Currently, I don't have testimonials from clients I have served, since I am beginning to offer Dynamic Listening. With permission, I have included some testimonials from clients of Dr. Minson and his Center for Inner Change (which is where I went). These are taken from the client feedback page on the Dynamic Listening Systems website. You will also find my testimonial and story related to Dynamic Listening on the webpage, Robert's Story.

Please keep in mind that Dynamic Listening isn't a medical treatment. It is a listening, education and re-training technique (often referred to as a Listening Therapy) that frequently has dramatic impact on people's lives.

Adult Clients

This letter is confirming the vital work of Dr. Minson and the efficacy of his Dynamic Listening System therapy.

I am an adult with ADD. I have spent a lifetime fighting an uphill battle with my learning disability and clinical depression. ADD caused me to feel deficient academically and professionally. Every aspect of my life was met with a sense of failure. My performance in the workplace was greatly affected and I was unable to maintain long-term employment. Lack of self-confidence kept me in a constant state of depression. I had difficulty with relationships both personally and professionally.

I underwent DLS therapy with the hopes of finding a way to alleviate my internal pain. Through the center’s listening and visual techniques I learned effective listening, enhanced my artistic abilities, and developed a constructive perspective and approach to my profession and education. The positive results I received are invaluable. My confidence increased significantly. I now approach life with the belief that I can not only succeed and excel but also overcome challenges that for so long held me back.

Upon my final visit, Dr. Minson told me that I could now say that I ‘had’ a learning disability. He was right! His statement was proven true. Through his inspiration, encouragement, and technical methods I recently completed my degree in psychology at Regis University with a 4.0 gpa.

I work at an alternative high school with teens who confront obstacles very similar to mine and I have suggested DLS therapy to their parents. Unfortunately, these are families with low incomes who cannot afford this treatment. The only weakness in this program is that it is not affordable to these families that could so greatly benefit from it.

Sincerely,

Ruby Miyasato-Simmons

(I am open to suggestions, funding ideas, etc. regarding the issue of treatment for low-income families. Feel free to email me at hello@powerhealinginstitute.com)

Child clients - Letters from their parents

Dear Dr. Minson,

We wanted to thank you again so much for the wonderful results our son has had from the DLS listening therapy. As you may recall, when he first came to the center, he had been experiencing a great deal of trouble both in school and outside it due to over-stimulation, dyslexia, inattentiveness, obessive-compulsive fixations, appropriate emotional/behavioral responses, and social difficulties.

We really appreciate how tremendously helpful, supportive, responsive and caring you and your staff were throughout the therapy process. And the results were great! Our son now has a much easier time reading, socializing, paying attention in school, modulating his emotions and behavior, and transitioning from one activity to another. We saw marked improvement in ALL of the areas of concern, plus a big change in his self-esteem. Everything just became easier: no more battles over gettign dressed or going to school, tantrums in general have become rare, and watching the ease with which he socializes now is just a joy for us.

Thank you, thank you, for the wonderful gift you have given us: our son, at ease with himself and in the world!

Sincerely,

P. A. McCarthy

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The following is excerpted from an article written in 2005 by a parent whose son underwent the DLS listening therapy in 1995:

It has been said that no mother is happier than her unhappiest child. I know that to be true.

From the moment he was born, my youngest was unhappy and difficult. He never crawled and didn’t walk until he was two years old. By the time he was five years old, he was impossible to discipline and had uncontrollable outbursts of anger. Trips to the store or a restaurant usually ended prematurely with both of us in tears.

I was at a loss to explain his behavior; I parented him the same way I had my first two children, and yet no matter what I said or did, this precious child of mine was miserable. Once he started school, it only got worse. He struggled with the basics, which, of course, caused him frustration, which, then, of course, led to an increase in more discipline problems. We were like hamsters on a wheel.

Until one day, at the end of my rope, a friend told me about the Tomatis Method. She said it was a method widely used in Europe for treating behavioral issues and learning disabilities, but had just recently been introduced here in the United States. “We are so lucky,” she said, “there are only a few centers in the US, and one is right here.”

From my first encounter at center - with Dr. Minson and his wife Kate - I was encouraged. Through their knowledge, warmth and compassion I felt hope. I started noticing a difference within a matter of weeks. Instead of running to his room yelling “You hate me!” when I asked him to put his toys away, he was able to hear the request for what it was. We, and his teachers, saw rapid improvement in his learning and attention as well.

