Regression therapy is the most helpful and effective way I know for getting to the source of a continuing problem, whether the source was in a past life or is in a present life. After fifteen years of conducting psychotherapy and after seven years of conducting Past Life Regression Therapy, I discovered that the source of some people's distress or trauma is experiences that they may have had with extraterrestrial beings.

These beings cause various responses in the people whom they contact, ranging from wonder, awe, and enlightenment to extreme anxiety, fears and phobias, anger and resentment, and (rarely) the inability to function normally. For people with any of these responses, regression therapy and integration work can help them assimilate and make sense of their bizarre experiences and function better in their lives, even though these experiences may continue to happen to them.

Many ancient sources indicate that interaction between extraterrestrial beings (who seem to come from the heavens or space) and humans may have been occurring for thousands of years. In recent times, contacts and abductions have been reported since the early 1960’’s. According to polls taken during the 1980’’s and 1990’’s an estimated five to eight million Americans have had these experiences, and it is a world-wide phenomenon as well.

Since my first highly traumatized extraterrestrial Experiencer client worked with me in 1991 I have regressed more than five hundred people to various kinds of extraterrestrial contact episodes and I am currently working with fifteen abductees. I estimate that I have conducted at least fifteen hundred regressions to a variety of experiences with extraterrestrial beings. I lead a monthly Support Group for Experiencers as well. I prefer to call people who have had experiences with extraterrestrial beings ““Experiencers””, rather than ““Contactees”” or ““Abductees””, as many of them have some experiences which they consider negative (and might be thought of as ‘‘abductees’’) and some experiences which they consider positive (and therefore might be thought of as ‘‘contactees’’). When they interpret some of their experiences in one way and some in the other way, it seems fair to refer to them as ‘‘Experiencers’’.

The field of therapeutic work with Experiencers is a relatively recent development. The first case on record occurred in the early 1960’’s when psychiatrist Dr. Benjamin Simon hypnotically regressed Betty and Barney Hill to their disturbing abduction by unusual beings in New England. Being new to working with patients who had had this type of experience, and not being familiar with the idea of abductions of people by extraterrestrial beings, Dr. Simon concluded that the Hills must be suffering a "shared delusion." Later evidence, perspective, and other people’’s experiences validated the reality of the Hills’’ experience.

Since that time, unfortunately, most mental health practitioners have failed to come to grips with the abduction phenomenon, and in many cases do not believe that the phenomenon is real. Thus, Experiencer clients are often erroneously diagnosed, medicated, and treated. This leaves them feeling misunderstood and worse than before they sought professional help. Furthermore, family members, friends and associates often laugh at them or call them crazy. They quickly learn to keep reports of their extraterrestrial experiences and their severe anxieties very private, and therefore receive no help in dealing with them.

A good source of professional psychotherapists and regression therapists to whom to refer Experiencers who desire to receive this kind of professional help is the Academy of Clinical Close Encounter Therapists (ACCET). This is an international organization of people who appreciate the challenges held by people who experience extraterrestrial encounters, and who are trained in regression therapy. Other members include people who acknowledge and appreciate the reality of visitors from elsewhere in space interacting with human beings and occasionally removing them for various actions for an hour or two duration of time. This organization can be reached by contacting the author at barbara_lamb@verizon.net.

Most Experiencers are not inherently medically or psychiatrically disturbed, although they might experience pronounced anxiety, especially in certain situations. This is amazing, considering the intensity of the trauma they have experienced. They are actually normal people to whom very unusual things have happened. Now that the subject of alien abductions is aired more publicly in the media, they realize that their bizarre experiences are similar to reports from other people of having been visited by and taken away by highly unusual beings, in episodes called ‘‘abductions’’ They might want to get validation and understanding from someone who knows something about the abduction phenomenon, and may attend meetings and conferences which focus on the UFO phenomenon, such as regional MUFON groups and the International UFO Congress, to see if there is evidence and validation for crafts and beings coming from space. They may share their stories with researchers in the UFO field long before daring to tell a therapist. They are relieved to be taken seriously and to have their experiences validated, but they may still need therapeutic help to deal with them.

Each therapist has his own procedure for working with Experiencers, if he is open to the phenomenon and willing to take these people seriously. However, I believe that trained regression therapists have the necessary skills for working with Experiencers. They can help the Experiencer uncover the buried memories of their strange encounters, even though the aliens often have specifically told them and influenced them "not to remember" anything. Fortunately, everything that has happened is recorded in their subconscious minds, and as in past life regression therapy work, it can be retrieved through regression procedures. This enables expression and release of the associated feelings and the eventual integration of the experience into the person’’s conscious life. Generally therapists understand that material which has been brought into the conscious mind can be therapeutically worked with far more effectively than material which is inaccessible in the subconscious mind.

The initial contact with Experiencers is important, whether in person or by letter or by telephone. They are often afraid to tell about the bizarre and unexplained things that have happened to them, so it is crucial for the regression clinician to be open-minded and to take what they say seriously, even though he does not yet know if they are true Experiencers . It can help to ask about their general life and functioning, and ask for brief descriptions of anything they think might be related to their unusual experiences: including dreams that seem to be ‘‘more than dreams’’, sensing or seeing unusual beings in their room, flashbacks to glimpses of being with unusual creatures, consciously witnessing UFO sightings, "missing time" experiences, finding unusual and unexplained markings on their bodies, or anything else that seems relevant. It is also important to tell them from the start that if they discover through regression that they are Experiencers of extraterrestrial contact, their lives and their notions of reality may be changed forever.

