About the Author
Roseanne Farano, M.S., Ed.S., received degrees in counseling and personnel services from the State University of New York at Albany and holds certifications in hypnotherapy, energy healing, and organizational development. Formerly a college professor, a corporate executive for a major financial institution, Farano has maintained a private psychotherapy practice for more than twenty years. A past dean of the acclaimed Barbara Brennan School of Healing, she is a widely renowned inspirational speaker and teacher on the subjects of psychodynamics, interpersonal relationships, the power of personal development, and the human energy field. Farano lives on the banks of the Hudson River near New York City.

Book Description (from the publisher)

Why won't God meet me where I stand? Could it be because I refuse to believe God is already here?

"Guided, if not pursued, by these questions, the first thing I attempt with patients is to meet them exactly where they are, in whatever pain or illusion. I want them to know that somebody understands how they feel. In being met in this way, in companionship and intimacy, illusion effortlessly falls away. That is communion, that is God coming through. It is physical, it is holy, and it is the result of simply being with someone exactly the way they are without expecting them to change. To be certain, I do not bring God into other people's lives; it is the act of being met where we are that enables us to let God in. Nothing more or less. . . .

"The ascent to heaven is inward. The dove in downward flight is the symbol of that communion, a reminder that the prayer itself is is the answer." —from the book

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