Body
Category of treatment methods primarily utilizing direct, indirect or subtle contact of the healer with the client’s physical body. Traditional approaches of body therapies are massage and other forms of human touch and manipulation. These can be augmented by a variety of techniques like crystal therapy, products such as vitamins as well as special diets and nutritional programs. Many body therapies can be best described as mind-body treatments since they impact both the physical and mental well being of the patient. The foundational principle which informs body therapy is that the human body has innate and instinctual resources that can bring about its successful healing.
Specializations:
Acupressure, Acupuncture, Acutonics, Alexander Technique, Alkalising, Amatsu, Amma, Animal Massage, Anthrosophical Medicine, Anti Aging, Aqua Cranial, Aqua Veechi, Aromatherapy, Aston-Patterning, Authentic Movement, Ayurvedic Massage, Ayurvedic Medicine, Berry Work, Binary Feedback, Bio NLP, Biodanza, Biodecoding, Bio-Etheric Healing, Biofeedback, Biogenesis, Body Logic, Body Rejuvenation, Body Talk System, Bonnie Prudden Myotherapy, Bowen Technique, Breathwork, Breema Bodywork, Buteyko Method, Chelation Therapy, Chi Gong, Chi Nei Tsang, Child Massage, Chiropractics, Chromotherapy, Chua K’a, Colonics, Color Therapy, Colorpuncture, Concentrative Movement Therapy, Contact Improvisation, Continuum, Core Bodywork, Core Energetics, Cranial Osteopathy, Craniosacral Therapy, Daoyin, Detox Therapy, Doula, Ear Coning, Electromagnetic Therapy, Environmental Medicine, Esalen Massage, Fasting, Feldenkrais, Five Rythyms, Flotation Therapy, Foot Baths, Geriatric Massage, Gyrokinesis, Gyrotonics, Haelan Work, Hakomi, Hand Massage, Hands on Healing, Hawaiian Massage, Healing from the Body Level Up, Heart Math, Hellerwork, Hemme Approach, Herbal Wraps, Herbology, Holistic Dentistry, Holistic Psychology, Holotropic Breath Work, Homeopathy, Hopi Ear Candels, Huna, Hawaiian Healing, Hypno Birthing, Ideokinesis, Indian Head Massage, Integrative Body Psychotherapy, Internal Organ Chi Massage, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Ionic Foot Detox, Iridology, Jacobson Progressive Relaxation, Jin Shin Do, Jin Shin Jitsui, Juice Fasting, Karate, Karma Sutra, Karuna Reiki, Katsugen Therapy, Kaya Kalpa, Kineasology, Kineasology And Muscle Testing, Kinetic Awareness, Kwan Jyel Sul, La Shan Method, La’au Lapa’au, Traditional Hawaiian Healing, Laban Movement Analysis, Laban-Barteneiff, Le Stone/Hot Rock Massage, Light Therapy, Lithopuncture, Lomilomi, Looyen Work, Lymph Drainage, Lymphatic Massage, Macrobiotics, Magnets, Massage, Mc Timoney Chiropractic, Medical Astrology, Menastics, Meridian Massage, Metamorphic Technique, Middendorf Breathexperience, Midwifery, Movement Shiatsu, Myofascial Release, Native American Medicine, Naturopathy, Network Chiropractic, Neuro-Muscular Therapy, Nimmo Bodywork, Nishi Health System, Non-Force Chiropractics, Nucca, Nutrition, Okazaki Restoration Therapy, Orgone Therapy, Ortho-Binomy, Osho Rebalancing, Nutritionist, Okazaki Restoration Therapy, Orgone Therapy, Ortho-Binomy, Osho Rebalancing, Osteopathy, Panchakarma, Partner Massage, Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy, Phrenology, Physiognomy, Pilgramage, Polarity Therapy, Pranic Healing, Pregnancy Massage, Primal Therapy, Psycho-Physical Therapy, Psychosystems Analysis, Pulsings, Quantum-Touch, Radiant Heart Therapy, Radix, Raw Foods, Reconstructive Massage Radix, Reflexology, Reichian, Relaxation Therapy, Rolfing, Rubenfeld Synergy Method, Russian Massage, Seated Massage, Seichim, Sekhem, Self Breema, SEMG Biofeedback, Sensiomotor Psychotherapy, Sex Therapy, Shaluha-Ka Healing Therapy, Shen Therapy, Shiatsu, Sidda Medical System, Skinner Release Technique, Somatic Experiencing, Somatic Psychotherapy, Somatic Realization, Sonopuncture, Sports Massage, Swedish Massage, Tanden/Hara Chiryo Ho, Tantra, The Release Technique, The Seven Tibetan Rites, Therapeutic Touch, Thermal Biofeedback, Thomas Hanna Work, Touch For Health, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Trigger Point Therapy, Tu Nai, Upper Cervical Chiropractics, Vegetarianism, Vegetotherapy, Vision Therapy, Vitamins, Water Crystal Therapy, Water Therapy, Wellness Wheel, Wirkus Bio-Energy Healing, Zero Balancing, Zhan Zhuang
Energy
