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Ulrike Dettling, MA, LMFT, is a holistically oriented psychotherapist, senior faculty member at Cambridge College and AAMFT-approved supervisor. She offers consultations for people undergoing surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, in combination with Reiki treatments. She is fully trained and certified to present Peggy Huddleston's "Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster"™ workshop.  She helps clients get in touch with their inner wisdom and innate self-healing power as a hypnotherapist and Reiki Master Teacher.
Denis Dettling Kalthofer, LMT, is fully trained and certified to present the "Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster"™ workshop.  Denis is a hypnotherapist, Reiki Master Teacher and Nationally Certified Muscular Therapist. He brings respect, caring, attentive listening and self-care education to his clients. Denis offers medical hypnotherapy, bodywork and Craniosacral Therapy.

Phone Consultations, teaching you mind/body techniques for self-healing,  are available to those of you living outside the Greater Boston area. Reiki treatments can also be sent long distance.  Both Ulrike and Denis offer hands-on Reiki treatments at the hospital or at your home before and after surgery, and teach Reiki for self-healing.
"Medical studies show that people who prepare for an operation have less pain, fewer complications and  recover sooner."  Ulrike and Denis assist clients in preparing for medical procedures

  • By teaching them Peggy Huddleston's Five Steps To Prepare For Surgery.
  1. Calm pre-operative jitters guided by the relaxation tape. Feeling peaceful strengthens your immune system and creates the complex bio-chemistry that enhances healing.
  2. Visualize your recovery by turning worries into healing imagery.
  3. Surround yourself in the love of family and friends to feel calm before surgery.
  4. Use "Healing Statements", words spoken during surgery that reduce the use of pain medication by 23-50%.
  5. Establish supportive doctor-patient relationships." (Quotes from the brochure of Peggy Huddleston)
  • By advocating for receiving the best care from their health care professionals before the procedure and in the pre-op waiting area.
  • By providing Reiki treatments (healing touch) before the procedure in the office, in the pre-op waiting area, and after the procedure in the hospital or at home. By teaching them Reiki to use as a self-healing tool for relaxation and faster recovery.

Ulrike Dettling's 8 Step Program for Optimal Recovery:

  1. Using the relaxation/healing tape by Peggy Huddleston twice a day, ideally two weeks prior to the procedure
  2. Taking Peggy Huddleston's  "Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster" Workshop™ , including getting in touch with your body's wisdom (Body Dialogue).
  3. An hour-long Reiki treatment during the week before the procedure.
  4. Receiving a Reiki treatment in the pre-op waiting area.
  5. Use of relaxation/healing tape by Peggy Huddleston during the procedure
  6. Use of "Healing Statements" during the procedure
  7. Reiki treatment during the week following the procedure
  8. Learning and administering Reiki daily  for self healing (or having a loved one  learn Reiki to provide treatments on a daily basis to the client)

Clients may choose to do parts or all of the components of this comprehensive healing program. While starting the program 2-3 weeks prior to the procedure is optimal,
clients can still benefit from learning these techniques up to one day before the procedure. The initial healing consultation includes the Peggy Huddleston "Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster" Workshop™, lasts 1 1/2 hours and includes the "Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster"™  book and relaxation/healing audio tape. This workshop can also be conducted over the phone to those living outside the Greater Boston area.

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