Unmasked: Demons lurking behind psychological symptoms

Tried therapy? Tried prayer? Jesus the Deliverer gave this Christian psychologist a surprising answer!This book tells the story of how God taught me, as a practicing psychologist, to confront demons in my clients. He initiated this activity himself in my office, much to my surprise. During therapy sessions, demons began talking to me through my clients' mouths, wholly unsolicited. This was God's way of forcing me into a ministry for which I was not prepared. When I asked: "Lord, what are You doing?" his answer was: "I need to use your office; I need a place where I can bring hundreds of persons who are not receiving the care they need. They go to psychologists, psychiatrists, Christian pastors and Catholic priests seeking help, but these professionals are not discerning that the main problem afflicting these sufferers is of demonic origin. I know you have not been trained in spiritual deliverance, but I will teach you, right here in your office. I will even force the demons to talk to you so that you can understand what this spiritual battle in people's lives is all about." So what was I to say? "No, Lord, I cannot allow you to turn my office into a place where demons are going to manifest?" If he's my Lord, obviously I couldn't say "no". So I went along with his plan. He taught me how demons enter people's lives through psychological trauma, sin, curses and involvement in occult practices and most importantly, how to close those doors and cast the demons out. I share my experiences in this area and I describe the things I learned through them, so that others can understand how to deal with this demonic realm in the lives of those who seek their help.Thousands of persons have sought help but have not found it, just like the woman mentioned in Mark 5:25-26 who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years: "She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse."It was ten o'clock at night. I was alone in my office with a client. There was no one else in the building. My custom with believing Christians was to close in prayer, surrendering the therapy to God and asking him to carry it through to completion. On an impulse, I took her hand as I prayed. I had sensed she needed a human touch to support her.That's when it happened! I had just begun to intercede before God, asking him to help her overcome the fear and anxiety that troubled her. Suddenly a shrieking, evil voice interrupted my prayer: "SHE BELONGS TO ME, AND I AM NOT LEAVING! STOP BOTHERING ME! LEAVE ME ALONE BECAUSE I LIKE LIVING HERE! YOU ARE SO ANNOYING!"A shiver ran up and down my spine. I stiffened and opened my eyes. She looked like she was praying, but the voice coming out of her mouth was taunting me. I realized I was still holding her hand and I didn't know what to do. My first impulse was to drop her hand and fling it away, but something inside me made me stop.That was my first personal encounter with a demon. It happened forty-eight years ago and it caught me totally off-guard! Ever since that night, God has been instructing me, in the office where I have my own private practice, how to uncover the demons in my clients and how to help get rid of them.This book describes how God taught me to see through Satan's psychological disguises and the remarkable adventure that ensued as he has brought me face to face with humanity's personal enemies in the spiritual realm. He trained me in spiritual warfare that I may teach others as well.