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 Research Results
The following links offer thoughtful opinions, analysis and research
studies that underscore the strong, lasting results of the HQP.
We believe that scientific study is an important responsibility in
accounting for the benefits offered to the public by the HQP. Research
findings also have assisted us in strengthening and extending the
value of our approach to helping people change recurrent unwanted
patterns in their lifestyles.
Professors Michael R. Levenson and Carolyn M. Aldwin of the University of California at Davis presented the findings of their three-year, grant* research study on the Hoffman Process in the Nov/ Dec 2006 issue of the scientific peer review journal, EXPLORE, The Journal of Science and Healing.
This University peer review research shows that Hoffman Process participants experienced lasting significant reductions in depression, anxiety and obsessive/compulsive tendencies, coupled with lasting significant increases in emotional intelligence, life satisfaction, compassion, vitality and forgiveness. A world-wide search of the research literature shows that no other treatments or interventions that produces lasting, significant reductions in negative affects, while simultaneously producing such increases in positive affects.
According to Ron Meister, Ph.D., an Administrative Research Director, “These research findings indicate that the overall changes available to a Hoffman Process participant are, by any standard, quite remarkable.”
Click here to read an overview of the study.
Click here to download the study (PDF 600KB).
*”Grant” research means that the University owns the data, and researchers are expected to publish their findings whatever the outcome.
A comprehensive scientific research study was conducted by Alex B.
Caldwell, Ph.D., and Curtis S. Hileman, Ph.D., on 58 participants
of the Process from 1983 to 1985. It should be noted that at the time
of this study, the format of the Process was rather different from
what it is today (two 3-hour sessions per week for 13 weeks versus
the present eight-day residential intensive). The content, however,
was essentially the same as what is offered today. (Of course, there
have been numerous refinements and improvements in the past 20 years.)
Read an overview of the report
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A study involving 31 individuals was conducted by Alison Candate,
M.F.C.C. Rather than measuring personal change, Candate’s research
study was directed at clients’ self-reported perceptions of
change and value. The Candate Study statistically reflects the responses
and reactions that people have to participating in the Hoffman Quadrinity
Process.
Read an overview of the study
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From 1995–1997, the German psychologist Christiane Windhausen
engaged in a comparative study of the results of group therapy in
a hospital setting with the 8-day HQP. Using a number of psychological
tests, it was demonstrated that significant, lasting positive changes
of the Quadrinity Process participants were much stronger than the
changes in the participants in the 3-month group hospital program.
Read an overview of the
study »
Read a Synopsis »
Noted Graduates Share their Experience
"The
Retreat That Changed My Life" by Joan Borysenko,
Ph.D.
Co-Founder and former Director of the Mind/Body Medical Institute
at Harvard University and President of Mind/Body
Health Sciences, Inc., Joan
Borysenko is an international authority on mind/body medicine,
a lecturer, workshop leader and author
"The Quadrinity Process: A New Synthesis" A monograph,
by Claudio Naranjo, MD
Claudio
Naranjo, noted psychiatrist and protegee of Frtiz Perls, supported
and contributed to Bob Hoffman’s work for 30 years.
Articles About the Process
Harvard Fellows Participate in the Hoffman Leadership Path: Pilot
Program Focuses on Personal Leadership Development
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An Inner Journey: Alison Rose Levy speaks on rediscovering your shining
self
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The Therapy That Changed My Life: Joan Borysenko attests to
the effectiveness of the Hoffman Process
(PDF 1MB) »
It's a quick-fix residential course that's proven to beat anxiety
and depression:
Oliver James finds the Hoffman Process is as good as its word.
Read the article »
Scared of living with intimacy: Ruthie Henshall turned to the
Hoffman Process to help her to understand the pattern of her relationships.
Read the article »
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