Board

 

Richard A. Blasband, Head of Research, is a board-certified psychiatrist, trained in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and in psychiatry at Yale Medical School, where he served on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Blasband studied medical orgonomy with Dr. Elsworth Baker, who was appointed by Wilhelm Reich to train physicians in his therapeutic discipline, psychiatric orgone therapy. With others of Dr. Baker's students, Dr. Blasband assisted Dr. Baker in the creation of the American College of Orgonomy, where he served as President and Editor of the Journal of Orgonomy as well as conducting research in orgone biophysics. He is currently the Research Director of the Center for Functional Research in Sausalito, California, devoted to experimental and theoretical research on healing and the interface between life energy and consciousness. He is in the private practice of psychiatric orgone therapy, with over 35 years of experience in the field. He has published over 60 original articles and reviews in the Journal and other medical publications.

Mikhail Dekhta, Researcher, is both a linguist and lawyer by professional degree, and a former radio and television journalist. He has worked with healers and patients in the United States, Russia and Africa. Mr. Dekhta holds a Diploma in "Subtle Energy Therapy" based on the ancient IMAGO method of psycho-regulation, issued in Moscow, Russia. His background includes 30 + years of study of the ancient spiritual traditions (since mid-1970) and healing experience since 1987. At present Mikhail is a researcher on subtle energy at The Center for Functional Research in California and has a healing practice in San Francisco. He is a co-author of the book "Secrets of Healers" (2002).