In the first session with the new client, before beginning to regress him to experiences which might turn out to be extraterrestrial encounters, it is important to get a clear sense of whether any other kind of crisis or major life issue is going on in his life, whether he has a history of being abused, and whether he has psychiatric symptoms or serious depression or anxiety. If any of these possibilities are true for the client, these issues should be taken care of therapeutically first before exploring the possibility of extraterrestrial encounters.

As the client is telling about unusual experiences and clues that something anomalous has happened to him, the therapist does well to notice where he is the most intense emotionally. Look for important interruptions in the client's life, or for symptoms such as "irrational" anxieties, flashbacks, and vivid dreams. Explore the client's fear of uncovering possible abduction material, and discuss what it is likely to mean in their life if they discover that they have actually had the experiences. Clients may fear that they are going "insane", because of their bizarre experiences. It is necessary to reassure them that they are not. They may need help in setting up good support systems; these are important to help them feel stable and accepted as they go through the regression work. Acknowledge their courage in coming to see you for help, and for being willing to explore what may have happened to them.

During the first sessions it is better for the therapist not to indicate whether or not he believes the client has experienced a true abduction. The client should draw his or her own conclusions about this, but should not do this until after at least one or two regression sessions. Asking the client to rate the "reality" of the regression experiences by means of a scale from 0 to 10, with zero representing "dream or fantasy" and ten indicating "it was real" may help them make this decision. A few tens may be a good reason to continue exploring the possibility that the client is truly an Experiencer.

Before beginning any regression work, it is helpful to prepare the client for what the process of hypnosis is like: that the state of hypnosis is actually a state of deep relaxation in which we can access memories which have been buried in the subconscious mind. During the regression the client will hear the therapist’’s voice and will follow the guidance and answer the therapist’’s questions. He will answer out loud with his own voice, describing the details of what he is experiencing in the past episode he is revisiting. At moments he may be aware of the position that his body is lying or sitting in. He will be mostly aware of reliving the experience he has regressed to, moment by moment, though at times he might be briefly aware of the ‘‘here and now’’ and his current thought process. During the regression we can move backward in time, if we want to take a more thorough look at what was happening, Or we can move forward to the next important thing happening. Or we can pause at a certain moment and discern more details about what is occurring.

The brain wave activity state of the client during the regression is usually the Alpha state, which we all experience many times each day: when we are falling asleep, when we are half waking up, when we are intensely focused on reading a book or watching television or a movie without much awareness of what is happening around us, or when we are driving a car while being so focused on what we are thinking or listening to that we are barely aware of how far we have progressed. We can also go into deeper brain wave states such as Theta or even Delta, with further relaxation suggestions and deepening techniques given by the therapist, although the Alpha and Theta states are usually sufficient for going back and reliving the details of the past experience of interest.

It is important for the therapist to reassure the client that he will be right with him in the experience, every moment, and will assist him in handling what is happening, and will help him come back out of the experience at any time if he needs to, or when the episode is completed. The therapist can reassure him that if he does not want to fully experience what is occurring in the regression (such as a painful medical procedure) he can temporarily leave his body and view what is happening from the side or from above., and then return to his body. It can be helpful to know exactly what happened during the experience, even if not fully reliving painful physical sensations. The client benefits from being reminded, before the regression starts, and here and there during the regression, that he WILL return from the experience he is reliving, and he will continue with his life and his everyday functioning.

Before the regression begins the therapist helps the client to choose the focus or subject, for that particular regression The focus could be a mere fragment of a memory, such as a few seconds of an unusual experience. It could be to whatever happened during a period of one to two hours of missing time. The focus could be to the source of flashbacks of a disturbing experience. Or the focus could be whatever happened that caused the client to suddenly have unaccountable scars or other markings on his body. Or what happened after seeing three unusual beings by the side of the bed at night and being unable to move or to call out for help. Or what happened after seeing a very bright light above the client’’s car while driving, being followed by this light, having the car motor mysteriously stop and three beings approaching the car. Or to the source of a recurring dream which disturbs the client. The focus helps the client’’s subconscious mind to locate the incident being explored, and to make it available to be relived in minute detail. The client chooses which strange experience to regress to, in order to learn more and to integrate the material into his conscious mind and his life.

Sometimes the focus is other than a specific incident. It may involve going back to the source of the client’’s intense feelings (often fear or discomfort) which he has in certain everyday situations, which remind him of something anomalous and disturbing which he does not quite remember. An example of this is a client greatly fearing being in a hospital or shopping mall or airport with light-colored shiny floors, which he discovers during his regression to come from his fear of being in a space craft (which had bright shiny floors) during an abduction. Sometimes the focus is more open-ended, such as asking the client’’s subconscious mind to take him back to whatever is most important for him to remember and to know at this particular time. It is also helpful to assess the client's primary ‘‘mode’’ of accessing information and memories, whether visual, auditory, kinesthetic, scent awareness or intuitive knowing, in order to ask the kinds of questions during the regression that will bring about the clearest memories and information.

It is very helpful to explore any beliefs which the client may have in any ‘‘higher source’’ to call upon for help, if necessary, during the reliving of traumatic memories. If he does have a sense of spiritual resources, you can reassure him that some "higher guide" will accompany him and make sure that he is returned from the experience. If the client has no sense of spiritual resources, the therapist can reassure him of his own accompanying of the client in every moment of the experience.

