Dawson Church

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Dawson Church is a researcher in the field of energy medicine and author of Communing With the Spirit of Your Unborn Child (Aslan, 1988), Facing Death, Finding Love, (Aslan, 1994), Soul Medicine (Elite, 2006) and The Genie In Your Genes (Elite 2007).

Church immigrated to the US from Britain in 1977. His father was a missionary evangelist, and Dawson was schooled in the US and Southern Africa. He earned an undergraduate degree at Baylor University, and a doctorate at Holos University. Church has edited or authored over 200 books in the fields of health, psychology, and spirituality. He earned his doctorate in Integrative Healthcare at Holos University (http://holosuniversity.org/) under the mentorship of neurosurgeon Norman Shealy, founder of the American Holistic Medical Association (http://www.holisticmedicine.org/). He went on to receive a postgraduate Ph.D. in Natural Medicine, as well as clinical certification in Energy Psychology (C.EHP).

Church and Shealy coauthored a survey of spiritual healing throughout history called Soul Medicine (http://www.soulmedicine.net/). They culminate this work with a profile of accreditation standards for the fields of energy medicine and energy psychology. Church founded Soul Medicine Institute (http://www.soulmedicineinstitute.org/), a nonprofit research institute in the field of Energy Medicine, and is a member of the Research Committee of ACEP, the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (http://www.energypsych.org/). Among the research initiatives at Soul Medicine Institute is the first database of Energy Psychology clinical case histories.

Church is currently affiliated with Energy Psychology Press (http://energypsychologypress.com/).