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 pastlife 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
Dutch Association of Reincarnation
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