About Us

Our Mission

Connections of BodyMind is a Professional Association located in Dallas, TX incorporated to promote physical, emotional, and spiritual health by providing comprehensive, holistic services and programs in person and via electronic media.

Optimum Health Requirements

Balance of the whole person; body, mind, and spirit, is a state referred to as 'happiness'.

A supportive lifestyle
Healthy relationships
Sense of productivity
Psychological adaptability
Personal philosophy
Balanced nutrition
Regular exercise

Get to know us...

Experienced, licensed and certified practitioners working together to establish a relationship with each client to facilitate the on-going journey to health and happiness.

Anne Schanz, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, CBP, TFTdx, CHT

Dr. Schanz received her Ph.D. in counseling from the University of North Texas. In 1994, she opened her private practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor in North Dallas, where she offered traditional psychotherapy in individual, couple and group formats. She has always been determined to offer the most efficient and effective treatments available. In the beginning that was a combination of traditional cognitive/behavioral methods and prescription medications (by referral), as needed. However, she was deeply dissatisfied with the results that many clients were experiencing. Often it seemed the best these traditional therapies could offer was learning how to tolerate the pain, not a cure.

Dr. Schanz found a completely new perspective on health in 2003 when she experienced her own crisis. She was diagnosed with IgA Nephropathy (an incurable, degenerative kidney disease) which would eventually destroy her kidneys. Since traditional western medicine offered no solutions, she was desperate. Without much confidence, she tried a consciousness based, subtle energy treatment called BodyTalk®. To her amazement and joy, her lab results had improved to almost normal ranges within just three months! Within six months her lab work was not only within NORMAL ranges, it was almost exactly what would be expected for a healthy woman of her age! The ramifications of this cure resulted in a major paradigm shift for her.

After this 'miraculous' result, she began to study BodyTalk and other subtle energy healing methods so that she would be able to understand and assimilate this new paradigm. During her studies of subtle energy therapies, she discovered another invaluable tool called Thought Field Therapy. Astoundingly, this modality had been around for twenty years! It was 'miraculously' effective for treating psychological trauma (over 90% of the time in her practice) and relieving intense emotions instantly, yet she had she never heard of it! As a result of her life threatening experience and subsequent studies, Dr. Schanz now provides the same 'miracles' to her clients. After almost a decade of using these 'consciousness' therapies in combination with traditional psychotherapies she has adapted them for the layperson and teaches them in affordable, quick and easy seminars: Emotional Release Tapping (ERT), BodyTalk ACCESS.

Her most recent studies have been into Yoga science, philosophy and psychology. Thanks to the ancient Vedas, subtle energy and consciousness studies along with training in modern medicine, Dr Schanz has developed a model called The Clarity Key©. Using the model uncovers unconscious fears and beliefs from early childhood that are the source of self sabotaging behaviors today. With this simple model it is possible to achieve the same results that used to take years of intense individual psychotherapy in just a few weeks. Classes teaching the use of The Clarity Key© are offered regularly.

Dr. Schanz offers a full range of services to all her counseling clients. For those clients who want healing at all levels of the mind, body and spirit she offers the most effective, quickest and safest treatments available. She provides a personalized combination of individual therapy and group instructions to achieve health and happiness at an affordable cost of time and money.

Susan R. Byrd, MA, LPC, CBP, TFTdx, CHT

Susan R. Byrd is a Licensed Professional Counselor, certified BodyTalk Practitioner, Thought Field Therapy® Diagnostician and Certified Hypnotherapist. After receiving her Master's degree (MA) in Counseling Psychology in 1994, she joined the Dallas County Juvenile Department where she worked as a therapist with abused teens and their parents. In 1998, she began her private practice which includes anger management group seminars for adults and teens, hypnosis, biofeedback, divorce mediation, TFT, and BodyTalk® in conjunction with individual, group and couples counseling for adults and adolescents.

Ms. Byrd's strong belief in the need for a holistic approach to physical and mental health led her to join forces with Anne Schanz in developing Connections of BodyMind, PA. Her wide experience and varied skills offer many treatment possibilities for clients seeking optimum health through safe and effective treatment combinations.

How Ms. Byrd began using energy treatments:

After many years of suffering with constant pain due to sciatic nerve damage and two herniated discs, Ms. Byrd reluctantly agreed to a BodyTalk session. In two sessions her sciatic pain had completely disappeared. She remains free of any sciatic and lower back pain. Susan had such remarkable results from BodyTalk® that she completed Practitioner training and became a Certified BodyTalk® Practitioner in 2005. In her practice, clients have experienced similar outstanding improvements in their mental and physical well-being.

Stephen M. Galik, LMT, Ayvervedic Medicine

Stephen has a great natural intuitive touch where he combines his talents of Swedish (relaxation), Myofascial Release and deep tissue to create a truly unique session. He is a graduate from Sterling Health Center in Addison in the year of 2000 and has advanced knowledge in the massaging arts of CranioSacral, Lymphatic Drainage, Thai Massage, Sports Massage, Raindrop Technique, Essalan, Reiki Master, Reflexology, Aromatherapy, Trigger Point, Shiatsu, Hot Stone, Carpal Tunnel, and Pre and Post Natal Massage.

Stephen has also traveled to Kerala, India and has studied Ayurvedic Medicine and was certified by Samajam Hospital as an Ayurvedic Technician. Stephen whole heartily believes that the power to heal comes from within to balance mind, body and spirit.

His professional background includes being a veteran of the U.S. Navy, employed at Raytheon as an SMT Tech for defense systems, worked as an Operating Room Pharmacy Tech mixing anesthesia admixtures and retail experience. He is currently pursuing an education to become a registered nurse at Texas Woman's Univ. and advancing to Nurse Practitioner in natural medicine.

Stephen believes in the art of holistic healing through the power of touch. By aligning the meridians of the body, through the healing touch will, promote personal wellness. Through individual attention creates individual satisfaction.

Stephen is available for appointments at Connections of Body Mind on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.