About the Author

John D. Lentz, D.Min, is both a licensed therapist and an ordained minister in Hardin County, Kentucky. His ministry includes directing the Ericksonian Institute of Jeffersonville, Indiana, where he practices marriage and family therapy, and teaches hypnosis for use in clinical settings. He has written four books: Therapeutic Meditations: 40 Days and 40 Nights to Change; How the Word Heals; Effective Handling of Manipulative Persons and his most recent volume, The Compassionate Healing of Sex Addicts.