" This program really helps. Words can't describe how it helps. You take the pressure off my shoulder. It's like having two football players on your back, and then you remove them. You're like another dad sometimes. Thanks for the seven techniques. "

-Griffin, student from Portland, Oregon

" Thank you for what you have done. You have helped me. You've helped me improve my school and my self-esteem. THANK YOU! "

-Marcy, student from Beaverton, Oregon

" Thank you for being born! Thank you for loving your job! Thank you for loving yourself! And thank you for helping me. "

-Heather, student from Oregon

" Thank You! This program made me strong, built my self-esteem. You gave me words of wisdom. I keep them, and use them! You were the most wonderful doctor ever! "

-Angela, student from Salem

" You helped me through thick and thin, right and wrong. You have improved my relationship with my family. I love you, and I respect you, and you are a miracle! "

-Matt, student from Portland, Oregon

" I went in hurt and came out cured. I am happier after the seven weeks, than I felt in my entire life. My entire life has changed, and my school work improved. "

-Fantasia, student from Oregon

Here's some letters received after the parents completed the program!

Dear John: The purpose of this letter is to inform you about the outcome of your program- The Seven Techniques of Highly Self- Motivated Teens. My daughter feels that her participation in this program has allowed her to learn more about herself and how to achieve her goals more effectively. I have to admit that her beliefs are more definitely on target. Your class has helped my daughter pursue her goals in a more effective way. I feel that she always knew what she wanted, but teenagers tend to listen to other people better than parents. I am glad that the person was YOU, because you are a highly motivated individual with a lot of teenage outlook in your persona. Please provide me with information about your session to come, because we would like to participate again. Sincerely, Marcela, Beaverton Parent

Dear John: They say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again yet expecting different results. We not only did the same thing over and over again with our 12-year-old misfit-we did everything over and over again. Positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, immediate consequences, years of psychoanalysis, you name it. No sale. He returned immediately to his apparent hard-wire set point of shirking responsibility, blaming everyone else for his failures, glowering negativity, lying etc.. We were out of options exhausted from propping him up against the inevitable failure that seemed destined for him. A chance meeting with you led to our enrolling our son in your seven- week workshop The Seven Techniques of Highly Self-Motivated Teens, and (later) Bonding the Family Together" In spite of our burned out skepticism, we noticed subtle changes in his attitude immediately. By the second week it was as if metabolism had sped up. He was actually doing his homework unprompted and pitching in on household chores. We are actually enjoying his company. Yesterday, he gently chided me for my chronic "negativism" while driving. He was right. We are witnessing what appears to be nothing less than a transformation. John, you are a miracle worker.Sincerely, Tom, Portland Stepfather

Dear John, I just want to let you know how amazed I am at the many subtle, sudden changes that have come over my son Griffin in only three weeks of your class. My child has always been a bright but unmotivated person, good hearted but with a selfish streak, loving but socially misfit and often angry. I see in him so much potential and yet, I have been worried for several years now that my nearly 12-year-old boy would grow up to be an unhappy underachiever who would blame the world for his failures. Until he enrolled in your class. Perhaps it was a happy coincidence of timing- as in the past three weeks, he has grown an inch in height and his voice had dropped an octave-so clearly he's maturing precipitously. Nevertheless, he has changed so much in the many little ways only a mother would see that I am convinced it had to be more that just maturity kicking in. Suddenly, there is no underwear on his bathroom floor. Over night, he began helping his little sister, carrying my groceries, loading the dishwasher, improving his grooming habits. He has become thoughtful and considerate. An awareness is growing in him of the need to consider the future and to prepare for it by taking responsibility for his education and his personal conduct. He is controlling his emotions better. He is arguing with the rules of the house less. He is cheerful, pleasant, and engaged in family conversation. He sets his alarm and gets up to it. He finally started keeping a daily homework schedule- something that no amount of cajoling, threatening, or school humiliation could accomplish. He has become a different person practically over night. What is most remarkable about this is that he'd had loving, engaged, effective parents who tired everything else. He has been in various forms of counseling and psychiatric intervention, including a year of medication for lethargy and depression (Zoloft). None of these efforts have done much, beyond addressing some of his earlier, more disturbing, rage behavior that have since virtually disappeared. He's been involved since January in martial arts, Audobon summer program, and has profited from a warm and growing relationship with his stepfather. These have really helped, but aside from their minimal mitigations, we had previously put all our faith in the psychological support mentioned above--which have been, as I said, unimpressive compared to the immediate and stark changes we've seen in him since becoming your student. I am now a reformed skeptic -- and a grateful mom! Laurie, Portland Parent

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