True and False Magic - by Phil Stutz & Elise Loehnen (Paperback)

About the Book

"The Tools gave us the framework for creating faster psychological healing through psychotherapy, but here Stutz brings it all together in a practical, easy-to-use way. The book takes us through three unavoidable domains: pain, uncertainty, and the need for constant work. Readers will encounter familiar Stutz-ian concepts like Life Force, Part X, and the Realm of Illusion, but the methods conveyed here seamlessly bring together The Tools methodologies into a clear, constructive protocol. Stutz's method has long been praised by his therapy clientele and readers, and now anyone can follow his exercises step-by-step to access their unconscious and overcome life's many hurdles"--

Book Synopsis

Based on the bestselling, groundbreaking self-help book The Tools, this expansive workbook hybrid helps us access the power of the unconscious.

The universe contains three unavoidable domains: uncertainty, the need for constant work, and pain. We can meet the demands of these domains, which encapsulate the problems we all face, only by accessing the unconscious and harnessing our Life Force. While therapist Phil Stutz offers some symptom relief in The Tools, Coming Alive, and Lessons for Living, providing a framework for understanding how to engage with our lives head-on, True and False Magic brings his entire worldview together into an actionable process--one that you can return to again and again.

Readers will encounter familiar Stutzian concepts like Life Force, Part X, and the Realm of Illusion, but the methods conveyed here are stitched together into both a meta-theory and a map-like protocol. Stutz's method has long been praised by his high-powered clientele, but now anyone can follow along with the prescriptive exercises to access their unconscious and overcome life's many hurdles.

Review Quotes

Praise for Phil Stutz and The Tools

"[Phil Stutz has] developed a program designed to access the creative power of the unconscious."--The New Yorker

"These tools are emotional game changers; they can help you work through conflicts, get happier, and feel a deep sense of purpose. As simple and practical as they are, they do nothing less than deliver you to your best and most powerful self."--Kathy Freston, author of Quantum Wellness

"The Tools is breakthrough material that ignites your own capacity to transform your life."--Marianne Williamson

"[The Tools is] the motivation book that everyone in Hollywood is obsessed with."--Vanity Fair

About the Author

Phil Stutz graduated phi beta kappa from City College in New York and received his MD from New York University. He worked as a prison psychiatrist on Rikers Island and then in private practice in New York before moving his practice to Los Angeles in 1982. He is the bestselling co-author of The Tools, Coming Alive, and Lessons for Living.

Elise Loehnen is the bestselling author of On Our Best Behavior and host of Pulling the Thread. She has co-written twelve books, five of which were New York Times bestsellers. She was the chief content officer of goop, and she co-hosted The goop Podcast and The goop Lab on Netflix. Previously, she was the editorial projects director of Condé Nast Traveler. Elise lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.