The client can also be reassured that he does not have to relive an entire abduction experience during one session, if it seems to be overwhelming or too distressing for him, and that you will end the session any time he wishes if he feels that is necessary. Each client has his own degree of being frightened to explore what has happened to him that he does not consciously remember. He may need all possible reassurance that he will be ‘‘safe’’ in recovering his memories. He may also need some practice at getting into the altered state sufficiently enough to relive the experience which he is choosing to explore. It may take him some time to trust the therapist to help him open the way for the details of the experience to be relived, without influencing him or ‘‘leading’’ him or ‘‘planting ideas’’ in his mind.

Experiencers may consciously recall some elements of their abductions before being regressed. Some remember only small fragments of their extraterrestrial experiences. Others think they remember all of the episode only to discover later, through regression, that there was much more to the experience than they had remembered. Some remember absolutely nothing about an abduction experience for years until "triggered" into a memory by something such as seeing a picture of an alien or a UFO, or hearing the accounting of someone else’’s encounter, or having a vivid dream of an encounter.

It seems that the extraterrestrials affect the Experiencer with a form of amnesia or forgetfulness. This is very powerful and may be reinforced by the Experiencer’’s own internal protective mechanism of denial. Unconsciously, many Experiencers feel a strange kind of bonding with the aliens they encounter, as in the Patty Hurst abduction case, and feel disloyal to them by remembering. Such clients need to be reassured that they have a right to know what happened to them, and that no harm will come to them or to the aliens by. remembering and sharing their experience with someone they can trust. They may benefit by being reminded that they have survived the experience, no matter how bizarre or even disturbing it may have been.

Whatever comes into the client’’s awareness during the regression should be explored as thoroughly as possible, including going over some details again and again and deepening the brain wave state if necessary. The client can easily ‘‘fill in the gap’’ between moments, with his own confabulated ideas. Therefore it is helpful to relive the episode more than once, to be sure to retrieve the details accurately. As in conducting any regression, the therapist should avoid influencing the material with ‘‘leading suggestions’’, assumptions, and planting of ideas. It is possible that some traumatic details of the material will not appear during the first few sessions, due to the client protecting himself from unwanted distress.

Clients who are experiencing considerable fear during the regression should not be forced to remember details which they are not ready to face. The therapist should move slowly with the client, following his lead. He can suggest that the client move backwards or forwards in time, according to which details need to be explored more thoroughly, with the willingness of the client. This is possible to do in this altered state of consciousness, which is a very fluid state of being.

Before ending the regression, the therapist can direct the client to "move ahead to the conclusion of this experience" which allows the client to experience a closure of the material in that session and to be aware of being back to where he was at the beginning of the experience. The incident which was regressed to might be revisited in a subsequent session, but at least the client can feel some completion for the time being.

The frequency of abductions varies greatly from one Experiencer to another. In my research it appears that most Experiencers have been abducted more than once, often many times, starting as far back in life as in childhood, infancy or life in their mothers’’ wombs, even if they remember the hints of only one more recent encounter. Intervals between abductions may be weeks, months, or years; yet some people may have had as many as several abductions in one night.

Some Experiencers at the beginning of their regression work recall only frightening events, as those are the events which need the most therapeutic work, and which stand out dramatically and attract the psyche’’s attention. However, those Experiencers often discover during subsequent regressions that they have been interacting with a variety of aliens and that some of their experiences have been educational, enjoyable and even enlightening as well. I encourage my Experiencer clients to continue with their regressions, so they can discover the probable positive aspects of their extraterrestrial experiences as well as the more negative elements.

There are many indications that a person may be an Experiencer of extraterrestrial encounters, and more therapists should be aware of these special clues. The Experiencer often has on-going "irrational" anxiety, disorientation, confusion, and frequent panic attacks. At the worst the person may discontinue work or school or other activities. He or she may have fears of doctors' offices, hospitals, and medical instruments and procedures; this fear may be so extreme that the person avoids getting needed treatment. Some people may have panic attacks when in certain settings where the light is indirect from an unknown source.

Many Experiencers have sexual and relationship problems and have difficulty trusting others, especially authority figures. Some of them have compulsive or addictive behaviors; yet there may also have psychic abilities and experiences. They may also fear animal eyes, owl eyes, spiders, snakes, and praying mantis insects, which unconsciously remind them of extraterrestrial beings they have encountered. Many Experiencers have various strong fears: of the dark, of being left alone, of going to bed, of falling asleep, of their bedroom closet, of being "watched," of driving alone at night, and of being followed by bright lights. They may have unusual sleeping habits, such as sleeping fully clothed and with shoes by the side of the bed, so that they can make a quick ‘‘get away’’ if they are visited by unwanted creatures, They may sleep next to the wall for a sense of protection, and position themselves away from the window so that they will not be seen from outside. They may lock the doors and windows of their homes and turn on the monitoring system and check them again and again before retiring for the night. They may wake up at a particular time at night, every night, or may do everything possible to stay awake until that particular time has passed and they unexplainably feel ‘‘safe’’.

Many Experiencers suffer from insomnia or other sleep disorders. The person may describe being "slammed" awake, or have the sensation of having been dropped to the mattress from above. They may wake up in strange positions on the bed or on top of the bedcovers, or somewhere else in the house or even several miles away from home; they may wake up with grass or dirt on their feet, and not remember having been outside during the night. Their hair may be completely wet when they wake up, with no awareness of how that happened. They may have their sleeping clothes on backwards or inside out, even though they remember having put them on properly before going to bed that night. They may find themselves wearing clothing that is not their own.

