Steven E. Brown, Ph.D.,Associate Professor, Center on Disability Studies, University of Hwwai'i, is the co-founder of the Institute on Disability Culture and a Reconnective Therapy practitioner.  He has published several books of essays and poetry.  Dr. Brown's latest book, Surprised to be Standing, A Spiritual Journey, is a memoir from the onset of his disability at age 5 until now, 50+ years later.  In his book, Brown explores living with a disability, becoming a pioneer in promoting Disability Culture and describing his healing journey.

This set of books includes three books authored by Dr. Steven Brown and one book by Herwig Schoen.

• Surprised to be Standing - A Spiritual Journey by Steven E. Brown, Ph.D.


• Movie Stars and Sensuous Scars - Essays ont eh Journey from Disability Shame to  Disability Pride by Steven E. Brown, Ph.D.


• Pain, Plain -- and Fancy Rappings: Poetry from the Disability Culture by Steven E. Brown, Ph.D.


• Reconnective Therapy - A New Healing Paradigm by Herwig Schoen

Dr. Brown notes in his book that RCT has dramatically changed his life.  On his website, Steve writes “During my lifetime, I’ve broken many bones, used a wheelchair for mobility for about 20 years, and had chronic pain.  During the late 1990s I was introduced to Reconnective Therapy and began receiving treatments.*  Since about 2003, I have been walking and even more importantly, my chronic pain has disappeared.  I still have pain, but I don’t think it’s a lot more than other 57 year-olds have."

Reconnective Therapy (RCT) is a form of energy work that facilitates re-connection between our energy body and physical body.

Herwig Schoen, who coined the term Reconnective Therapy, is a teacher, trainer and practitioner of RCT.  His book Reconnective Therapy – A New Healing Paradigm is a signpost pointing to a revolution in both thinking and approach to the human body, its processes, and its healing.  RCT is a breakthrough in a both spiritual and humane approach to treatment, and Schoen shares his many insights that he has received since he began practicing RCT.

*Please Note: Reconnective Therapy is not a medical treatment. All we do is shift frequencies within the physical body. Within the context of RCT, the term "diagnosis" means that the practitioner recognizes which part of the body wants to be reconnected, and the term "treatment" means the facilitation of the reconnection.”

You can learn more about Steven E. Brown, Ph.D. at his website at www.reconnectivetherapyhawaii.org and more about Reconnective Therapy in general at www.reconnectivetherapy.com.