Dawson Church

Dawson Church, Ph.D.

Dawson Church has edited or authored many books in the fields of health, psychology, and spirituality. He has collaborated on articles with many of the leading voices of our time, including Larry Dossey, Bernie Siegel, Caroline Myss, Barry Sears, and John Gray. He earned his doctorate in Integrative Healthcare at Holos University under the mentorship of distinguished neurosurgeon Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D., founder of the American Holistic Medical Association. He went on to receive a postgraduate Ph.D. in Natural Medicine.

Church and Shealy coauthored a compendious survey of spiritual healing throughout history called Soul Medicine. Church founded Soul Medicine Institute (SMI), a nonprofit dedicated to education and research into science-based medical interventions which use consciousness and energy as primary modalities. He is the author of several studies published in peer-reviewed journals, and lectures at many medical and psychology conferences each year. He presents workshops on peak performance for athletes and organizations through EFT Power Training. He peformed the first randomized blind trial of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) for athletes, the first study of EFTs effects on healthcare workers, and a large nationwide study of PTSD in war veterans as part of the Iraq Vets Stress Project.

His research summarizes the biomedical evidence for consciousness-based treatments. The Genie in Your Genes outlines the latest studies on the effects of psychospiritual experiences on gene expression, and predicts that consciousness will reach the front line of medicine in the coming decade. It has been hailed as a brilliant contribution to the literature by many reviewers.

Selected Publications:

The Genie in Your Genes (Energy Psychology Press, 2009).

Einstein’s Business (Elite, 2007).

Soul Medicine (Elite, 2008).

Healing the Heart of the World (Elite, 2006).

Healing Our Planet, Healing Our Selves (Elite, 2005).

Heart of Healing (Elite, 2004).

Facing Death, Finding Love (Aslan, 1994).

Communing With the Spirit of Your Unborn Child (Aslan, 1989).

The Heart of the Healer (Penguin, 1989).