“When I started therapy with Harry in 2005 I was in a very dark place feeling hopeless and desperately needing help. I was somewhat aware I had issues with addiction but was clueless why I couldn’t just stop using. I repeatedly found myself in the same situations expecting different results. The one common denominator in all of this? Me. I spent many sessions with Harry complaining and blaming. Over time his intuitive insight, non-reactive nature, stillness and ability to remain consistent, calmed me. He literally responded to my dramas with, “OK.”

At first I felt frustrated. I could not get him to agree with me or to react. In time, I became sick of hearing myself tell the same stories over and over. I slowly began to feel what I was saying was no longer congruent with what I was thinking. Old stories weren’t working anymore. Change was taking place within me. I started to see my role in how I hurt others as well as myself. Harry’s lack of reacting to my dramas forced me to take a much closer look at my self-limiting beliefs.

One of the first books he introduced me to was Louise Hay’s The Power is Within You. This book changed my life. I began to recognize the connections between her teachings and Harry’s approach. He taught me I no longer have to be a victim of my life - I am the only one responsible for my life! Harry opened the door for me to explore a new truth. One that leaves me feeling empowered and liberated instead of victimized and resentful.

It is Harry’s words I go back to, even after fifteen years (and what he continues to teach) that keep me hungry to learn more. He taught me we can literally transform relationships when we transform our thoughts/stories we tell ourselves. Harry continues to do his own inner work and that is why he is an outlier in the field of therapy. He is brilliant, insightful and compassionate and will always be the one who “woke me up to my life!””