Always on the lookout for so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) that we have not yet covered on this blog, I came across a really weird one. ‘Access Consciousness’ (AC) is claimed to be a form of self-improvement therapy based on the idea that you are not wrong, that you know, and that consciousness can shift anything. It gives you access to the possibilities that exist when you no longer stick yourself and no longer believe that you are stuck. [1] Gary Douglas ([pictured below] “bestselling author, international speaker and business innovator”) pioneered this set of transformational tools in the 1990s. His work is claimed to have now spread to more than 170 countries and is claimed to have transformed the lives of tens of thousands of people. 
Access Consciousness allegedly empowers people to help themselves. The techniques of AC focus on your knowledge about yourself and the world around you. Part of what makes AC so different, according to its promoters, is that it is continuously being created. [2] AC promises to assist people with their health, weight, money, sex, relationships, anxiety, etc. It promises members, known as ‘Accessories,’ to become more conscious. To fully get it, Accessories should take part in classes. There they have 32 points on their heads lightly touched which is supposed to help them let go of all the thoughts, ideas, and emotions stored in any lifetime. Accessories are claimed to be able to “uncreate” memories of the past, or preconceived ideas picked up throughout a lifetime. As far as I can see, there is no evidence to suggest that AC is effective.
Some ex-members have alleged that AC is a “scam cooked up by a conman to rinse the vulnerable of their savings, a Scientology knock-off, and even a cult”. One ex-Accessory, for instance, claimed the group “programs its members to think like robots. It is very clever how it is done. Because it’s not like any other cult but it is mind control.” [3] In each 90-minute session, which costs up to US$ 300, 5,000 to 10,000 years of “limitations” are released, it is claimed.
My conclusion: there is no evidence that AC is plausible or effective and it is a SCAM and possibly also a cult.
[1] About Access Consciousness | Dr. Dain Heer (drdainheer.com)
[2] About Access Consciousness | Access Consciousness
[3] ‘Scientology knock-off’: Whistleblower exposes ‘cult’ that thinks ‘children are sexy’ (EXCLUSIVE) — RT UK News
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One might expect to find lots of Google hits upon searching the name of a bestselling author.
A quick, admitedly cursory search for Gary Dougles throws up his own website, and an ‘interview’ on something called londondailypost.com I’ve never heard of any newspaper called London Daily Post, so this is purely a website ‘news’ source. The domain is registered (in 2019) in Texas (which doesn’t prove anything) and the dmain name owner is private. Thehre is a similar ‘interview’ on a site called californiaherald.com which again is quite new (registered 2019) and has ownership information redacted. It’s not a legit newspaper website. It all looks like a marketing operation of a cheap and tawdry kind,a s far as I can see.
David, Here’s the RationalWiki page:
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Access_Consciousness
Thank you Mr. Atkins. Yuk yuk yuk….
This is mind control, as a therapist I was offered a swap treatment..
As I was being worked on I said STOP, something doesn’t feel right..
I refused to let her wipe my limitations in the session..
Only to research Access Bars is linked to scientology….
Im. Going to A liitle bit culty podcast, for this one to expose the lot, including DH.
Awefuk and creepy, stay away stay from. ACCESS BARS