1950年5月,賀伯特發表了《戴尼提:現代心靈健康科學(英语:Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health)》一書。這本書在該年6月就進入《紐約時報》銷售排行榜,並且盤據榜上直到該年年底。但有人指出,書籍零售商曾經收到來自出版社,但已貼有其他書店價格標籤的《戴尼提》,因此懷疑銷售數字為虛構交易產生,不過這並未經過公允證實。《戴尼提》吸引了廣大群眾使用書中的指示,把書中的方法互相應用到彼此身上,並且自己就成為戴尼提的實踐者。在這個不斷成長的戴尼提運動中,賀伯特發現自己成了其領導者。賀伯特變成一位家喻戶曉的演說者,並且在紐澤西州伊莉莎白市,成立了「賀伯特戴尼提研究基金會」。他在基金會訓練了第一批戴尼提的諮商員,或稱「聽析員」。
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