Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of diagnosing a psychological condition and/or the events or perceived events that are the basis of the condition. In another embodiment the present invention is directed to a method of assigning a personality classification to an individual. The methods of the invention preferably comprise the steps of: asking the individual a plurality of questions designed to bring out an emotional response in the individual; observing all repetitive physical movements by the individual while the individual is responding to the questions asked; identifying nonverbal leaks (NVL) from the observed repetitive physical movements reflecting an unresolved perceived trauma in the individual; and diagnosing a psychological condition in the individual or assigning a personality classification to the individual based on the individual's identified NVLs. The present invention is further directed to identifying the underlying cause of the perceived trauma, thereby treating the individual.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process for treating a psychophysiologic condition which includes scanning all or part of the body of a human subject with a thermographic device which produces a visual display to determine areas of the subject's body exhibiting temperature aberrations, then inducing a hypnotic state in the subject while focusing the subject's attention on the area of the body exhibiting the temperature aberration, then regressing the subject to a traumatic experience affecting the part of the body exhibiting the temperature aberration and maintaining his attention focused on the traumatizing experience until the temperature aberration becomes unstable, after which the subject is brought out of the hypnotic state.