Well, little did we know that we had discovered the "Holy Grail" of thought and behavior restructuring - repetition and reinforcement!

The efficiency of our groups increased tenfold using the taped sessions in conjunction with our therapy sessions. Word of our success traveled fast. I began receiving invitations to appear on nationally syndicated talk shows to share my story of hope and triumph. People began calling from Cleveland to Los Angeles. They called searching for help for relatives and friends from cities in every corner of the world. Some people drove over five hours one-way to attend our groups. We became the most noted authority on anxiety and related disorders literally overnight.

The taped sessions from our groups became the nucleus of our therapy program. It was the practice participants were doing on their own which led to such quick and dramatic results. People were out there participating in life. They were putting their skills to the test everyday and reaping the benefits of challenging themselves. And if they got stuck, they just pulled out a tape specific to the issue at hand and brushed up on their skills. It was a powerfully effective compliment to our groups!

Given the proper format and direction, Dr. Fisher and I had no doubt that people could learn these skills on their own. I remembered how alone I felt all those years, how hopeless my life had seemed. The thought of being able to reach out to anyone, anywhere in the world with REAL answers and relief... The feeling was overwhelming!

We spent the next year completely revising the tape program from start to finish. Our goal was to duplicate our successful therapy groups in an independent, home-study program design.

In 1986 we conducted the first public seminar to sell our taped program, ATTACKING ANXIETY & DEPRESSION, in my hometown of Findlay, Ohio. Imagine my amazement when over 200 people flooded the room! I received incredible feedback from the seminar attendee's and many became home study participants.

The Midwest Center has since conducted thousands of free seminars in the US, Canada and the United Kingdom. In 1989 we began production of a television infomercial as an extension of our seminar outreach service. It took one and one half years to complete and went on the air in 1991. We have been nothing short of ASTONISHED and PROUD of the effect ATTACKING ANXIETY & DEPRESSION has had on people's lives.

Over 1 million people have used the skills and techniques that literally saved my life. Our award winning television show is now the second longest running infomercial of all time! People who have been severely debilitated in their lives have found peace and freedom through my recovery. I have been invited and featured on such national programs as OPRAH, REGIS, MONTEL WILLIAMS, MAURY POVICH, THE VIEW with BARBARA WALTERS, Reverend Schuller's HOUR OF POWER and too many more to even list! My work has been published in countless newspapers and magazines including, Prevention, Family Circle, Longevity, The Journal of Clinical Psychology, and more.