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Councelling / Psychotherapy

thadmin — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 22:56:11 -0600

Counselling and Psychotherapy are a set of techniques intended to improve mental health, emotional or behavioral issues in individuals.

These issues often make it hard for people to manage their lives and achieve their goals.

Psychotherapy is aimed at these problems, and attempts to solve them via a number of different approaches and techniques; commonly psychotherapy involves a therapist and client(s), who discuss their issues in an effort to discover what they are and how they can manage them. Because sensitive topics are often discussed during psychotherapy, therapists are expected, and usually legally bound, to respect client privacy and client confidentiality.

There are at least six main systems of psychotherapy:

Yoga

thadmin — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 18:24:30 -0600

Therapy Guide

Yoga is a family of ancient spiritual practices that originated in India, where it remains a vibrant living tradition and is seen as a means to enlightenment. Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, and Raja Yoga are considered the four main yogas, but there are many other types.

In other parts of the world where yoga is popular, notably the United States, yoga has become associated with the asanas (postures) of Hatha Yoga, which are popular as fitness exercises. The practice of yoga is beleived to have a wide range of health benefits

Brain Gym®

thadmin — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:20:00 -0600

Therapy Guide

Brain Gym^®

BrainGym began in the 1970’s with the work of educators Dr. Paul Dennison and Gail E. Dennison. Originally, the Dennisons were seeking more effective ways to help children and adults who had been identified as “learning disabled.” They drew from a large body of research by developmental specialists who had been experimenting with using physical movement to enhance learning ability.

The Dennisons produced an innovative new approach to learning: the Brain Gym activities, and the field known as Education Kinesiology (Edu-K), “learning through movement.”

Today Brain Gym supports people of all abilities in making wide-ranging changes in their lives. Brain Gym is used in more than 80 countries and is taught in thousands of public and private schools worldwide and in corporate, performing arts, and athletic training programs.

Sound Therapy

thadmin — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:34:40 -0600

Therapy Guide

Sound therapy refers to a range of therapies in which sound is used to treat physical and mental conditions. One of these therapies is music therapy , which can involve a person listening to music for conditions such as stress and muscle tension.

Music is one component of this therapy. Others use sound wave vibrations to treat physical and mental conditions. In general, this therapy is based on the theory that all of life vibrates, including people's bodies. When a person's healthy resonant frequency is out of balance, physical and emotional health is affected.

Treatment by sound waves is believed to restore that healthy balance to the body. Healing is done by transmitting beneficial sound to the affected area. The healing sound may be produced by a voice or an instrument such as electronic equipment, chanting bowls, or tuning forks.

Variations and methods

Flower Essences

thadmin — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:35:34 -0600

Therapy Guide

Flower essences are considered to be the vibrational essence of a flower. They preserve the vital life force of a substance for use in healing.

Though essences made from flowers are the best-known type, some like to call them "vibrational essences" because they can be made from many other energies besides those of flowers. This includes other parts of plants besides flowers (stems, leaves, roots, buds, the whole plant), minerals/gems, animals, energy of a place (called "environmental" essences), light (star, moon, colored), healing energies (like Reiki).

Therapeutic Action

thadmin — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:25:49 -0600

Introduction

Each therapy has treatments that fall into general categories. The categories refer to the primary mode of operation of the therapy.

By mode of operation we are referring to the method by which the treatment is believed to effect a change in health. For example some therapies are manipulative where the effect is brought about by mechanical means applied by a therapist. Some are pharmacological or chemical.