There are also physical clues that a person is having extraterrestrial encounters: he might wake up with mysterious marks on his body: small scoop-shaped scars, triangular bum marks, a bead of pus in the navel, straight thin cuts, bruises in the shape of a grouping of fingertips, pin- prick marks. There may be a small lump near one ear or in the forehead or at the base of the head, above the spine. The person may feel frequent vibrations in the forehead; his ears may ring or buzz, or he may feel pressure in his ears. He may have had frequent nosebleeds since childhood and may sometimes wake to find drops of blood on his pillow. He may have chronic sinusitis and other nasal problems , as well as chronic headaches, especially in one ear, or behind one eye, or in the sinus area.

Additional clues are that he may have back or neck problems, soreness in the genitals, or stiffness anywhere in the body. He may have a strong sensitivity to certain lights and sounds, and electronic equipment may turn off or malfunction when he is nearby. Some Experiencer women may say they became pregnant without having had sexual activity, and then two or three months later discovered that the fetus had mysteriously disappeared without having had an abortion or miscarriage. Or they may say they discovered that one of a pair of twins had mysteriously vanished from the womb, with the cord cut and sutured perfectly.

Experiencers may remember being paralyzed, unable to call out, being levitated and floated out though a window or a solid wall, and then transported up on a beam of light and into a spaceship where various procedures happen. Although many clients do not consciously recall these last few clues before they start their regressions, these experiences will emerge during the regressions. There are many kinds of experiences with extraterrestrial beings which are reported and which emerge during regressions of Experiencers. There are also many different types of beings which Experiencers encounter.

According to reports from thousands of people world-wide, there are many types of aliens. They can be tall or short, hairy or bald, uncaring or compassionate. Perhaps the most common type we hear about is the "little grays:" They are described as being three to four feet tall, they have grayish skin, big black almond-shaped eyes, tiny noses, small slits for mouths, no outside ear flaps, very large heads with pointed chins, no hair, and thin and delicate-looking bodies. They move stiffly, like robots, and they are described as very matter-of-fact, going about their tasks diligently and efficiently, with no regard for the Experiencer's reactions or discomfort. Similar in general appearance are the "little whites," with big round eyes, who seem much sweeter and gentler and less threatening to be with. Both the little grays and the little whites conduct the actual abductions of the Experiencer. Sometimes they also perform medical procedures right in the “Experiencer’’s bedroom.

There are other gray beings of various heights, some of whom have large, black, almond-shaped eyes and some have differently shaped eyes including ‘‘beveled’’ eyes. Some of these beings stare into the Experiencer’’s eyes from a distance of only an inch or two away, seeming to draw out all the person's thoughts and memories. This is a most frightening and unnerving experience for the Experiencer. There are bronze-colored and whitish aliens of five-feet eight or nine inches; some of these have large, faceted eyes. Others are short white aliens with huge pointed ears and big feet. Some are very tall pure white aliens with wispy hair and skin drawn very tightly over the skull-like face. Some aliens are reported to look like "Sasquatch," very large ape-like beings with hairy, shaggy skin.

Very disconcerting are some large, muscular reptilian types of beings with snake-like golden eyes with vertical pupils and uneven, mottled and bumpy skin often described as alligator-like or snake-like. Some of these fearsome beings have armored plates covering their chests, and some wear regal clothes with insignia. They tend to have the size and the stature of a tall, athletic human male They appear to be aggressive and arrogant and are said to mate with human females. Another type of being is the tall, thin “insectoid”, with huge bug-like eyes and extremely thin arms and legs.

As disconcerting as these ‘
‘praying mantis’’ beings appear, they often turn out to be unconditionally loving and kind. Once an Experiencer gets past this unusual appearance, he usually reports a great fondness for these beings. Shorter, stockier bug-like aliens with big bulging eyes do not seem to radiate that kind of lovingness, and are often shunned by those who experience them.

Some aliens appear quite human-like, including the "hybrid" type. These seem to be a combination of human and extra-terrestrial. They often seem human at a distance, but appear alien upon closer contact. Their eyes seem more human than alien, but their expression and demeanor are non-responsive. Allegedly, some hybrids who look human enough to pass for humans in our society sometimes intermingle with humans on earth.

Many aliens wear robes with large hoods, or spacesuits, or formfitting suits of varying kinds. Although these beings show no apparent indication of what we would call gender or external genitalia, abductees do distinctly sense them to be "male" or "female." Some seem more attuned to the needs and feelings of humans than others; one of my clients learned that the degree of understanding of human beings depends on which aliens have had human incarnations and how recently those incarnations were.

One well-publicized type of unusual beings is the "men in black," who come to UFO investigators' or Experiencers’’ offices or homes to confiscate material evidence of alien activity, especially when the material contains information about alien technology or human-government involvement with aliens and Experiencers. These beings seem robot-like and may, in fact, be some sort of robots. They look human at first glance, but have unusual eyes that they cover with dark sunglasses. They dress in ill-fitting mens' suits and hats of 1940's style, and speak in monotone, "canned" voices, as if it takes a great deal of effort for them to speak. They seem to know which knowledge or experience or materials the person has, and they demand the materials they are seeking. They threaten to appear in the person's sleep until the materials are turned over to them. They seem insistent and intimidating, but soon their energy seems to run down and they stagger toward the door and leave. They have been observed "disappearing" halfway along the sidewalk. There are also beings who look like athletic, well-built, handsome humans, often with blond hair and very intense blue eyes. They are often referred to as :Nordics””. They often do procedures which allegedly help Experiencers and relate to Experiencers in more acceptable ways. Some beings seem to be other-dimensional and ethereal, and greatly inspire and thrill Experiencers, to whom they give transformational experiences. Some of them are so unconditionally loving that Experiencers feel deep grief and loss upon returning from these contacts.

