Every Therapist Needs a Therapist Sometimes

Copyright 2023 Judith A. Swack, Ph.D. • November 7, 2023

Paula is a social worker in the social work department of a downtown Boston hospital.   

She had been working with me on the goal of getting happily married, and we were making good progress clearing dysfunctional family system patterns so she wouldn’t reproduce them in her relationships. One day she came in complaining that she had been feeling lethargic and depressed for the last month and she had no idea why.  Further inquiry revealed that six weeks prior, she had helped a woman who came to the Emergency room after being beaten by her husband.  Paula arranged for safe housing and a restraining order against the husband.  Although Paula had done everything she could to keep the woman safe, the woman returned to her husband, and he killed her.  The woman arrived at the Emergency room dead. Paula had to do the paperwork and hadn’t felt right since. 


I was surprised that Paula didn’t recognize that she had been traumatized.  I said, “Do you think you are not human?  You put on your professional social worker uniform when you go into work and that makes you impervious to tragedy, frustration and disappointment?  Professional social workers don’t have feelings?  Inside the costume you are human, and someone you tried to help got herself killed despite your best efforts.  Of course you are traumatized.” 


So, we treated Paula for the trauma, and she felt immediately better.  


Frank is a very experienced Licensed Psychologist and practitioner of Energy Psychology. 

Although he had done a lot of work on himself, he was still experiencing mysterious physical and emotional symptoms of burnout.  He came to me to help him find the missing piece.  Sure enough, he had a series of traumas that were blocked to conscious access, which is why he hadn’t been able to find them.   


I showed him the structure, we followed the HBLU™ protocol to clear it, and his symptoms went away. 


Claira is an emergency room nurse who showed up valiantly every day during Covid.

After a year, she started drinking too much, became depressed and prone to outbursts of anger, and could no longer tolerate social interactions.  Her partner threatened to leave her. Claira, who had never had any kind of therapy and thought that as a nurse, she could just tough it out, realized she had a serious problem that wasn’t going away by itself.  Claira found me through a wholistic nurse who had seen me present at a conference.  I explained to Claira how the unconscious mind and body held emotional patterns that influenced behavior and reactions and even caused physical symptoms.


Although skeptical at first, Claira eventually came to understand that there was more going on inside than she was consciously aware of and stepped up to do the work.   


In the last year, Clara has recovered from burnout and repaired her relationship with her partner. 


We all need a little help sometimes.

At the most fundamental level, we are all multi-level beings with a conscious mind, an unconscious mind, a body and a soul. Despite the roles we play in everyday life, and the skills and abilities we have accumulated as mental and physical health-care providers we all have blind spots about what is running our reactions, behaviors, and maps of reality. Nobody knows everything. We all need help sometimes. 


Healing from the Body Level Up™ methodology (HBLU™) is designed to find hidden patterns of suffering, patterns that no one else can find or even knows where to look.  Even for experienced mental health professionals or people who have been in therapy for years, HBLU is designed to help clear what you haven’t yet been able to find. My mission is to support helping professionals be fully in service so that together we make the world a better place. 


If you or anyone you know has problems you haven’t yet been able to heal, HBLU™ methodology can help you. Especially for healing professionals, if you would like to protect yourself from absorbing negativity from your clients, we recommend you start by watching HBLU™: Heal The Top Five Patterns That Cause You To Absorb Other People’s Problems, Illnesses, And Symptoms

To learn more or schedule an appointment, please call 781-444-6940, email info@hblu.org, or gohere

  

Blessings, Judith   


Healing from the Body Level Up (HBLU™) is an innovative, rapid, and powerful new mind/body/spirit healing methodology developed by Judith A. Swack, Ph.D., a Biochemist/Immunologist, Master NLP Practitioner, Mind/Body Healer, and leader in the field of Energy Psychology.  HBLU integrates biomedical science, psychology, hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming, applied kinesiology, spirituality and Energy Psychology techniques with original research on the structure of complex damage patterns. 


HBLU™ is so effective because: 

  1. The client's deepest wisdom guides the healing, 
  2. It has menus of well characterized patterns and effective healing techniques, 
  3. It clears blocks to success at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels. 

  

HBLU™ helps people rapidly achieve the results they want to live full, happy, healthy, and satisfying lives. Maybe it can help you, too. Dr. Swack and her associates work with people in person or by phone. Healing from the Body Level Up, Inc. is located in Needham, MA.  Call 781-444-6940 to book an appointment, order a free information package, and order CDs and DVDs.Visit our website.  

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By Judith A. Swack, Ph.D. December 2, 2025
Copyright 2013, revised 2025 Judith A. Swack, Ph.D. At the recent ACEP conference (May 2013) I ran into Jane, a woman who had attended my presentation at the Energy Psychology conference the previous October. There I had demonstrated an energy transmission technique that I called “The Look” in which someone remembers a traumatic emotion, locates that feeling in his/her body, and I look at it. About 10 seconds later, the feeling dissolves. At the end of that session, I transmitted that ability to anyone who wished to receive it.
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By Judith A. Swack, Ph.D. September 29, 2025
Copyright 2014 revised 2025 Judith A. Swack, Ph.D. Three years ago, John’s blood sugar levels started to rise. Although John’s father and several other relatives had diabetes, John refused to believe he might really have a problem. Although his doctor had encouraged him to modify his diet and lose weight, John continued to eat whatever he wanted, not exercise, and stay fat. Now at age 52, his fasting blood sugar was 150 (normal is 70-99). When I asked him if he knew that he had diabetes, he told me that there was controversy over whether or not fasting blood glucose was a legitimate test for diabetes, and the medical establishment was now considering the A1C measurement as more accurate. So John got an A1C test, which also showed he was diabetic.
By Judith A. Swack, Ph.D. August 26, 2025
Copyright 2025 Judith A. Swack, Ph.D. Jane was dating two men at once and having trouble deciding who to choose. She listed all of John’s wonderful qualities and all of Steven’s wonderful qualities and remarked, “If I could just put the two of them together I’d have the perfect man.” When asked why she didn’t just date one man who had everything, she said she was keeping one man as a backup because she didn’t feel safe with either one of them. Puzzled, I asked, “Why would you date, let alone marry, anyone you didn’t feel safe with? Clearly, you’ll never marry either of these men.” Jane simply looked astonished. Love is a beautiful thing. We all need to love and be loved. Sadly, many of us have been hurt by the people we love and who are supposed to love us. When that happens, we no longer feel safe, and we shut down the ability to give and receive love. The tragedy is that we can no longer feel loved or experience ourselves as loving beings. We no longer experience the nourishing flow of warm golden buttery energy that uplifts the heart/soul, connects us all, and soothes all pain. And everyone else we could be loving is robbed. According to the dictionary, the word “vulnerable” means open to attack. When someone says, “I’m afraid to be vulnerable” he/she should be afraid to be vulnerable, but he/she should not be afraid to be emotionally open, emotionally present, or emotionally close. Opening to give and receive love should not make one vulnerable. So what to do about it? With HBLU we acknowledge the fear and heal the traumas, dysfunctional family system and cultural brainwashing patterns that caused it. This allows people to reach out with their hearts and share one of the greatest gifts in life. If you or anyone you know would like to open your heart to love, get happily married, or improve your marriage or other relationships, HBLU methodology can help you. If you would like to learn more or schedule an appointment, please call 781-444-6940 , email info@hblu.org , or go to www.hblu.org . Blessings, Judith