Dawson Church

Dawson Church, Ph.D.

Dawson Church has edited or authored over 200 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, Jeanne Achterberg, Neale Donald Walsch, Gay Hendricks, Joan Borysenko, Mary Catherine Bateson, Andrew Harvey, Huston Smith, 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, as well as pursuing clinical certification in Energy Psychology (EHP-C).

Church and Shealy coauthored a compendious survey of spiritual healing throughout history called Soul Medicine. They culminate this work with a landmark profile of accreditation standards for the emerging fields of Energy Medicine and Energy Psychology. Church founded Soul Medicine Institute (SMI), a nonprofit institution dedicated to education and research into science-based medical interventions which use consciousness and energy as primary modalities. As a member of the Research Committee of ACEP, the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology, Church has been active in researching the empirical basis for leading-edge techniques. He is participating in several scientific studies at Kaiser Permanente, a large hospital chain, and private institutions, and presents regularly at conferences to update colleagues on his findings, as well as presenting workshops for corporations and retreat centers. Among the research initiatives at Soul Medicine Institute is the first database of Energy Psychology clinical case histories.

Church is a seminal thinker, whose research summaries of the biomedical evidence for consciousness-based treatments are providing the scientific underpinnings for this emerging field. The Genie in Your Genes, outlines the latest studies on the effects of consciousness on the expression of DNA molecule, and how consciousness will become the front line of medicine in the coming decade. It has been hailed as a brilliant contribution by many leading authorities in the field, including Fred Gallo, Ph.D. (author of Energy Psychology) and David Feinstein, Ph.D. (The Promise of Energy Psychology).

Selected Publications:

The Genie in Your Genes (Energy Psychology Press, 2007).

Einstein’s Business (Elite, 2007).

Soul Medicine (Elite, 2006).

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).