Many of the aliens described above work together cooperatively during abductions of humans. Certain beings come to take the Experiencer to the spaceship; others perform medical and reproductive procedures on him while lying on an examining table. Still others do deep scanning through the Experiencer’’s eyes, and another type comforts the Experiencers by touching their foreheads or shoulder with one hand. A "leader" type observes the procedures from the background. Some aliens do complicated healing procedures; they are reported to have healed such things as cancer and a hole in the heart.

After the medical or sexual procedures are completed, Experiencers are sometimes taken to another room and shown "holographic" scenes of earth catastrophes such as nuclear destruction or, ecological destruction. Sometimes they are shown pleasant, positive scenes. Sometimes the aliens holographically ‘‘stage’’ certain emotionally stirring events, such as the Experiencer’’s child being struck by a car, or a cherished lover or departed loved one suddenly appearing. During these staged events the aliens study the Experiencers intently, watching their reactions as if they are trying to learn about human emotions, or perhaps to derive energy from the intensity of the humans’’ feelings.

People seem to begin their extraterrestrial contacts early in life, sometimes even before birth. One male client was treated by an extraterrestrial for a congenital hole in his heart while he was still in his mother’’s womb, by the being placing his hands on the outside of the womb and sending energy into the embryo inside. He said to the embryo “You will not be able to live with this condition, so I am placing an invisible electro- magnetic strip over the hole in your heart”. The treatment was repeated by the extraterrestrial every year or so, during abductions, until the man was forty-eight years old, and received surgery by human doctors for the officially diagnosed congenital hole in his heart.

Many people begin their experiences with extraterrestrial beings shortly after birth and they continue to be abducted throughout childhood, teenage years and adulthood. Children responded to these contacts in various ways, ranging from terror and dread of sleeping alone to thoroughly enjoying their "special friends." Children are taken from their beds at night or from wherever they are playing during the daytime, are medically examined on the spaceship, apparently to be sure they are healthy, and sometimes are given a tour of the craft. Some children are introduced to "hybrid" children and are asked to play with them and teach them how human children play.

Some children find themselves in a classroom type of setting on the spaceship, with other abducted children, being taught such things as ‘‘mind ball’’, (moving things with only their minds) and other psychic skills. These learning games are taught and monitored by a variety of extraterrestrial beings. Some children will recognize each other from their life on earth, and develop a bond with one or two and with the beings. In many instances the children enjoy these experiences, and yet are mostly unaware of them and their own paranormal abilities after being returned to their homes.

When many Experiencer children enter adolescence, an additional, very traumatic, experience begins. There seems to be an on-going interbreeding program being carried out by some species of extraterrestrials. Eggs or sperm are removed from the adolescent Experiencer girl and are apparently mixed with alien reproductive substances so that a hybrid embryo is formed.

A month or so later the girls are abducted again and implanted with this hybrid embryo. They realize they are pregnant and some have the pregnancy confirmed by doctors. A few weeks later they are abducted again and the embryos are removed and placed in containers of special fluid. The girls suddenly realize that they are no longer pregnant, and yet they know they have not had an abortion or miscarriage.

Months later these same girls are again taken aboard the spaceship and asked to hold their "babies," who do not look entirely human. The Extraterrestrials seem to know that because these babies are partly human, they need to be held by, loved by and bonded to their human mothers. These babies are frail and pale, with large, penetrating eyes , strangely shaped heads and straw-like or wispy hair. The girls are urged to hold, love, and bond with these unusual babies during these visits while being closely observed by the attending extraterrestrials. Some girls are horrified and mystified by this, while others respond with surprise and yet are able to hold and feel love for the strange looking baby. During the subsequent years these girls continue to have brief visits with their hybrid children while on the space ship, and have s chance to relate to them to some extent. Some of these mothers wish they could bring their hybrid children home with them and raise them here on earth, but they are told the children would not survive here. Some mothers want nothing to do with their hybrid children and are repulsed that their reproductive material was taken and used to create these strange children. These hybrid children are highly prized by the extraterrestrials, especially since many of them do not survive for many years.

During the next several years these women could be part of this reproductive process several or many times, usually without much conscious awareness of it except for being pregnant and then mysteriously ‘‘losing’’ the fetus. When these things have occurred during abductions the memories could come back during regressions. Human males are subject to reproduction/hybridization procedures as well. Beginning in adolescence and continuing for several decades they may be abducted and have sperm mechanically removed from them. In some cases they are mated with by various types of extraterrestrial beings. With both human males and human females, these reproductive actions usually take place on board the space craft, with the occasional copulating taking place in their own homes.

Reasons given to Experiencers for this hybridization program include: one race having lost their own ability to reproduce offspring and needing to combine with human genetic material in order to survive. Another race has become physically weakened by many centuries of interbreeding with only their own kind, and wish to add the more robust human stock. Another race has become so intellectual and rational that they wish to add the component of human emotion. Still another race wishes to create offspring who could live with them in their locations and also live with humans on earth. Other races seek to create offspring who could travel back and forth between their societies and ours, serving as ‘‘ambassadors’’.

Experiencers are abducted for a variety of purposes by a variety of extraterrestrials. Common physical procedures include medical examinations on a cold, hard table, taking and testing of their body fluids, inserting and extracting and replacing of tiny implants, procedures with the brain, taking samples of tissues from inside the body, reproductive procedures (including sexual intercourse with the beings), being asked to relate to their hybrid offspring, being tested for their emotional reactions to various situations, and being suspended and submerged in large tanks of unknown liquid. Different Experiencers react in various ways to these procedures.

