ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT INTERNATIONAL, INC.

MIND - BODY - SPIRIT - ENVIRONMENT®
"Transform Your Perceptions, Transform Your Life"™

PERCEPTION THERAPY®
WELLNESS GUIDE

"We Treat the Cause of the Problem, Not Just the Symptom"

The Perception Therapy® Wellness Guide Index

I. Introduction
  1. Perception Therapy® Wellness Treatment Model 6
  2. Perception Therapy® Philosophy 8
  3. Perception Therapy® Therapeutic Card Deck and Journal 20
  4. Therapeutic Benefits of Journaling 21
  5. Mind-Body-Spirit-Environment® Approach to Transformation 23
  6. Visual Imagery as Insight into Perception 24
  7. Perception Therapy® Pre and Post Needs Assessments 25
  8. Wheel of Life Pre and Post Assessments 35
  9. Perception Therapy® Needs and Wheel of Life Pre and Post Assessment Scoring 36
  10. Alternative Therapies, Holistic Treatment Techniques, Whole Person Healing Educational Definitions 37
II. Mind
  1. The MIND produces the perceptions and thinking that are productive or unproductive for all of us
Visual Imagery Perception Exercise		 45
  2. Perception Therapy® Exercise and Practice Sheets 47
  3. Awareness is the Key to a Balanced Life
Visual Imagery Perception Exercise		 53

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  A. Awareness is the Mechanism to Produce Positive Choices  
  B. Conscious Perceptions  
  C. Building Awareness through Indirect Techniques  
1. Indirect Suggestion
2. Metaphor Therapy
3. Cinema Therapy
  D. Metaphor Therapy Exercise  
1. Practice Metaphor #1
2. Practice Metaphor #2
3. Experiential Metaphor Exercise
  E. Understanding the Levels of Consciousness  
1. Visual Guide relative to choices involved in raising one's level of consciousness
  4. Creating Balanced Emotions
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  A. Self Perceptions  
1. Labels
  B. Observer of the Perceptions of Your Emotions  
  C. Eliminating a Fear-Based Life  
  D. How perceptions and choices create a consciously chosen response  
  E. Creating an Aware, Responsive Mindset  
  F. Transforming Levels of Patience to Transform Your Life  
1. The Formulation of a "Patience" Foundation
  5. Empowering Your Self-Esteem
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  A. Self-Esteem and Feelings of Self-Worth  
  B. Positive Perception Affirmations™ and Positive Affirmations  
  C. Experiential Affirmations™ and Positive Affirmations  
  D. Perceptions of an Awareness Practice  
  E. The Perception of Kindness  
  F. The Concept of Hope  
  G. Creating the Opportunity for Positive Changes  
  H. Empowerment through Commitment  
1. Attaining Empowerment through Purpose and Intent
2. Setting a Positive Ideal in the Subconscious Mind
  6. The Aware Mind
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  A. "In Knowing All Things Are Connected"  
  B. Meditation: Contacting Your Subconscious  
  C. Dream Analysis to Aid in Progression  
III. Body
  1. The BODY as the vehicle for the soul
Visual Imagery Perception Exercise		 152
  2. Perception Therapy® Exercise and Practice Sheets 154
  3. Body - Mind Connection
Visual Imagery Perception Exercise		 160
  A. Awareness of Body-Mind Connection  
  B. Body-Mind Metaphor  
  C. Body Perceptions  
    1. Aware Living  
   
  A. Four Weeks of Aware Living to Improve Your Health and Body Relationship
 
    2. Perceptions of Food  
  A. The Acid / Alkaline Balance
  B. Colors of Food
  D. Body-Mind Healing  
1. Breathwork
2. Self-Hypnosis
3. Self-Diagnosis
4. Visualize Your Healing
5. Positive Body-Mind Affirmations
  4. Body Awareness
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  A. 'Whole Person' Fitness  
    1. Perceptions of Fitness relative to Mind-Body-Spirit-Environment®  
   
  A. MIND Techniques for Mental Fitness
 
  B. BODY Defining your five bodies
  C. SPIRIT Perceiving the essence of food
  D. ENVIRONMENT Eco-psychology
    2. Internal Cleansing  
  A. Ayurveda as a Natural Method for At-Home Internal Cleansing
  B. Alternative Methods
  B. Alternative and Integral Therapies for Better Sleep  
1. Nutrition for Sleep
2. Food and Diet - Healing Sleep Related Problems
3. Flow to Sleep Exercises
IV. SPIRIT
  1. Perception Therapy® examines one’s conscious thinking about how spirituality is perceived
Visual Imagery Perception Exercise		 207
  2. Perception Therapy® Exercise and Practice Sheets 209
  3. The Creation of a Spiritual Practice for "Whole Person" Healing
Visual Imagery Perception Exercise		 215
  A. Perceptions of Spiritual Practices  
    1. Developing Spiritual Practices Relative to Mind-Body-Spirit-Environment  
   
  A. MIND Thoughts are Things
 
  B. BODY The Spiritual Body and the Chakras
  C. SPIRIT Developing a Practice of Self-Reflection and Gratitude
  D. ENVIRONMENT Eco-Spiritual Meditation
    2. The Practice of Insightful Perception  
  B. Perception is Truth  
  C. Aware Living  
    1. Four Weeks of Aware Living to Improve Your Health and Spiritual Relationship  
  D. The Practice of Positive Self-Reflection  
    1. Positive Spiritual Thoughts / Affirmations  
  4. Perceptions of Meditation
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  A. The Concept of Meditation  
  B. Healing and Insightful Meditation Techniques  
V. ENVIRONMENT
  1. Expanding your Mind to change your perception about healing methods to include healing the environment
Visual Imagery Perception Exercise		 252
  2. Perception Therapy® Exercise and Practice Sheets 254
  3. Healing the Environment to Heal Oneself 260
  4. Transformation to a Healthier and Eco-Friendly Lifestyle
Visual Imagery Perception Exercise		 265
  A. Move into an Environmentally Conscious Mindset  
  B. Aware Living  
    1. Four Weeks of Aware Living to Improve Your Health and Environmental Relationship  
  C. Comparing Bottled Water to Filtered Water  
  D. Gaining an Understanding of an Organic Lifestyle  
    1. Organic Food - A Natural Lifestyle  
    2. Organic Clothing, Skin Care, Gardening  
  E. Your Earth Relationship