Refers to alternative and complementary treatment methods based on the use, modification or manipulation of energy fields. Energy therapies focus attention on the energy fields that are believed to surround and penetrate the human body. Energy therapies seek to heal mental or physical disorders by rebalancing the energy fields in the human body or by drawing on spiritual energies or forces for such healing work. Most energy therapies assume that matter and energy are not exclusive opposites, but view matter instead as a denser form of energy that is more easily perceived by the senses. Many energy therapies are rooted in systems of traditional Indian or Chinese medicines; other energy therapies draw upon contemporary scientific theories. Energy therapies can generally be divided for purposes of discussion into two groups: those that utilize energy fields located in, affecting or emanating from the human body (Biofield Therapies) and those that use electromagnetic fields in unconventional ways. Energy therapies can use movement, manipulation of the energy field or body while others focus on transforming the electromagnetic fields surrounding it. A number of therapies utilize devices to generate magnetic fields or low-frequency sound. Individuals may or may not need to be physically present to receive the therapy depending on the specific form used.
Specializations:
Advanced Jaffe – Mellor Technique, Dynamic Energy Healing, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Eye Movement Desensitization-, and Reprocessing (EMDR), EMG Biofeedback, Energy Psychology, Integrated Energy Therapy, Lenonard Energy Training, REMAP Process, Scenar, Seemorg Matrix Work, Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT), Thought Field Therapy, Vibrational Medicine, WHEE
Meditation
Meditation takes a variety of forms as a technique of spiritual practice and stress relief and can also be used as a mind/body therapy. In general, meditation takes two forms—contemplation and concentration. Each form of meditation has its unique philosophy as well as its respective set of rituals and practices. During most sessions, a meditator concentrates on a single object—it can be a candle, flower, mantra, breath or word—and does so while standing, sitting, lying, or remaining in a yoga posture. In contemplation, the practitioner is strictly focused on a divinity or deity and sometimes accompanies the activity with prayer. In recent years, meditation has become a standard and accepted practice in both the mind-body and allopathic medical fields. Health practitioners routinely prescribe meditation to their patients as a way to lower blood pressure, improve performance, help with addiction, relieve insomnia, decrease the impact of stress on the body, and to reduce chronic pain and symptoms of chronic illness. Above all, meditation is a discipline, which when practiced regularly, will result in a positive simultaneous impact on physical, emotional, and mental states.
Specializations:
Ananda Marga Meditation, Dynamic Meditation, Hitbodedut Meditation, Merkabah Meditation, Passage Meditation, Preshka Meditation, Priciples of Similars, Samayika Meditation, Tamarkoz MeditationThereveda Meditation, Tibetan Bön Buddhist Meditation, TM-Sidhi (Yogic Flying), TM/Transendental, Vaastu Shastra, Virtual Scanning, Vispassana Meditation, Visualization, Zazen
Mind
A large grouping that includes diverse therapies most frequently intended for patients with emotional, behavioral, mental, relational or psychological issues. All involve personal contact between therapist and patient in which verbal communication is the primary agent for insight, understanding and transformation. Such therapies are sometimes referred to as “talk” therapy, counseling, or psychotherapy. Each follows a unique theoretical foundation and uses a range of techniques to achieve varied goals such as individuation, actualization, a relativized ego or increased resilience. Mental Therapies offer psychological treatment rather than medical treatment. When deemed necessary, a mental therapy practitioner may refer an individual to a medical professional. Such therapies often focus on an individual’s past, present conditions of life or concerns about the future. Cognitive distortions, unconscious motivations or psychological causes for present situations might be explored. In addition, these therapies can be offer value for patients with spiritual as well as physical issues. Some mental therapies include an experiential, energetic and/or a spiritual component. They may also be used in conjunction with a variety of other therapies such as body, energetic, experiential, meditation, movement or spirit. It is usually advisable not to undergo more than one mental therapy at time and is critical that individuals discuss their interest in combining other kinds of therapies with their mental health practitioner.
