How do yoga, meditation, or massage affect our health? Mental health practitioners can expect as many as four in ten of their clients to be using these therapies to supplement conventional psychotherapy.
This book arms therapists with the information they need to provide advice on the safety and effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine therapies and describes a broad array of approaches that may benefit clients.
These include:
- mind-body therapies such as biofeedback, meditation, hypnosis, yoga, and spirituality
- biologically-based practices including dietary supplements and aroma therapy
- manipulative and body-based therapies including chiropractic care, massage, and movement therapy
- energy medicine such as Reiki
- whole medical systems of traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda
Each chapter focuses on the underlying science to describe how the approach works, relevant research, con
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As with all health care professionals, clinical psychologists are regularly faced with the challenge of integrating CAM within conventional forms of treatment to ensure safe and effective care is delivered. As such, they are required to be in a position to provide reliable advice to patients; Barnett et al. provide them with a comprehensive, reliable guide that will allow them to provide such advice in an informed manner. Its easy-to-access format will help inform important ethical decisions about the integration of CAM.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Foundations
Chapter 1. Foundations of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Chapter 2. Ethical Issues and CAM in Mental Health Care Practice
Chapter 3. CAM Research
Part II. Mind–Body Therapies
Chapter 4. Biofeedback
Chapter 5. Meditation
Chapter 6. Hypnosis
Chapter 7. Yoga
Chapter 8. Music Therapy
Chapter 9. Spirituality and Prayer
Chapter 10. Acupuncture
Part III. Biologically Based Practices
Chapter 11. Herbals and Biologically Based Practices
Chapter 12. Aromatherapy
Part IV. Manipulative and Body-Based Practices
Chapter 13. Chiropractic
Chapter 14. Massage Therapy
Chapter 15. Dance Movement Therapy
Part V. Energy Medicine and Whole Medical Systems
Chapter 16. Reiki
Chapter 17. Ayurveda
References
Index
About the Authors
