Three in One Concepts

Domain XII · Complementary, energy & biofield · Gordon Stokes, Daniel Whiteside, Candace Callaway · 1976 · Thousand Oaks, California

What it is

Three In One Concepts is a specialised-kinesiology method. Gordon Stokes (1929–2006) founded the organisation in 1976. In 1983 he gave it its present form with Daniel Whiteside (1933–2013) and Candace Callaway (1949–2005). Stokes drew on his long work with Touch For Health and on Parent…

Format

• Format and dose. Individual sessions, in person or online. Online, some practitioners test on their own body as a surrogate. Practitioners list sessions of 60–90 minutes. No published source gives a standard number of sessions. Each session is tailored and follow-up sessions take up new themes..…
• Basic courses, as listed in Austria: Tools of the Trade (I), Basic One Brain (II), Under the Code (III), Advanced One Brain (IV), Louder Than Words (V), Structural Neurology.

Who practises it, and how they are trained or regulated

• Session architecture. The organisation does not publish a fixed session protocol. The sequence below is how certified practitioners describe a typical session. The licensed manual may order or name steps differently.
• Training and certification route. Three In One Concepts, Inc. is the official developer and certifying body. Affiliates follow IKC international standards.
• Final trainings: Consultant Facilitator Training (XIII); Instructor, Advanced Instructor and short-programme Instructor trainings; Advanced Consultant Facilitator Training.

Evidence status, as the guide reports it

• Evidence status: see the one line in section 1.

Questions to explore with your client

• What drew you to it, and what are you hoping it will change?
• Is there physical contact? Was it explained beforehand, and do you feel free to say no or stop at any point?
• Does it involve intense or unusual breathing? Have you been told about the medical conditions for which that is not advised?
• Does it involve fasting, a special diet or 'detox'? Have you discussed this with your doctor?
• Is it a group, retreat or community? How do they respond if someone wants to leave or raises a concern?
• Who runs it, and what training or registration do they hold?
• What actually happens in a session or meeting, and how often?
• What does it cost, and is there pressure to commit to more?
• How do you feel afterwards, in the hours and days that follow?
• Does it fit with, or clash with, the work we do here?

What practitioners of it watch for

• idealised, all-or-nothing plans. Scale them down to one achievable step.
• the client reporting change to please you. Ask about observable behaviour at the next session.
• recurrent flooding or dissociation. In that case, set aside age recession and move to a stabilisation-first, evidence-based trauma approach.
• clients with appearance concerns, body dysmorphia or eating disorders. Avoid it with them. Never let it become a fixed label or a judgement about the client.
• the client agreeing to a word because the test "found" it. The client's own recognition should carry more weight than the test. Shame reactions to negative words need normalising.

When to involve someone else

• New or worsening physical symptoms, or advice to stop or change prescribed medication: involve the client's doctor or prescriber.
• Signs of coercion, isolation from family and friends, escalating costs or secrecy: discuss openly and consider safeguarding.
• A crisis or thoughts of suicide: follow your crisis protocol. In the US, call or text 988; in the UK and Ireland, Samaritans on 116 123.

Drawn automatically from the guide's own sections. Stay curious: neither endorse nor dismiss what the client values, and check anything that matters against the full guide and its sources. Not medical advice.