Specializations:
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic, Psychotherapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Active Imagination, Adlerian Psychotherapy, Affirmations, Alchemy, Anger Management, Animal Assisted Psychotherapy, Applied Alchemy, Archetypal Psychology, Arnold Mindell Dream and Body, Art of Presence, Attachment Therapy, Attack Therapy, Auto-Contracile Pain Response, Autogenic Training, Behavioral Psychotherapy, Bibliotherapy, Biodynamic Psychotherapy, Bioenergetic Analysis, Bio NLP, Body Centered Psychotherapy, Brain Gym, Brief Psychotherapy, Callahan Techniques, Thought Field Therapy, Castellino Prenatal and Birth Therapy, Child/Adolescent Psychotherapy, Cinema Therapy, Classic Adlerian Psychotherapy, Clean Language/ Metaphor Therapy, Client Directed Outcome Informed Therapy, Co-Counseling, Cognitive Analytic Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy- (CBT), Cognitive Therapy, Coherence Therapy, Collaborative Therapy, Constructivisim, Contemplative Psychotherapy, Control Mastery Theory, Core Process Psychotherapy, Couples Work, Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing, Daseins Analytic Psychotherapy, Depth Hypnosis, Depth Oriented Brief Psychotherapy, Depth Therapy, Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy, Developmental Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Dream Analysis, Dream Tending, Dream Work, Dydadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Eating Disorders Therapy, Ecopsychology, Emotion Focused Couples Therapy, Emotional Intelleigence, Emotional Transformation Therapy, Encounter Groups, Enneamotion, Existential Psychotherapy, Exposure and Response Prevention, Family Constellation Work, Family Systems Therapy, Feminist Psychology, Filial Therapy, Focusing, Forgiveness, Freudian Analysis, Functional Analytic Psychotherapy, Gestalt Therapy, Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy, Grief Work, Group Analysis, Guided Imagery, Hemisync, Holographic Memory Resolution, Human Givens, Humanistic Psychotherapy, Humor and Healing, Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, Imago Therapy, Inquiry, Integral Psychotherapy, Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems Therapy, Interplay, Jungian Analysis, Lacanian Analysis, Landmark Education, Laughter Therapy, Life Coach, Lifespan Integration, Logotherapy, Method of Levels, Milieu Therapy, Mind Mapping, Mindful Eating, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Motivational Enhancement Therapy, Multimodal Therapy, Multitheoretical Psychotherapy, Myers-Briggs Typology, Mythic Work, Narrative Therapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Non-Violent Communication, Person Construct Psychotherapy, Pet Assisted Therapy, Positive Psychology, Possibility Therapy, Postural Integration, Power of Imagery, Power of Positive Thinking, Power of Suggestion, Pre- and Perinatal Psychology, Primal Integration, Problem Solving Therapy, Process Acupressure, Process Oriented Psychotherapy, Process Work, Progroff Intensive-Journaling, Psychic Readings, Psychics, Psychocybernetics, Psychodrama, Psychodynamic, Psychoimmunology, Psychoneuroimmunology, Psychokinesis, Psychological Astrology, Psychoneumerimmnology, Rational Emotive Therapy, Reality Therapy, Rebounding, Redecision Therapy, Regression Therapy, Relational Recovery, Rogerian. Person Centered Therapy, Schema Therapy, Seitai, Self Psychology, Self-Hypnosis, Social Therapy, Solution Focused Psychotherapy, Sophia Analysis, Systematic Desensitization, Systems Theory, T Groups, Talk Therapy, The Conversational Model, The Enneagram, The Sedona Method, Timeline Therapy, Trager Psychophysical Integration, Transactional Analysis, Transactional Psychotherapy, Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral, Trauma Relief Unlimited, Traumatic Incident Reduction Therapy, Unitive Psychology, Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
Movement
Refers to methods of healing based on the systematic or intuitive movement of the body. In movement therapy, individuals perform various physical actions using the body to bring about balance between the mind, body and spirit. Movement therapies are composed of a variety of physical movements, breathing exercises, directed focus of attention and meditation practices. For centuries, techniques such as Yoga and T’ai Chi have been practiced in Eastern cultures to enhance physical, psychological and spiritual health and have been adapted as movement therapies by many Western practitioners. Some movement therapies use dance or free-movement as the basis of the therapeutic process. They are also considered experiential since movement therapies are self-originated actions in which the practitioner is an agent and not a passive recipient of therapy. Movement therapies are related to body therapies because they also use the body as the agent of change. Many movement therapies have a meditative, spiritual and mental component to them.
