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, has been a professional healer for over twenty years and is co-founder of the Institute for Intentional Healing. Since 1987, Mr. Dekhta has trained in the theoretical foundation of subtle energy with master healer and physicist, Nicolai Levashov. He has a Diploma in “Subtle Energy Therapy” based on the ancient IMAGO method of psycho-regulation, issued in Moscow, Russia. Mr. Dekhta has worked with healers and patients in the United States, Russia and Africa. His background includes over 30 years of study of the ancient spiritual traditions. Mr. Dekhta currently holds a private healing practice in San Francisco and is a researcher on subtle energy at The Center for Functional Research, spear-heading Subtle Energy Saturated Water experiments. Mr. Dekhta is a member of the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine (ISSSEEM). He is a co-author of the book Secrets of Healers (2002). Mr. Dekhta is currently lecturing and holding workshops on Intentional Healing. His private healing sessions are held in person or remotely. Additionally, Mr. Dekhta has a Russian professional degree in linguistics and was a former radio and television journalist who was one of the first to speak about subtle energy healing and consciousness on Moscow radio before Perestroika.