ART THERAPY: Art therapy is the use of art for therapeutic purposes.

Therapeutic art experiences, using simple art materials, provide a means to restore, maintain, or improve an individual's physical and mental health. It is recognized as a valuable method of assessment and treatment.

(See also: Art therapy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Reparative therapy refers to a specific counseling technique for changing gay or lesbian subjects into heterosexuals, but can be used more loosely to describe any formal attempt to alter a person's sexual orientation. A key focus in many reparative therapies includes identifying subliminal emotional needs behind homoerotic desires in subjects - typically referred to as "strugglers" or "ex-gays" by reparative therapists - and attempting to replace them with non-sexual means of expression, usually by encouraging the subject to form an emotiona ...

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Reparative therapy, Reparative therapy - Techniques, Reparative therapy - Doctrine, Reparative therapy - Criticisms, Reparative therapy - History, Reparative therapy - Controversy, Reparative therapy - Proponents, Reparative therapy - Opponents, Reparative therapy - Terminology, Reparative therapy - Sexual Orientation, Reparative therapy - Evidence, Reparative therapy - Potential risks, Reparative therapy - Social pressures, Reparative therapy - Financial gain, Reparative therapy - Transsexual and transgender people

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PHYTOESTROGEN THERAPY: One option for women who cannot take estrogen (those with congestive heart failure or migraines, for example) is to take plant estrogen (or "phytoestrogens").

(See also: Phytoestrogen therapy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Intravenous therapy - Intravenous drip. An intravenous drip is the continuous infusion of fluids, with or without medications, through an IV access device. This may be to correct dehydration or an electrolyte imbalance, to deliver medications, or for blood transfusion. There are two types of fluids that are used for intravenous drips: crystalloids and colloids. Crystalloids are aqueous solutions of mineral salts or other water-soluble molecules. Colloids contain lar ...

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Intravenous therapy, Intravenous therapy - Intravenous access devices, Intravenous therapy - Needle and syringe, Intravenous therapy - Peripheral IV lines, Intravenous therapy - Central IV lines, Intravenous therapy - Forms of intravenous therapy, Intravenous therapy - Intravenous drip, Intravenous therapy - Intermittent infusion, Intravenous therapy - Risks of intravenous therapy, Intravenous therapy - Infection, Intravenous therapy - Phlebitis, Intravenous therapy - Infiltration, Intravenous therapy - Fluid overload, Intravenous therapy - Electrolyte imbalance, Intravenous therapy - Embolism

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CranioSomatic Therapy: a form CranioSacral Therapy that includes more than 40 techniques.

(See also: CranioSomatic Therapy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Magnet therapy (biomagnetics, biomagnetic therapeutics, biomagnetic therapy, biomagnetism, Electro-Biomagnetics, electro-biomagnetics therapy, magnetic energy therapy, magnetic field therapy, magnetic healing, magnetics, magnetic therapies, Magnetic Therapy, magnetotherapy): Variation of self-healing based on "natural laws." Magnet therapy allegedly re-establishes order in the human energy system. Its theory posits life energy and meridians and depicts magnets as sources of nature's healing energy. Some proponents equate magnetic energy, energy, life force, chi, and prana.

(See also: Magnet therapy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

CELL THERAPY: Cell therapy promotes physical regeneration through the injection of healthy cellular material into the body.

It is used to stimulate healing, counteract the effects of aging, and treat a variety of degenerative diseases such as arthritis, Parkinson's disease, atherosclerosis, and cancer. Although not approved in the United States, cell therapy is used throughout Europe and in many countries worldwide.

(See also: Cell therapy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

RECONSTRUCTIVE THERAPY: Reconstructive therapy uses injections of natural substances to stimulate the growth of connective tissue in order to strengthen weak or damaged tendons or ligaments.

As a simple cost-effective alternative to drug and surgical treatments, reconstructive therapy is an effective treatment for degenerative arthritis, lower back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, migraine headaches, and torn ligaments and cartilage.

(See also: Reconstructive therapy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Suggestive Therapy (suggestive therapeutics, Suggestive Therapy work): therapeutic phase of Concept-Therapy. Its principle is that the personality contains a great, evocable Unknown Power (Principle of Healing, or Innate Power). Suggestive Therapy includes food combining, a diet to eliminate toxins, healing suggestions, and spinal adjustments.

(See also: Suggestive Therapy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

The idea of altering a person's sexual orientation is not a new idea and harkens back to the start of psychology itself. By classifying homosexuality as a disorder, psychoanalysis first defined homosexuality as an exclusive sexual orientation and, thus, discovered the possibility of altering that orientation 2. Researchers such as Irving Bieber, Lawrence Hatterer and Sigmund Freud attempted to cure homosexuality through a variety of techniques, including "aversion therapy, nausea-producing drugs, castration, electric shock, brain surgery, breast amputations, etc." [2]. For more ...