Now, at eighteen, he is a senior at Denver’s performing arts high school, making plans for college to major in music. He is a thoughtful, loving son—there is not a trace of the early anger. I asked him if he minded if I told his story. “Nah, just say that now I have trouble keeping a smile off my face,” he said with a grin. Actually, we both do.

P. McCreary

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When our son Joseph was diagnosed with Autism, we were crushed. Without losing a moment, we researched the web and found many resources for ourselves and for our son. After employing numerous solutions from nutritional supplements to dietary restrictions to neurological retraining

exercises to behavioral modifications, we stumbled onto DLS. After Joseph’s first intensive, his receptive language increased dramatically as did the quality and quantity of his vocalizations. By his third booster, words started to pop out, his eye contact was perfect and he was now a listener!

The DLS has been nothing short of miraculous for our family. It has returned our son to us and given him the ability to achieve his full human potential.

S.R. Danton

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Our daughter Annie, age 9, was slow to develop and had learning problems from the beginning. She had always been in Special Ed, but thought we should try listening therapy as we had personal friends suggesting it.

After just one month of sessions, we started noticing Annie’s changes. Her eye contact improved, she seemed to be more “with it” and her mood was generally improved. We thought it might just be temporary and were afraid to believe our hopes. In time we saw significant improvement in articulation, communication (both verbal and non-verbal), and balance and coordination. She has shown great progress in balance and rhythm. Over a year has passed since she completed the program and all of these changes have remained in place.

We cannot thank the center team enough. This has changed our daughter’s life, and ours as well.

Sincerely,

Josh and Tammy Kauer

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To Whom It May Concern:

I first heard about listening therapy in an interview with Dr. Minson on N.P.R. Radio. The program sounded intriguing, and by this time we were becoming more and more concerned for our son. He was having a really hard time in school, barely making any progress even in his highly modified special education classes.

Our son was a very sweet and affectionate boy, but his interactions with others was limited to smiles, hugs, and snuggling. He always played quietly by himself, engrossed in his artwork, Legos, movies or video games. He never chose to play with his siblings or the neighborhood children. Any attempts to get him to do so, or any requests that took him away from his choice of solitary activity, led to extreme, occasionally violent, outbursts. He would be inconsolable. He didn't display these outbursts at school, as he seemed to accept that this was a place where people herded you from one activity to another. Being so lovable and kind, he endeared himself to teachers. Other children liked him too, though this was less and less the case as the years went by, children being unkind when they realize that someone is different than them.

Conversations with our Fabian were either one way or non-existent. If we asked him a question, he would instead answer with a statement about dinosaurs, or whatever his current passionate interest was. Attempts to have back and forth conversations were never successful. We could simply tell him what we wanted or expected, and perhaps one out of 5 times at best he would actually understand what we said, and do what was asked. It was the same at school. Teachers were never sure if he knew what they were saying or not. Fabian liked going to school. He just couldn't understand and fulfill the obligations.

Fabian was in the fourth grade when I heard about DLS listening therapy. We knew he had so much more potential, but were at a loss as to how to tap it. I did some research into the program online. The science seemed to make sense (at least to a lay-person), and I found that a similar program was successfully in use in some European public schools. We made an appointment, met with Dr. Minson, and had Fabian tested.

The first month or so of treatment was really difficult for us. Squeezing frequent appointments into a large family's busy schedule was really hard on everyone. And not seeing any immediate results made us ask each other over and over if we had wasted our scarce money. But then one day something happened. My son had a conversation with me! A real back and forth conversation! I was afraid to hope that we had made a breakthrough, but it began happening more and more. He had conversations with his father. He started talking and playing with his sisters. He started making friends, and having regular kid conversations with them, complete with laughter and bathroom jokes. It was like finally meeting our son after 12 years. We had always loved him, but now we could actually find out what was going on in his mind, and interact together like a family.

Fabian still struggles in school, but this year is definitely better than last. This was not a miracle that cured our son of his learning difficulties. He still has a really hard time asking teachers for help, but he is doing it more now, and gaining confidence in the process of asking for help, and getting it. Our son now feels comfortable in the world he lives in, and is able to interact in a healthy productive way. And a boy who used to cry if encouraged to participate in athletics, now takes Judo twice a week, and loves it. I am a born skeptic, and only agreed to give DLS listening therapy a try out of a mother’s pure desperation to help her child. Our expectations were greatly exceeded. We highly recommend this program, and have not hesitated to recommend it to other families we have met with similar needs.

Thank you.

Kim Avila

Salvador Avila-Ayala

Fabian Avila