I had a consultation earlier in 2018 with Dr. Tessler and didn't not do the Fight or Flight Therapy treatment. I first heard about the therapy on Meetup, was sent a message about the therapy, and I began looking up Everything I could on the subject. I read thread upon thread on websites about traumatic brain injuries, people that traveled across the country looking for help, articles about Dr. Tessler, testimonials, etc. I felt like I had plateaued in my PTSD recovery and so I set up a consultation. A week before the evaluation appointment I emailed Stuart to let him know that I wasn't in a financial position to begin therapy and I wanted to cancel my consultation until I could afford it. He assured me he worked with people and we could find a payment plan so I could start the therapy immediately. The day of the consultation I arrived at his home with my questionnaire printed out. One of the first things he said to me upon meeting was how much paper I had wasted because my computer wasn't able to format it correctly. I was embarrassed, found his remark insensitive, and felt like we weren't off to a comfortable start. We began the test, a sort of eye exam with colored dots and graph paper. He moved the dots around and I was instructed to tell him when I saw the color change. I would give my answer and he would reply "are you sure?" move the dot a little and ask "isn't this more different? Or this?" No dramatic color change was happening so sometimes I said "yeah" or "maybe a little" and he would record where on the graph the color changed for me. Then he gave me my results- I was in BAD shape. I needed the most advanced (and expensive) level of Fight or Flight Therapy. At this point he showed me some case studies and I learned that during the color change exam "I don't see a change" was an acceptable answer! Something he didn't tell me before testing me, before I beat myself up looking for the colors to change. And each time he asked "isn't this more different" and I agreed I was making my results more severe. I'm not a scientist but I do know that there is no way to get a proper test result by double checking with people, suggesting a different answer, and interfering as he did. At this point Dr. Tessler presented the treatment package. It was several thousand dollars. I told him, like I said in the email, I didn't have that money available. He told me he needed a large deposit to begin and to call him when I had that. Then he took my check for the $175 consultation and sent me on my way. I left feeling upset, duped out of $175 with no possibility of moving forward had I wanted to, and unclear what my results would have been if there hadn't been such examiner bias. read more

I was referred to Dr. Tessler wayyyy back in 2005 for significant residual issues from TBI as well as a profound panic disorder stemming from PTSD. At the time I first went to see him my symptoms were so severe that I was no longer seeing friends or really engaging in the world outside my home much at all; the lasting psychological impacts I experienced from going out in the world were too severe to make going out "worth it". I had done therapy for several years preceding meeting Dr. Tessler, and had also worked with several alternative practitioners around the Denver area, none of whom were able to make progress with me. Dr. Tessler's light therapy was the tipping point for me that changed my recovery's trajectory from a state of getting worse to a state of getting better. Following his work, I relatively quickly started being able to hold down a job, go out in public, spend time with friends, and reengage in meaningful relationships. More importantly still, the light therapy seemed to help make the other therapies I was trying (massage, craniosacral work, talk therapy - none of which had previously been effective) far more effective. There was more to my recovery than just Stuart's therapy - those complimentary treatments were really essential for resolving issues from my brain injury, and I later learned that changing my diet considerably was needed to be able to really turn the corner into full wellness, but without Fight or Flight Therapy the gains from those treatments and changes would have never been realized. Today, 15 years after I first started the therapy, I own a home, have a family of my own, and work in a high stress position that I never, ever would have been able to achieve or manage had I never found his treatment. The light therapy for me was a keystone of recovery - it opened doors of possibilities that had previously been impossibly stuck shut. I have gone back to him several times over the years that have followed when I've experienced car accidents, or I've been overwhelmed with stress from work or my personal life, and the light treatments have consistently provided a big benefit to me in moving past those events and getting on with my life. I'm sorry that one reviewer on here had a bad experience with Dr. Tessler, but I've found him consistently to be a kind, compassionate ally in healing who tries to do the best he can to help his patients. I'm profoundly grateful to him personally, and grateful as well for his light therapy. read more

At the end of 2015, I suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury, otherwise known as "a concussion". Shortly thereafter I had to undergo chemo therapy and so my brain had a double whammy. It was difficult, to say the least. This post is for anyone who has ever suffered a blow to the head, gone through chemo, or the like. For the TBI, Western doctors just prescribed drugs and told me to rest. "You'll just never be the same" they told me. Well, I believed that for 2.5 years, until I was referred to Dr. M. Stuart Tessler, who practices what is called "Flight or Flight Therapy". After trying everything else I could think of, from western AND eastern (natural) standpoints, I of course said YES to trying this. I was miserable, and enough was enough. My symptoms were so bad that I even at one point, had suicidal thoughts. I was desperate. The first thing I did was go onto the website: www.flightorfighttherapy.com, and took the free Questionnaire. The highest score you can get is 300, (which exemplifies how bad your symptoms are) and I scored a 240. I knew I had a lot of work to do. I met with Dr. Tessler and he explained the process and we did a very simple test with my eyes, (that is a bit difficult to explain in this post), but let's just say it showed me how very incapable my nervous system was able to process, even the very mundane tasks in life. Next, Dr. Tessler sent me home with my very first color to work with. The process is literally, sitting in a dark space looking into the light (blinking normally) for 20 minutes, per day. It was so relaxing and it also broke free emotional things in me that had been "stuck" there for years. Long story short, (too late, I know).... here I am 3.5 months later and after taking the same Questionnaire, I scored a 53!!!! The average person scores 50. I am doing better now that I ever thought I would. I had to avoid people and conversations and noises, and lights and couldn't remember anything, and had terrible headaches and the list goes on and on. Today? I go to Home Depot and even Walmart without earplugs!! HELLO MIRACLE! Before this therapy, I couldn't even listen to music anymore. The best part of this therapy?? The results are PERMANENT. Once the brain gets the treatment, it's healed for GOOD. I am beyond grateful for this therapy and wanted to share it with my as many people as possible, because I know how difficult it is living with a brain injury. This light therapy also works for all other kinds of conditions as well; but if you just take the free Questionnaire for yourself, Dr. Stuart can set you up and your life can be changed for the better! Thank you Dr. Tessler, you have changed my life forever. :) Please, share this post with as many people as you can, as it is life changing. Thank you for taking the time to read this! read more