Common astral experiences involve being taken in spirit/consciousness/ mind only, while the body remains behind where the experience began. Experiencers often report being levitated up from their beds and looking down at their bodies which are still lying on the bed. They are often taken to some sort of ‘‘place of learning’’, which may be astral (non physical) as well. Perhaps for their own sense of security, Experiencers may see these settings as a library, classroom, laboratory, temple, or some other place conducive to learning, although they may actually be visiting a non- physical place in a non-physical state of being. Extraterrestrial guides or teachers or mentors help them to learn many skills, including physical healing, psychic development, technological skills, ecological concerns, the piloting of spaceships, the administering of health care to masses of people after earth disasters, and other subjects.

Any Experiencer may have, during the years of his abductions, some physical and some astral abductions, and some positive and some negative experiences. He may encounter many different species of extraterrestrials, during various abductions, and each species seems to have its own agenda. He may even encounter a few different types during one single abduction. Some Experiencers may remain angry and resentful toward their abductors throughout their lifetimes. Some may feel neutral toward their abductors. Some Experiencers are terrified by their abductions, especially at the beginning of an experience, but may gradually become more comfortable with the beings and eventually know them to be enlightened, spiritual beings with whom they are thrilled to be face to face. Some Experiencers feel honored and privileged to be part of an important cosmic program. They may even channel meaningful information from these beings, which they are eager to share with other people.

Whether the abduction experience is to be physical or astral, it usually begins with the Experiencer being rendered paralyzed and amnesic after the first few moments. My clients have told me that this is necessary to prevent their flailing out in fright or anger, which could injure them and their abductors, and to enable the particles of their bodies to separate enough to be moved through a solid wall or closed window.

The beings might also increase the vibrational frequency of the Experiencers’’ bodies, which requires a lack of movement. Because the beginnings of abduction experiences seem to be startling, intrusive and forced upon them , Experiencers usually react negatively and fearfully, even if the experience turns out to be a positive one.

Occasionally clients discover during regression that they were abducted by extraterrestrials during a previous lifetime, whether or not they are having these experiences in this lifetime. Occasionally clients learn that they themselves were extraterrestrial beings during previous lifetimes, living their lives on another planet, or exploring various planets for possible colonization, or being sent to earth for certain purposes. Some clients discover that they previously were the same type of extraterrestrial being that is currently abducting them, and that they are serving as ‘‘windows’’ for their beings to learn more about human beings and about life on earth.

Through clients’’ channeling of extraterrestrial beings, we have been told that all conscious, intelligent beings in the universe are from the same source and are able to incarnate on each others’’ planets and in each others’’ dimensions, and that each intelligent species goes to the same spirit plane between incarnations.

Some Experiencers discover during regressions that they actually collaborate with the extraterrestrials during abductions. They may help convince other humans to go aboard space ships, help with medical procedures on other abducted humans, learn healing techniques from the beings, help to run the spacecraft and even to co-pilot the ships. Some Experiencers discover they are delegates to large council meetings comprised of beings from many different planets, in which they discuss problems amongst various species and especially problems on planet earth. Others travel very long distances in a spaceship while suspended in containers of special liquid, to keep them safe and to help them adjust to the speed and the changing atmosphere.

Some Experiencers do not interpret what is happening to them as invasive or traumatic. They believe that all of their abduction experiences, even painful medical procedures, are for a worthwhile purpose and are basically positive. They learn to like and in some cases love the beings with whom they have had years of contact. They accept the reality that they have extraterrestrial spouses and children. These people deliberately look for the deeper meaning of their experiences. It can be argued that this is the only way they can tolerate what has happened to them and will continue to happen, like the phenomenon of humans bonding with their human captors in abductions here on earth. But people who look for these positive aspects usually find them justifiably. Although many people fear that aliens are intending to take over the earth for their own use, some Experiencers come to believe that the alien/human interaction is ultimately a benevolent one and some of the species of extraterrestrials are genuinely concerned about the ways in which we are destroying our precious earth. They urgently want us to change our ways and save our planet before it is too late.

Many of these Experiencers find a spiritual dimension in their abductions. They may accept the ‘‘aliens’’ as intermediate beings between themselves and God, or the primal source of creation, or cosmic consciousness. They liken them to angels, spirit guides, light beings, or enlightened beings. During their abductions they feel they are returning to their true cosmic home, beyond space and time, to an incredibly beautiful realm. They feel joyous, with a changed sense of their own place in the cosmic design, and a heightened sense of awe for the universe and for the natural world of earth. They eventually see our notions of space and time as non-accurate, and sense themselves to be in multiple times and places at the same moment. They may weep with sadness when they leave this realm and return to their humdrum lives on earth, and they sometimes remain depressed for a time because of the loss of these glorious experiences.

When Experiencers realize that their consciousness is separate from their bodies, they can relate more easily with the countless beings beyond space and time. They become aware of the cycles if birth and death on earth and on other planets as well. They become less ego-attached to their current personalities, and they may identify with the extraterrestrials during their abductions. They may feel themselves to be ‘‘blended with’’ the beings at times.

It is important for Experiencers to move beyond their fear, because fear seems to attract the more negative aliens and more negative experiences. If Experiencers act like scared animals when abducted, they will experience being treated like animals. They can easily become so saturated with fear, that they are unable to concentrate on noticing many other elements in the experience. It helps the Experiencer to allow himself to feel the fear without holding on to it, and then to notice details of the encounter and of the extraterrestrials with whom they are involved.

