primal therapy (primal scream therapy): Mode of psychotherapy developed by child psychologist Arthur Janov, author of The Primal Scream (1970).

Primal therapists dispense with analysis and, through a process of painful catharsis, attempt to resolve neuroses. Janov maintained that, to be effective, psychotherapy must uncover repressed primal pains - unpleasant events undergone not only during childhood and infancy, but even in the fetal and embryonic stages.

According to Janov, patients can dispel primal pains only by re-experiencing them and giving them physical expression (e.g., by screaming). The crux of primal therapy is rebirthing. Variations of primal therapy include Bio Scream Psychotherapy and the New Identity Process (NIP).

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Transformational Therapy: versatile and powerful therapy technique developed at the Heartwood Institute, in Garberville, California. Its principle is that, although wellness is one's natural state of being, most people have barriers to experiencing it consistently. Transformational Therapy encompasses Alchemical Hypnotherapy, Dreambody Work, Strategic Hypnotherapy, Transformational Breathwork, and transpersonal psychology.

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color zone therapy: Subject of Healing with Color Zone Therapy (Crossing Press, 1998), by Joseph Corvo and clairvoyant Lilian Verner-Bonds. Color zone therapy is a combination of positive thinking, zone therapy, and a variation of color therapy that is a form of visualization (see creative visualization).

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orgone therapy (medical orgone therapy, medical orgonomy, orgonomic medicine, orgonomic medicine therapy): System developed by psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957), who coined the word orgone to refer to a hypothetical fundamental, omnipresent, life-sustaining, intelligent radiation.

Orgone therapy encompasses the Reich Blood Test and Reichian Therapy. The professional activities of medical orgonomists include administering orgone charged water and applying peculiar devices: The orgone field meter and the vacor tube contribute to ostensible diagnosis. The meter shows the extent and strength of the patient's orgone energy field. The vacor tube is an orgone charged glass vacuum tube that glows under the influence of the patient's orgone energy field. The medical dor-buster siphons a toxic form of orgone - dor (an acronym for deadly orgone) - from the patient's body.

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visualization therapy: approach to healing that uses visualizations or relaxed guided meditations as aids to imaging a desired condition. (See creative visualization.)

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visual therapy: A major technique of Imagineering. Visual therapy includes color breathing, color imagination, the Descending Sun, direct image substitution, the Double Circle, Dream Changing, the Inner Garden, and Symbolic Action.

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urine therapy (amaroli, auto-urine-therapy, shivambu kalpa, uropathy): Subject of The Water of Life (1937), by English urine therapist John W. Armstrong, The Golden Fountain: The Complete Guide to Urine Therapy (Scottsdale, Ariz.: TriMedica Inc., 1996), by Coen van der Kroon, and many other books.

Urine therapy refers to any method for maintaining or improving health characterized by the external or internal application of an individual's urine to that individual. Forms of urine therapy include applying urine to the skin (e.g., by massage or clay packs), ingesting it, injecting it (e.g., urine enemas), and snuffing it. Some proponents describe human urine as a divine nectar, a nectar of immortality, or a God-given panacea.

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zone therapy (Reflex Zone Therapy, reflex zone massage): Early form of Western reflexology introduced in the United States in 1913 by William H. Fitzgerald, M.D., a specialist in diseases of the ear, nose, and throat. Fitzgerald, author of Zone Therapy, or Relieving Pain at Home (1917), divided human anatomy into ten zones and professed that bioelectrical energy flowed through these zones to reflex points in the hands and feet. His method, which was also called zonotherapy, included the fastening of wire springs around toes. Fitzgerald's associate, Edwin F. Bowers, M.D., coined the name zone therapy. Today, zone therapy may include the attachment of clothespins to fingertips and the use of pencils and aluminum combs.

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yoga therapy: 1. Field of practices that use yoga to treat mental and physical problems. 2. Psychotherapeutic variation of hatha yoga whose principle is that disease is the cumulative lodging of undigested experiences in the body/mind.

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QUANTUM THERAPY: advanced non-medical modality promoted by Shoshana Margolin, M.A., N.D., P.M.D. (see BEYOND MEDICINE). It includes Holistic Testing in which one allows determination by the body's internal wisdom of what is most suitable for recovery.

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Rife therapy: electronic near-panacea originated by Royal Raymond Rife (b. 1888), who discovered a cure for cancer in 1930.

According to its theory, every specific disease has a unique, modifiable electromagnetic signature. Use of Rife instruments characterizes the method.

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electrocrystal therapy: Form of crystal healing developed by British researcher Harry Oldfield in the 1970s. Its theory posits chakras and meridians. Oldfield also developed polycontrast interface photography.

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psychospiritual therapy: Educational method that includes aura balancing, guided imagery, meditation, and philosophical discussion. Its goal is integration of body, mind, and spirit, which leads to personal mastery.

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dolphin-assisted therapy (dolphin therapy): Method promoted by the Human Dolphin Therapy Center, in Miami, Florida. According to dolphin-therapy theory, dolphins use sonar to identify neurologic disorders in humans and contribute their energy when they touch patients or therapists.

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marma therapy (Ayurvedic lymphatic massage, Ayurvedic massage, marma technique): A form of massage that stimulates marmas - 107 vital, epidermal, invisible but palpable junction points between mind and matter.

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glandular therapy: Method whose philosophy is: Like cell helps like cells. According thereto, intake of a glandular substance quickly results in its use as nourishment for a similar gland.

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Hypnosynergistic therapy: Combination of deep energy work, hypnosis, and spirituality developed by Dr. William Bezmen. Its theory posits a multi-dimensional self and a soul with a discoverable purpose.

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Raindrop Therapy: A combination of aromatherapy science, massage, reflexology, and Vita Flex. developed from the research of Dr. Gary Young and a Lakota medicine man,

Raindrop Therapy is a means of aligning bodily energy centers. It features dropping antimicrobial essential oils toward the spine. One of its purposes is to bring structural and electrical alignment to the body.

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Integrative Manual Therapy: Combination of modalities developed by Sharon Weiselfish, Ph.D., P.T., the originator of Developmental Manual Therapy. Integrative Manual Therapy borrows from CranioSacral Therapy.

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Qigong Meridian Therapy  (QMTSM, Qi Gong Meridian Therapy, QGMT): Part of TCM that involves manipulating meridians (energy pathways).

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consciousness therapy: A logical multi-dimensional tool whose theory posits chakras (energetic centers), a psychosoma (a nonphysical body that includes an energetic body, an emotional body, and a mental body), and thosenes (informational energetic fields that constitute a collective unconscious). Consciousness therapy is related to projectiology (see IIP Consciousness Development Program).

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Gestalt therapy (Gestalt, Gestalt Psychotherapy): Holistic approach cofounded by psychiatrist Fritz (Frederick) Perls (1893-1970), M.D., and Laura Perls. It shares little with Gestalt psychology (configurationism).

Gestalt therapy theory posits five personality layers. According thereto, one reaches the death layer when blocked feelings and psychic energy condense and knot, and the life layer through the release of blocked energies. The aim of Gestalt therapy, which includes dreamwork, is to help clients achieve wholeness.

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