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PAST-LIFE REGRESSION THERAPY
The research on past-life regression consists of practices and evidence based approaches. The results come from questionnaires completed before and after the therapy with a large number of individuals with a specific type of problem, including a control group to demonstrate their effectiveness( the double-blind scientific method).
Between 1985 and 1992, Dr. Hazel Denning( now deceased), founder of the International Association for Regression Research and Therapies( http:// www. iarrt. org), studied the results of eight regression therapists with about 1,000 patients. The results were measured immediately after the therapy, with follow-ups six months, one year, two years and five years afterwards. From the 450 patients who could be traced after five years, 24 per cent reported that their symptoms had completely disappeared, 23 per cent reported a significant improvement, 17 per cent reported an improvement, and 36 per cent reported no improvement. Overall, this makes a positive balance of 64 per cent. In 2006, Ron van der Maesen obtained his PhD in the research area of past-life therapy from Utrecht University in the Netherlands. His doctoral thesis was based on different studies with people who underwent treatment with past-life therapy. The studies included one in Suriname, one with the
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PAST-LIFE REGRESSION THERAPY

The research on past-life regression consists of practices and evidence based approaches. The results come from questionnaires completed before and after the therapy with a large number of individuals with a specific type of problem, including a control group to demonstrate their effectiveness( the double-blind scientific method).

Between 1985 and 1992, Dr. Hazel Denning( now deceased), founder of the International Association for Regression Research and Therapies( http:// www. iarrt. org), studied the results of eight regression therapists with about 1,000 patients. The results were measured immediately after the therapy, with follow-ups six months, one year, two years and five years afterwards. From the 450 patients who could be traced after five years, 24 per cent reported that their symptoms had completely disappeared, 23 per cent reported a significant improvement, 17 per cent reported an improvement, and 36 per cent reported no improvement. Overall, this makes a positive balance of 64 per cent. In 2006, Ron van der Maesen obtained his PhD in the research area of past-life therapy from Utrecht University in the Netherlands. His doctoral thesis was based on different studies with people who underwent treatment with past-life therapy. The studies included one in Suriname, one with the

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