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Latest research findings USA 2004 The Windhausen Study The Caldwell Report The Candate Report The Professionals Speak We believe that scientific study is an important responsibility in accounting for the benefits offered to the public by the Hoffman Quadrinity Process. Research findings have assisted us in strengthening and extending the value of our approach to helping people change recurrent unwanted patterns in their lifestyles. In the following pages you will find summaries of four kinds of information: University of California Study This is a study conducted in 2002 by two noted researchers at the University of California, Professors Michael R. Levenson and Carolyn M. Aldwin who completed a three-year grant research study whereby participants of the Hoffman Process were monitored and compared to a control group. The researchers believe that this may be the first formal scientific evaluation of what they term an ‘alternative therapy’. Latest research findings - USA 2004 The Windhausen Study A study of the Quadrinity Process, and probably the most significant long-term study to date was written in 1997 as the dissertation of the German psychologist Christiane Windhausen, at the Wilhelms-University Muenster in Westphalia. Mrs. Windhausen studied theology before graduating in psychology at the above university. Her dissertation is based on studies carried out with 65 randomly selected clients, all of whom completed the Quadrinity Process in its present form during 1994 and 1995. The Windhausen Study The Caldwell Report A comprehensive scientific research study on the Quadrinity Process conducted by Alex B. Caldwell, Ph.D. and Curtis S Hileman, Ph.D. on 58 participants of the Process from 1983 to 1985. Although it should be noted that from 1967 to 1986 the format of the Process was somewhat different than it is today (two 3-hour sessions per week for 13 weeks [i.e., twenty-six 3-hour sessions] versus the present 7-day residential intensive), the overall structure and content of the Process during those earlier years was essentially similar to what is offered today. In fact, the Hoffman Quadrinity Process has been refined and improved in many ways since the Caldwell Report was conducted. The Caldwell Report The Candate Report In 1991 another study involving 31 individual was conducted by Alison Candate, M.F.C.C. (intern). Rather than measuring personal change Ms. Candate's research survey was directed at clients' self reported perceptions of change and value. The Candate Study statistically reflects the responses and reactions people have to participating in the Hoffman Quadrinity Process. The Candate Report What the Experts say Over the years numerous psychotherapists and counselors have, as an adjunct to the therapeutic experience, consistently referred clients to the Hoffman Quadrinity Process. These referring therapists have had a unique opportunity to observe and interact with scores of people both before and after these individuals took the Process. The research findings of the Caldwell Report and the Candate Study are empirically validated by the observations of these highly trained clinicians. Though not the result of formal research, these expert opinions are well informed and, we believe, worth sharing with you. The Expert Opinions

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