Even when the Experiencer is told by the beings ‘‘not to remember’’ what is happening during the encounter, he can insist on being aware and remembering. I encourage my Experiencer clients to tell the beings that as a human being they have a right to know what happens to them. Experiencers can learn to ask for a meaningful relationship with the aliens, and if they do this they will more likely be treated more respectfully and more like peers. Extraterrestrials seem to communicate telepathically with humans, and some Experiencers try to "test" the beings who come to abduct them by telepathically asking "Who are you?" and “Are you from the Light/” If the beings refuse to answer or emit negative vibrations, the Experiencer can refuse to go with them. If the beings say they are "from the Light" and emit positive vibrations, the Experiencers might choose to let the experience happen, knowing that they will very likely have some positive or at least meaningful experiences. Learning to exercise this control is a good way of lessening the fear they had of an entirely uncontrolled experience.

Experiencers can refuse to be taken, by several means: at the very first moments of the beings appearing, they can vehemently project ““NO ! I refuse!”” either aloud or mentally; they can immediately visualize intense white light from the highest source surrounding and protecting them; they can call on their favorite saint or spiritual protector to ward off the experience, or they can immediately move some part of their bodies to break the paralysis that is about to set in. These methods are effective if used immediately and with strong intention and emotion.

Experiencers can also learn to ask the beings for any information they want to know, such as why the aliens are here and what are they doing, and why they are doing certain procedures on them. I encourage Experiencers to ask these questions during both the regression and any subsequent abduction experiences; and usually very meaningful information is gathered. The knowledge that they can do this considerably relieves their fear of the mysterious and bizarre episodes, and gives them the sense that they are actively participating in the encounter instead of being completely at the mercy of the beings. When Experiencers ask the beings why they, in particular, have been selected to be visited, they are often shown that during their spiritual state of being before coming into this lifetime they have made agreements with the Extraterrestrials to cooperate with them during this life. Or they are shown that they used to be a member of that group of beings during a previous lifetime, and currently are one of their representatives here on earth, having agreed to be studied by them for furthering their understanding of the human race and life on earth. Alternatively they are told they are members of a particular family whose genetics have been studied by the beings for generations.

As some Experiencers move through and beyond their fear they sometimes ask the aliens to appear when they are fully awake and in the light of day, for a conscious face-to-face contact during which they can avoid feeling victimized and they can have a better chance of building mutual rapport. This does not always work out as planned; some clients who ask for such a meeting become upset and react negatively and hostily when their wish is granted. But others manage to control their reactions of being startled by the beings appearing, and control any protective, violent reactions, and proceed to have conscious, positive experiences of relating to the beings, of visiting the spaceship, and of being taught interesting information.

In conducting therapy with Experiencers there are some special considerations. These clients will probably not remember all the details that emerge during their regressions, even though the therapist might remember, and they should not be forced to deal with material which is still repressed. They will remember it eventually, when they are ready for it. It can be helpful for the client to do ‘‘homework’’ assignments, such as drawing and/or writing down whatever they remember from each regression, writing in a journal anything unusual that happens during daily life such as flashbacks or "triggered" memories, as well as their reactions to their regression sessions. As with other clients, any homework that engages them in the ongoing processes of therapy is helpful, and it is especially helpful with Experiencer clients.

During regressions, in order to make sense of the bizarre material as it emerges, Experiencers may spontaneously ‘‘fill in the gaps’’ between awarenesses and make assumptions about what is happening. This is called ‘‘confabulation’’, and it can give an erroneous sense of the experience. They need permission not to remember everything at once. Sooner or later it will all make sense, especially if they relive the incident a few times. With especially traumatized clients it can help to allow them to examine traumatic material without feeling it, as if observing it only, for the first uncovering or two. This can be accomplished by having the clients ‘‘leave their bodies’’ astrally and watching the incident from somewhere else in the room, without experiencing it physically. It is helpful to allow clients to examine only one traumatic incident at a time, during one regression, and to bring them safely out of the encounter and back to where the encounter began. With clients who are emotionally handling the encounter reasonably well, they might wish to relive the entire experience with all its details during the same regression. The therapist can keep asking the clients how they are doing, as the regression is progressing.

When many Experiencers are newly reliving their encounters in regression, they have an ongoing apprehension and fear about being abducted again. They may feel helpless because they do not know when or where it will happen. There are various techniques that will help them, such as: visualizing themselves remaining calm when these strange beings approach them and abduct them; reassuring themselves they do not need to feel great fear, because they are always returned from their abductions; turning their attention to the beings and asking them whatever they want to know from them; looking for elements in the encounters which they consider benign and even positive, reinforcing their sense of their own inner strength, which cannot be robbed by the beings.

Experiencers usually need time to assimilate the experiences which they recall during regressions, and therefore they wait for a few weeks or more before having further regressions. It is helpful to continue regular counseling sessions or phone contacts with the therapist between regressions. It is important for them to know the therapist is available to them for encouragement and support. The therapist might be the only person whom they feel is understanding and supportive of them, and this means a great deal to them.

As Experiencers go through regressions and recollections of experiences they have had with Extraterrestrial beings, they may experience a wide variety of emotions and reactions. They may experience initial denial that they are truly having these bizarre encounters. They may have great anger that these beings are doing things to them without their conscious permission. They may block from their awareness certain procedures that are done to them. They may suffer great fear of the beings and the strange (and sometimes painful) procedures being done to them. They may feel deeply depressed that they cannot keep these encounters from happening, and that they cannot stop any unwanted procedures that are inflicted on them. They may feel grief as their previous understandings of reality are challenged and changed forever. They may feel isolated and alone in their experiences, as if they are hugely different than everyone else.

