Encyclopedia - Gestalt Therapy: Encyclopedia - Gestalt Therapy
Gestalt therapy is a form of psychotherapy, based on the experiential ideal of "here and now," and relationships with others and the worl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gestalt Therapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Gestalt Therapy - Being Human
The practice of Gestalt therapy is based firmly in the personal experience of both the client and the therapist; furthermore, Gestalt the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gestalt Therapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Gestalt Therapy - General Description
The school of Gestalt therapy was co-founded in the late 1940s to early 1950s by Fritz & Laura Perls, both of whom were originally tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Potential Movement: Encyclopedia - Human Potential Movement
The Human Potential Movement came out of the social and intellectual milieu of the 1960s and was formed to promote the cultivation of ext...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gestalt Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Gestalt Therapy
Gestalt therapy (Gestalt, Gestalt Psychotherapy): Holistic approach cofounded by psychiatrist Fritz (Frederick) Perls (1893-1970), M.D...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gestalt Therapy: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Gestalt Therapy
Gestalt Therapy Integrative growth movement developed by Frederick Perls utilizing methods to expand individual awareness and lessen ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gestalt Therapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Gestalt Therapy - Psychotherapeutic Bases
The goal of Gestalt therapy is to facilitate the removal of obstacles that lie between a person and the utilization of their full potenti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gestalt Therapy: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Gestalt Therapy
Gestalt Therapy Humanistic therapy originated by Fritz Perls that centers on the reality of what is and each individual being responsi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gestalt Therapy: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Gestalt Therapy
Gestalt Therapy Humanistic therapy originated by Fritz Perls that centers on the reality of what is and each individual being responsi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gestalt Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Gestalt Psychology - Theoretical Framework And Methodology
The investigations developed at the beginning of the 20th century, based on traditional scientific methodology, divided the object of stu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Human Potential Movement: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Human Potential Movement
Human Potential Movement (or, Emotional Growth Movement) This is a collection of therapeutic methods involving both individualized and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - General Semantics: Encyclopedia Ii - General Semantics - History
Korzybski's most well-known student was S. I. Hayakawa, who wrote Language In Thought And Action (1941), which became an alternative Book...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Potential Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Potential Movement - Criticism
The movement has received criticism in two forms. The first is from researchers in psychology, medicine, and science who often dismiss th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Human Potential Movement: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Human Potential Movement
Human Potential Movement (or, Emotional Growth Movement) This is a collection of therapeutic methods involving both individualized and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - General Semantics: Encyclopedia Ii - General Semantics - Other Aspects Of The System
There are more elements, but these three in particular stand out: Time-binding: The human ability to pass information and knowledge betw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - General Semantics: Encyclopedia Ii - General Semantics - Connections To Other Disciplines
General Semantics has important links with analytic philosophy and the philosophy of science; it could be characterized without too much ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gestalt Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Gestalt Psychology - Prägnanz
The most basic rule of gestalt is the law of prägnanz. This law says that we try to experience things in as good a gestalt way as possib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gestalt Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Gestalt Psychology - Origins
Although Max Wertheimer is credited as the founder of the movement, the concept of Gestalt was first introduced in contemporary philosoph...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gestalt Somatic Method: Alternative Health Dictionary On Gestalt Somatic Method
Gestalt Somatic method (Gestalt Somatics): Apparent combination of Gestalt therapy and bodywork.   (See also: Gestalt Somatic ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chi-therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Chi-therapy
Chi-Therapy (Gestalt energy work): Apparent mixture of bioenergetics, Ericksonian Hypnosis, Gestalt psychotherapy, inner child work, N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Potential Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Potential Movement - Relationship To Other Fields
The movement is sometimes considered to be under the broader umbrella of the New Age movement. It is distinguished ideologically from oth...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alchemical Hypnotherapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Alchemical Hypnotherapy
Alchemical Hypnotherapy (Alchemical work): Powerful transformative process developed by David Quigley. Its design is to assist clients...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Body Mind Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Body Mind Therapy
BodyMind Therapy: System taught by The BodyMind Academy, in Bellevue, Washington. It includes BodyMind Breathwork, BodyMind Counseling...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Meta-therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Meta-therapy
Meta-Therapy: synthesis of Gestalt psychotherapy and T'ai Chi energy work originated by John Mastro, C.S.W. (see Chi-Therapy).  ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erhard Seminars Training: Encyclopedia Ii - Erhard Seminars Training - Influences On And Philosophy Of Est
The forebears of est allegedly include Heidegger. Erhard himself cites Zen, or as some have alleged, Westernized Zen. The "est" principle...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Basic Polarity Counseling: Alternative Health Dictionary On Basic Polarity Counseling
basic Polarity counseling: Part of Polarity Therapy. Basic Polarity counseling borrows from bioenergetics, Gestalt (see Gestalt therap...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Unergi Method: Alternative Health Dictionary On Unergi Method
Unergi Method (Unergi holistic therapy): Self-care system that integrates the Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais Awareness Movement, Ges...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deep Memory Process: Natural Medicine Dictionary On Deep Memory Process
Deep Memory Process: Also known as the Roger Woolger Method of Regression Therapy. It is a creative synthesis of Jung, Reich, Psychodr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humanistic Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Humanistic Psychology - Counselling And Therapy
Humanistic psychology includes several approaches to counselling and therapy, among these we find the categories mentioned by Aanstoos, S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Integral Counseling Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Integral Counseling Psychology
integral counseling psychology: A form of psychotherapy taught at the California Institute of Integral Studies, in San Francisco. It e...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Radix: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Radix
RADIX Radix, also referred to as Radix neo-reichian education, is an instructional method designed to teach the client how to release ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Korzybski: Encyclopedia - Alfred Korzybski
Alfred Korzybski was born on July 3, 1879 in Warsaw, Poland, and died on March 1, 1950 in Lakeville, Connecticut, USA. He came from an ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Self-healing: Encyclopedia - Self-healing
Self-healing is a phrase applied to the process of recovery (generally from psychological disturbances, trauma, etc.), motivated by and d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erhard Seminars Training: Encyclopedia - Erhard Seminars Training
Erhard Seminars Training, or est (always in lower-case), was a controversial New Age large group awareness training (LGAT) seminar progra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sarah Lawrence College: Encyclopedia Ii - Sarah Lawrence College - Campus
Situated on 41 leafy, beautiful acres in Bronxville, NY, the Sarah Lawrence College campus is built around the original manor, known as W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traumatic Incident Reduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Traumatic Incident Reduction - How Does Tir Compare With Other Techniques For Addressing Traumatic Stress?
