The trouble with most people, says Psychiatrist David H. Fink of Beverly Hills, is that they just can't relax properly. "In my experienceand it's a lot of experienceI have found that the quickest way to help people learn to manage their emotional patterns easily is to teach them to relax their muscles at will." Since 1943, a quarter of a million people have bought Dr. Fink's bestselling Release from Nervous Tension to find out how to do it. Meanwhile, Dr. Fink has worked out a new wrinkle.
For years, he has been dosing his own, patients with such droning incantations as, "Arms,...