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The Art of Happiness

Rev., Dr. J.P. Tedford holds B.A. and Ph.D. degrees in counseling psychology. Dr. Tedford has been ordained as a priest and minister from three separate denominations and also holds a D.D. degree in theology although he does not condone any specific organized religious group. Dr. Tedford believes in the Taoist tradition that we each must follow our own path toward enlightenment. Dr. Tedford has studied many different career fields including psychiatric nursing, surgical technology and many different holistic practices. In the course of his medical studies, Dr. Tedford was first introduced to hypnosis while working in the operating room and witnessed major surgery performed on a woman with no anesthetic being used at all. The woman was able to control the flow of blood while surgery was taking place and felt no pain during the procedure. Since then, Dr. Tedford studied hypnosis and received certification and registration as a Hypnotherapist and utilizes hypnosis whenever necessary in his counseling sessions. Dr. Tedford teaches self-hypnosis to his clients and uses several hypnotic techniques as a valuable therapeutic tool.
Dr. Tedford also refers to himself as a Reality Therapist. Reality Therapists are a group of researchers who believe that we are each accountable for our own state of mind regardless of our condition or environmental situation and he teaches reality therapy to clients for better self-understanding and self-acceptance.
In 1985, Dr. Tedford's self-help book, THE ART OF HAPPINESS was published. The book deals with happiness as a learning experience. Having studied world religions, Dr. Tedford uses the four aspects of life (Physical, mental, spiritual and social) to enhance self-knowledge, which leads to self-awareness, self-appreciation and self-control which then leads to strengthening the self through self-discipline and finally self-contentment. With this knowledge one can accomplish any self-directed goal set within a positive, yet realistic manner.