Up until recently, there have been two main approaches to PTSD: Coping techniques. Cathartic techniques Some therapists give their cli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milton H. Erickson: Encyclopedia Ii - Milton H. Erickson - Personal History
Erickson's personal history is remarkable, and he frequently drew upon his own experiences to provide examples of the power of the uncons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Korzybski: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Korzybski - General Semantics
Korzybski's work culminated in the founding of a discipline that he called general semantics (GS). As Korzybski explicitly said, GS shoul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traumatic Incident Reduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Traumatic Incident Reduction - How And Why Does Tir Work?
Freud based his work on the theory that in order to recover from past traumas, it is necessary to achieve a full anamnesis (recovery of l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traumatic Incident Reduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Traumatic Incident Reduction - What Are The Contraindications And Risks Of Tir?
TIR is contraindicated for use with clients who: a. Are psychotic or nearly so. TIR is most definitely an "uncovering" technique and henc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traumatic Incident Reduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Traumatic Incident Reduction - Historical Antecedents Of Tir
TIR grew mainly out of the work of Carl Rogers, Sigmund Freud and Scientology. In Two Short Accounts of Psycho-Analysis ISBN 0140136541, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sarah Lawrence College: Encyclopedia Ii - Sarah Lawrence College - Noted Alumni
Sarah Lawrence College - Entertainment and Media. J.J. Abrams, Emmy Award-winning film and television producer, writer, actor, compose...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traumatic Incident Reduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Traumatic Incident Reduction - Medical History In Tir
Most common approaches to post-traumatic stress reduction fall into two categories: coping techniques and cathartic techniques. Some ther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sarah Lawrence College: Encyclopedia Ii - Sarah Lawrence College - Curriculum And Philosophy
The Sarah Lawrence curriculum has for decades been regarded as a model for the 20th Century American movement toward progressive and high...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sarah Lawrence College: Encyclopedia Ii - Sarah Lawrence College - History
Sarah Lawrence College - Early History. Founded in 1927 by pharmaceutical and real estate mogul William Van Duzer Lawrence on the groun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sarah Lawrence College: Encyclopedia Ii - Sarah Lawrence College - President
Sarah Lawrence College - Current President. The current president is Michele Tolela Myers, who has served since 1998. Born in Morocco a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traumatic Incident Reduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Traumatic Incident Reduction - Metapsychology
Traumatic incident reduction - Background of metapsychology. "I may use the name of metapsychology for any psychology that leads behind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erhard Seminars Training: Encyclopedia Ii - Erhard Seminars Training - Controversies Surrounding
One participant, James Slee, died during a seminar, and his family sued the organization. Other participants had breakdowns. These were v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milton H. Erickson: Encyclopedia Ii - Milton H. Erickson - Confusion Technique
A confused person has their conscious mind busy and occupied, and is very much inclined to draw upon unconscious learnings to make sense ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milton H. Erickson: Encyclopedia Ii - Milton H. Erickson - Indirect Techniques
Where 'classical' hypnosis is authoritative and direct, and often encounters resistance in the subject, Erickson's approach is accommodat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milton H. Erickson: Encyclopedia Ii - Milton H. Erickson - Trance And The Unconscious Mind
Erickson believed that the unconscious mind was always listening, and that, whether or not the patient was in trance, suggestions could b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milton H. Erickson: Encyclopedia Ii - Milton H. Erickson - The Handshake Induction
Confusion is the basis of Erickson's famous hypnotic handshake. Many actions are learned and operate as a single "chunk" of behavior: sha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milton H. Erickson: Encyclopedia Ii - Milton H. Erickson - Resistance
Erickson recognised that many people were intimidated by hypnosis and the therapeutic process, and took care to respect the special resis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milton H. Erickson: Encyclopedia Ii - Milton H. Erickson - Books
Erickson was a prolific writer, often working in collaboration with others. His chief collaborator was Ernest L. Rossi. His books include...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traumatic Incident Reduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Traumatic Incident Reduction - What Is Tir Useful For?
It is highly effective in eliminating the negative effects of past traumatic incidents. It is especially useful when: a. A person has a s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milton H. Erickson: Encyclopedia Ii - Milton H. Erickson - Influences
One of his first students and developers of his work was Stephen Gilligan. Other important followers include Jay Haley and Jeffrey K. Zei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milton H. Erickson: Encyclopedia Ii - Milton H. Erickson - Ericksonian Therapy
Erickson is most famous as a hypnotherapist, but his extensive research into and experience with hypnosis led him to develop an effective...   » Read the article

Article - Alternative Health Sitemap I - G
This is a sitemap for Alternative Health - G . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word....   » Read the article