Specializations:
Acu-Yoga, African Dance, Agni Yoga, Ai-Chi, Aikido, Anusara Yoga, Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Bellydance, Bikram Yoga, Brazilian Dance and Drumming, Curanderismo, Hatha Yoga, Integral Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Korean Martial Therapy, Kriya Yoga, Kundalini, Morita Therapy, Mudras, Natya Yoga, Neigong, Pilates, Reiki Jin Kei Do, Sacred Sufi Dancing, Sahaja Yoga, Satyananda Yoga, Sivananda Yoga, Six Yoga Of Naropa (Tummo), Surat Shabd Yoga, T’ai Chi, T’ai Chi Chuan, Tae Kwon Do, Tai Ji, Vedanta Yoga, Vedic Astrology, Viniyoga, Vinyasa Yoga, Violet Flame Meditation, Wassertanzen (Water Dance), Watsu, Whirling Dervishes, White Crane Silat, Yoga Nidra
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Spirit
Therapies representing a wide range of healing methods and belief systems that are based on integrating and connecting the innate healing energies within all human beings with external, universal healing energy. Spiritual therapies have many labels including faith, energetic, vibrational and clairvoyant healing. Fundamental to all is that they do not use medicines or remedies. However, all forms of spiritual therapy are non-invasive and do not interfere with other treatments or medications. As a result, they are safe for use in conjunction with other therapies and they have the potential to heal emotional, mental, spiritual and physical disturbances. Depending upon the method, an individual receiving therapy may be either passive or active. In some cases, sessions can be conducted from a distance. Spiritual therapies may also augment many body, mind, experiential or energy therapies as an important part of the client’s belief system.
Specializations:
12 Step/Addiction Therapy, Alter Making, Ancestral Psyche Work, Angel Work, a la Doreen Virtue, Animal Cards, Animal Intuitive, Astral Travel/Projection, Astrology, Aura Cleansing, Aura Reading, Aura-Soma, Biology of Belief, Brennam Healing Science, Chakra Work, Channeling, Chanting, Chinese Astrology, Christian Counseling, Clairvoyant, Contemplative Prayer, Cord work, Council, Crystal Therapy, Dowsing, Entity Release, Esoteric Healing, Faith Healing, FISU (Foundation For International, Spiritual Unfoldment) Meditation, Flower Essences, GDV/Kirlian Analysis, Gnosticism, Gratitude, Handwriting Analysis, House Healing, Human Energy Field Analysis, Iawaska, I-Ching, Interior Alignment, Jon Kabat Zinn/Mindfulness, Jyotish Astrology, Kabbalah, Laying on of hands, LRT, Mantras, Maori Healers, MAP, Medical Intuitive, Mediums, Novenas, Numerology, Paramormal Healing, Past Life Regression, Pastoral Counseling, Pendulums, Peyote Ceremony, Power Imagery, Prayer, Psychic Self Defense, Psycho-spiritual Healing, Psychosynthesis, Pyramidology, Rebirthing, Reiki, Religious Science Treatments, Remote Viewing, Rosary, Runes, Sacred Geometry, Science of Mind Practitioner, Scientology, Shamanic Drumming, Shamanic Trance, Shamanism, Soul Coaching, Soul Retrieval, Spiritual Healing, Spiritual Imagery, Taoism, Tarot, Tea Leaf Reading, Theta Healing, Tibetan Healing Chod, Tibetan Sound Healing, Trance Work, Tuning, Unani, Wicca