With sufficient therapy and regressions they may gradually come to an acceptance of these encounters happening to them. They may become increasingly fascinated with the whole phenomenon of Extraterrestrial encounters with human beings, and may become serious researchers of this subject. They may want to share encounter experiences with other people who are having them, and highly value participating in an Experiencer ‘‘support group’’.They may come to realize they actually do have some choice about continuing their encounters. However, they go through a long process of changing from one reaction and state of being to another, and as in any grief process they may experience these stages in their own unique ways and in their own unique order. It is important for the therapist to understand these processes and to help Experiencers proceed through them.

Therapists should be aware that Experiencers may inadvertently attract entity attachments, because they have suffered so much terror during their abductions, which creates gaps in their auras through which entities can enter. A therapist should ask for clues about this possibility, early in therapy with Experiencers. The entity could actually be an alien entity, as such entities have been know to attach to people. Any such entities should, of course, be released as soon as possible, by the therapist or by a specialist in this work.

Experiencers may also channel interesting information from benign aliens, without any attachment involved,.and this can be most rewarding for client and therapist alike. For some clients, full awareness of the spiritual dimension of their experiences comes when such alien beings channel through them during regressions or between regressions. Some of the implants inserted in Experiencers’’ heads seem to facilitate the channeling process.

Support groups are extremely beneficial to Experiencers, for sharing extraterrestrial experiences, hearing other people’’s encounters, knowing they are not alone in having these bizarre happenings, feeling understood and accepted, and feeling ‘‘normalized’’.It is best to begin participating in a group after they have had a few regressions, and when they have substantial indications of the kinds of things that have been occurring with them. This helps them to avoid being influenced by other peoples’’ testimonies which could contaminate their own memories.

These groups can provide resources such as suggested reading, conferences about this subject, and methods of coping with difficult situations. Even a small support group can help Experiencer clients. It is very helpful for therapists who work with such clients to provide such a group for them. Although it is helpful to have therapists present during meetings, they do not need to conduct official group therapy. They can guide the group in an orderly way, and be sure that each participant has his say, and let participants discuss the aspects that are the most concern for them. Some support groups elect to do ‘‘sky watches’’ together, during late evenings or overnight camping trips, in hopes of seeing a UFO. Witnessing unusual crafts that do not seem to be made by humans gives Experiencers a sense of validation of their experiences with extraterrestrials.

Young children usually tell their parents about unusual creatures who come into their rooms at night, and who take them away for awhile. If they are frightened by these happenings their parents often tell them the visit must have been a nightmare. If they are happy about their little friends visiting them, parents often tell them they must be imagining these ‘‘playmates’’ Children benefit greatly when they find someone to tell their stories to who will take them seriously and believe the likelihood that their stories truly happened. This person might be a therapist who works with Experiencers, or might be an adult friend who is knowledgeable about the encounter phenomenon.

Children talk freely with such a person, and often recall considerable detail from their unusual encounters. They usually do not need regression hypnosis, and if very young it is better not to do hypnosis, as it might bring back more memories than the child can handle all at once.

If the adult wonders about the truth and validity of their stories he can use a technique suggested years ago by Budd Hopkins: showing them a series of drawn pictures of figures well known to children, such as Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, a witch, and a clown and include a picture of a little gray alien. If they have been having encounters with Extraterrestrials, the children react strongly to the picture of the gray alien and tell the adult many details of their experiences with them. They need to be reassured that many children have these experiences and it can be an adventure to find out more about these beings and what they are doing. If the adult and the child explore these experiences together, the child may find it interesting and adventurous, and may discover many positive aspects. He may also be released from undue fear of subsequent encounters, and may even view these encounters positively.

Not all therapists are willing to work with people who think they have been abducted by extraterrestrial beings, in fact they may not believe in the reality of such beings and experiences at all. Therapists who are somewhat open to this reality still might not be comfortable enough with the subject matter to work with Experiencers. They might fear that their long held notions of reality might be shaken. They might fear that the material would be difficult to handle personally and emotionally. They might not know how to proceed in therapy with this kind of material. They might not be trained in regression therapy. Therapists want their clients to improve and get better, and might fear that because these encounters are reputed to continue, out of the therapist’’s or client’’s control, they will not be successful in helping the client.

Therapists can help to prepare themselves for this work by attending meetings, lectures, and conferences about the Extraterrestrial abduction subject, and talking with other researchers and other therapists who work with these matters. They can read some of the voluminous material that exists about this phenomenon, and watch television specials concerning this material. They can talk to people who have directly experienced these encounters. When feeling more prepared to deal with Experiencers, they can look for the clues that the client might be having extraterrestrial encounters, and proceed with their helpful therapeutic skills.

It seems that an increasing number of people are becoming aware of having abduction experiences, and that more therapists able to work with this matter are being needed. It is possible that if mass sightings of UFOs and extraterrestrials ever occur, these therapists will be able to contribute significant understanding to the public about what is going on.

Therapists who work with abductees can be strongly affected emotionally by their clients' recalls and by the obvious challenges to their own preconceived notions of reality. Also, with abductees, you cannot change the future: they will continue to be abducted. This is distressing to therapists, who want to help clients "get better." It helps to attend conferences and talk about these reactions with researchers and other therapists who work with abductees, to form networks with them, and to read widely about the phenomenon.

I encourage all regression therapists to be open to finding the clues indicating that a client might be an abductee, and if they are found, to venture forth, with their best therapeutic skills. As more people are experiencing abductions, it is increasingly important that qualified regression therapists be available to recognize their plight and meet their needs. If the time comes, as it may, when massive sightings of UFO's and extra-terrestrials occur on earth, these therapists will be needed to help others understand what is going on.


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