Barry Neil Kaufman has written the most comprehensive guidebook to date on the Option Process® Dialogue, called PowerDialoguesSM: The Ultimate System for Personal Change, which is now being used as the primary text in the Option Institute International Learning and Training Center's Certification 2000, 2001 and 2002 Programs.

PowerDialogues takes a quantum leap forward in providing mastery in the Option Process® Dialogue, a Socratic form of inquiry using a logical system of questions. It represents a phenomenal breakthrough in the manner and speed in which Mentor/Counselors learn and train.

For professionals wanting to integrate this process into their existing practices, PowerDialogues gives them a working understanding of, and skill in using, the Option Process® Dialogue with clients, patients and all those they assist.

For those interested in the Option Process® Dialogue for personal exploration and development, PowerDialogues provides a life-changing system that can be applied to make meaningful and lasting personal changes.

Click here to read an excerpt of "Power Dialogues" online!

"If PowerDialogues had been available while I was in training, it would have revolutionized my own training and greatly reduced the time it took to receive my certification. It has greatly enhanced my clarity with, and integration of, the Option Process®." -- Beverly Haberman - Certified Option Process® Mentor/Counselor

"In my busy practice as a family physician, I have found that the Option Process® Dialogue as taught in PowerDialogues, by Barry Neil Kaufman, even if used for five minutes, helps me to empower my patients and assist them in making choices that will lead to a healthier lifestyle. Utilizing PowerDialogues has increased my compassion for and understanding of my patients. It has given me hope where I once felt frustration." -- Lucille Marchand, M.D., B.S.N. - Associate Professor, Deparment of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School

"I have been a psychiatrist for thirty years. Never before has any process taught me so much about how to be with others. The Option Process® is clear, precise and packs a punch. At the center of this process are the principles of being present, being loving, accepting others and being nondirective. To have been given tools in PowerDialogues to follow these principles is a great gift indeed. I am grateful." -- Ted McCarthy, M.D. - Chief of Psychiatry, Mercy Hospital, Maine

"When I learned the Option Process® at The Option Institute, my experience was so profound and so deep that my personal, but also my professional life, was irrevocably changed. The process enabled me to question beliefs in a way that went much further and deeper than any other approach that I have used as a psychotherapist. PowerDialogues by Barry Neil Kaufman goes to the core! Every day in my private practice I see how thankful people are when I ask them these simple and respectful questions. I see liberating changes in people that go beyond any I have seen in the past. The process and its results are amazing!" -- Frank Stenzel - Licensed Psychologist/Psychotherapist, Germany

"The attitude underlying PowerDialogues, presented by Barry Neil Kaufman, is invaluable! My full presence and calm acceptance of my patients, whether they are anxious, fearful or at ease, is appreciated by them as much as, if not more than, all my medical knowledge and technical expertise. Learning and using the attitude of the Option Process® Dialogue is one of the greatest gifts a physician could give to themselves or their patients." -- Sue Davis, M.D. - Massachusetts

"PowerDialogues has profoundly transformed the way I work as psychiatrist. Using The Option Process Dialogue, I have seen people change rapidly and painlessly, without the need for years of therapy. I am deeply grateful to Mr. Kaufman for making this powerful and effective method available to everyone!" -- Philip N. Lomas, M.D. - Psychiatrist, Wisconsin

"The attitude underlying PowerDialogues, is invaluable! Learning and using the attitude of the Option Process Dialogue is the greatest gift." -- Audrey White - Financial Consultant, Texas

"This book teaches a very practical, easy to master self counseling method. If you're looking for easy to understand, yet very incisive tools, this is a great book." -- Erik Linthorst, Manhattan Beach, CA 

"PowerDialogues presents a wonderful tool for personal growth! With userfriendly, clear and simple explanations, and also examples, you can learn the basis of this tool which allows everyone to uncover self-limiting beliefs and become free of their accompanying uncomfortable feelings. This method takes into account the whole person (mind, heart, emotions and behaviors)! I recommend it to everyone, professional or not." -- France Frascarolo, Lausanne, Switzerland

"For over ten years, I have been in the business of helping diverse people work together to solve complex issues. I found one of the most powerful techniques to use in erasing barriers between people: Barry Neil Kaufman's PowerDialoguesSM. At a time of crisis in my own life, I learned The Option Process® Dialogue. Not only did it help me to transform myself, but I also now teach it in my own work. As a result, the groups that I work with are more productive, more successful than ever before, and serve as role models within their organizations! This process has been critical to their success!" -- Michael Rubell, President and Senior Consultant, TeamWorks International, New Jersey

"I cannot recommend "PowerDialogues" too strongly. I have always been "successful," but have spent decades in and out of therapy, prayer groups, etc. in an attempt to feel better on the inside. All of those approaches were good and helpful, but at I best I made incremental process. However, using the simple tools and questioning process in Power Dialogues, I gained the most powerful, dramatic and breakthrough insights I've ever had. I learned that I was creating my anxiety and fear and shaky confidence - not the challenging circumstances around me. I also learned that I was creating those feelings as a strategy to take care of myself, and that I could freely chose better, more effective and more enjoyable strategies. I have told all my family and friends about this approach and hope that you will try it out for yourself too. -- Jon Hillegeist

"PowerDialogues is a wonderful gift from Barry Neil Kaufman! This process has provided me with a way of living my faith in relation to my family, my parishoners and myself. I encourage everyone, including my clergy colleagues, to open your hearts to the gift that awaits you here." -- Kathleen Panning, M. Div. Lutheran Minister, South Carolina

"My professional life has greatly benefited as a result of the Option Process and the Option Process Dialogue (PowerDialogues by Barry Neil Kaufman.) As an emergency room physician and regional EMS director, I am in a leadership position. Whenever I can, I share the Option Process techniques and attitude with my colleagues. Because of PowerDialogues, I know I can choose to be calm and respectful no matter what is happening around me. So really, the Option Process has helped me not only to be a better doctor, it's shown me how to be a more loving human being." -- Geoff Miller, M.D., Emergency Room Physician, Regional EMS Director, Iowa