using the remarkable
healing treatment called EMDR. As she was preparing patients for
difficult trauma-resolution work, she began to notice that patients
quickly responded to images of God's beautiful creation, and that
spiritual insights were strengthened by the alternating stimulation
characteristic of EMDR. She found that almost all of her patients,
casual believers as well as the devout, were able to get in touch
with spiritual resources, and most spontaneously applied these resources
in daily life. She felt God's leadership as she saw the Prayer helping
her patients heal. Each patient and each different problem became
an opportunity for God to expand the use of the imagery to meet
different needs. For instance, when working with a beautiful, devoutly
Christian bulimic patient, Dr. Avent first used the food imagery.
The patient immediately reported dramatic results and continues
to report that she is still free of bulimia.
In September of 2000, she presented a workshop at the EMDR International
Conference in Toronto, Canada entitled Using a Person's Religious
Beliefs to Enhance EMDR Outcomes. The positive reception inspired
Dr. Avent to continue developing the meditation. Some patients who
benefited greatly when Dr. Avent personally led them in the meditation
had difficulty repeating the intense experience during stressful
times between sessions. In order to help these patients, Dr. Avent
put the meditation on tape using inexpensive equipment set up in
her dining room. Her patients reported that even this homemade tape
was a beneficial resource. In 2003, talented composer, Barry Brake
added the beautiful background music with the alternating tones
that made the meditation complete.
Experience with patients confirms that, for most people, the meditation
is more effective when repeated, especially with people who have
daily stress, a lack of sleep, depression, or those who have difficulty
with mental imaging. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.
We are Non-profit
Healing Connection Ministries is a non-profit corporation. As such,
your donations are tax deductible. All sales of the CD are also
exempt from Texas sales tax.
Contact Healing Connection Ministries
You can mail contributions and correspondence to:
Healing Connection Ministries, Inc.
10615 Perrin Beitel #400
San Antonio, TX 78217
Phone and Fax - please leave a message
(210) 655-2951(local)
E-mail Address: admin@healingconnection.org
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