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Reparative therapy, Reparative therapy - Techniques, Reparative therapy - Doctrine, Reparative therapy - Criticisms, Reparative therapy - History, Reparative therapy - Controversy, Reparative therapy - Proponents, Reparative therapy - Opponents, Reparative therapy - Terminology, Reparative therapy - Sexual Orientation, Reparative therapy - Evidence, Reparative therapy - Potential risks, Reparative therapy - Social pressures, Reparative therapy - Financial gain, Reparative therapy - Transsexual and transgender people

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Contemporary secular reparative therapy, as championed by leading reparative therapists Joseph Nicolosi and Charles Socarides, holds that homosexuality is the product of a mental disorder they describe as "gender-identity deficit" caused by an alienation from, and perceived rejection by, individuals of the subject's gender. This, it is argued, leads to a quest for bonding and fulfilment, oftentimes in what is perceived to be inappropriate and dysfunctional manners such as compulsive sexual gratification. It describes homosexuality as the nee ...

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Reparative therapy, Reparative therapy - Techniques, Reparative therapy - Doctrine, Reparative therapy - Criticisms, Reparative therapy - History, Reparative therapy - Controversy, Reparative therapy - Proponents, Reparative therapy - Opponents, Reparative therapy - Terminology, Reparative therapy - Sexual Orientation, Reparative therapy - Evidence, Reparative therapy - Potential risks, Reparative therapy - Social pressures, Reparative therapy - Financial gain, Reparative therapy - Transsexual and transgender people

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While similar views of emotion have existed for millennia, cognitive therapy was developed in its present form by Albert Ellis and Aaron T. Beck in the 1950s and 1960s. It rapidly became a favorite intervention to study in psychotherapy research in academic settings. In initial studies it was often contrasted with behavioral treatments to see which was most effective. However, in recent years, cognitive and behavioral techniques have often been combined into cognitive behavioral treatment. This is arguably the primar ...

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Cognitive therapy, Cognitive therapy - The basics, Cognitive therapy - Thoughts as the cause of emotions, Cognitive therapy - Cognitive behavioral therapy, Cognitive therapy - Depression, Cognitive therapy - The four column technique, Cognitive therapy - Treating depression with CBA

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Concept-Therapy (Concept-Therapy Technique, Concept-Therapy total treatment method): Chiropractic system introduced in 1931 by Thurman Fleet, D.C. (1895-1983), author of Rays of the Dawn (1948). Concept-Therapy is a treatment for body, mind, and soul whose theory posits Innate to Innate communication: transmission of thoughts and inner feelings from doctor to patient vibratorally. It comprises Suggestive Therapy and the suggestive therapy zone procedure.

(See also: Concept-Therapy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY: a manual procedure for remedying distortions in the structure and function of the craniosacral mechanism - the brain and spinal cord, the bones of the skull, the sacrum, and interconnected membranes. It is used to treat chronic pain, migraine headaches, TMJ, and a range of other conditions.

(See also: Craniosacral therapy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Dance therapy , Dance therapies ,  :

The use of dancing for therapeutic purposes.

(See also: Dance therapy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Art therapy , Art therapies ,  :

The use of art as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of neurological, mental, or behavioral disorders.

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Music therapy , Music therapy ,  :

The use of music as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of neurological, mental, or behavioral disorders.

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SHEN Therapy: As a form of touch therapy, SHEN (specific human energy nexus) Therapy seeks to enable normal energy flows through the body through light hand placements.

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DANCE/MOVEMENT THERAPIES

Dance/movement therapies focus on personal expression to enhance emotional and psychological healing. Using expressive movement as a tool, this modality lends itself to treatment of the physically disabled, as well as clients with histories of abuse and addiction.

(See also: DANCE THERAPY, MOVEMENT THERAPIES, Alternative Health, Massage, Bodywork, Body Mind and Soul)

magnet therapy (biomagnetics, biomagnetic therapeutics, biomagnetic therapy, biomagnetism, Electro-Biomagnetics, electro-biomagnetics therapy, magnetic energy therapy, magnetic field therapy, magnetic healing, magnetics, magnetic therapies, magnetic therapy, magnetotherapy, magnotherapy): Variation of self-healing based on natural laws. Magnet therapy reestablishes order in the human energy system.

Its theory posits life energy and meridians and depicts magnets as sources of nature's healing energy. Some proponents equate magnetic energy, energy, life force, chi, and prana.

(See also: Magnet therapy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Dance and movement therapies:

therapeutic technique which uses expressive movement as a tool for personal expression, psychological and/or emotional healing.

(See also: Dance Therapy, Alternative Medicine, Body Mind and Soul)

biomagnetic therapy (magnetic therapy): Method taught by Michael Tierra (see Planetary Herbology), author of Biomagnetic and Herbal Therapy. Biomagnetic therapy centers on using magnets to treat pain and disease. According to its theory, a magnet's north pole causes contraction and its south pole dissipates energy. Biomagnetic therapy is usable to move Qi and to balance bodily energy. It appears identical to magnet therapy.

(See also: Biomagnetic therapy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)