somatic emotional therapy: Synthesis of bioenergetics, rebirthing, and somatic therapy forged by certified social worker Jerry Josepher.

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soul-centered therapy: A mode of psychotherapy that encompasses dreamwork and transcendental hypnosis and, past-life therapy

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CRANIAO SACRAL THERAPY - holistic technique that evolved out of osteopath and focuses on the neck and back. (NAD)

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FLOWER ESSENCE THERAPY - the use of extracts from flowering plants as a healing method. (NAD)

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Developmental Manual Therapy: Approach originated by Sharon Weiselfish, Ph.D., P.T. It includes cranial work (see CranioSacral Therapy).

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confluent somatic therapy: Form of psychotherapy that involves subtle energy manipulation.

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somatic therapy (somatic disciplines, somatic methods, somatics, somatic techniques, somatic therapies): Field that encompasses aikido, the Alexander Technique, applied kinesiology, Arica, Aston-Patterning, Awareness Through Movement, bioenergetics, Body-Mind Centering, Capoeria, Continuum, CranioSacral Therapy, Eutony, Focusing, Functional Integration, Hakomi, Hellerwork, judo, karate, kundalini yoga, kung fu, Lomi (see lomi-lomi and Lomi work), Oki yoga (see Oki-Do), Process-Oriented Psychotherapy (process psychology), rebirthing, reflexology, Resonant Kinesiology, Rolfing, Rosen work (see Rosen Method), sensory awareness, SHEN, somasynthesis, tai chi, Touch for Health, Trager, Trans Fiber, yoga therapy, and Zero Balancing.

Subtle-energy elements are a commonality of somatic therapies. Thomas Hanna, founder of the journal Somatics, coined the word somatics.

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neural therapy: Form of energy medicine (vibrational medicine) akin to acupuncture, developed in Germany circa 1930 by two brothers, Ferdinand and Walter Huneke (also spelled Huehneke). The Hunekes, both medical doctors, maintained that injections of local anesthetics into areas of energy disturbance (interference fields) could relieve pain, immobility, and dysfunction. Injection sites include acupoints, scars, and the sites of old fractures or past infection. neural therapy energizes short-circuited cells and helps to regulate biological energy. Proponents recommend it for hundreds of health problems.

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CranioSacral Therapy (CST, cranial balancing, cranial osteopathy, cranial sacral manipulation, cranial technique, cranial work, craniopathy, craniosacral balancing, Craniosacral Osteopathy, Cranio-Sacral work): Method whose goal is to remove impediments to a patient's energy. It involves manually aligning skull bones. Dr. William Garner Sutherland, a student of the founder of osteopathy, developed cranial osteopathy in the early 1900s.

According to its theory, movements of the skull bones cause movements of the sacrum and vice versa. John E. Upledger, D.O., developed CranioSacral Therapy, a derivative of Sutherland's work.

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Hug Therapy (therapeutic hugging): Variation of Therapeutic Touch advanced by Kathleen Keating Schloessinger, R.N., M.A., in the bestseller The Hug Therapy Book (1983) and a companion volume. It is a set of techniques based on the friendly science and art of nonsexual hugging. The advanced techniques include Zen hugging and guided imagery (e.g., imagining being hugged by a favorite friend who is a good hugger). The author posits a spirit, a life energy that heals, and a place at everyone's center where unadulterated love is discoverable.

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Qigong therapy (buqi, buqi therapy, external qigong, external Qigong healing, External Qi Healing, medical Qigong, Qi An Mo, Qigong healing, Qi healing, Qi Massage, wai Qi liao fa, Wai Qi Zhi Liao):

1. medical application of short-distance psychokinesis. Qigong therapy is comparable to Non-Contact Therapeutic Touch. At most, it includes light touching.

Its theory posits healing Qi and diseased Qi. (Buqi means spreading the Qi. Wai Qi means external Qi and refers toa shield of chi at the surface of the body. Wai Qi liao fa means curing with external Qi.)

2. Subject of Qigong Therapy and How to Use It (East & West Publications, Ltd.), by Linhai; a combination of acupointing, chiropractics, massage, physical therapy, Tuina, and qi transmission.

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Chi-Therapy (Gestalt energy work): Apparent mixture of bioenergetics, Ericksonian Hypnosis, Gestalt psychotherapy, inner child work, NLP, and tai chi promoted by John Mastro, C.S.W., and Robin Mastro, M.F.A. Its principle is that when chi (life energy) flows more freely, belief systems, emotions, memories, and messages from one's true self can emerge into consciousness.

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cymatic therapy (cymatic medicine): Form of vibrational bioenergetics medicine developed by Sir Peter Guy Manners, M.D., D.O., Ph.D., of England. It is an acupressure-like method wherein devices send beneficial sound through the skin. This sound reestablishes healthy resonance in unhealthy tissues. Cymatics theory posits acupuncture meridians and holds that life is sound and that every part of the body vibrates at a unique audible frequency.

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divine therapy: a combination of centering prayer, Lectio Divina, and Open Mind Open Heart. Centering prayer (the centering prayer method) is a theistic form of meditation that involves using a sacred word. Lectio divina (Lectio) is a method of reading sacred writings such as the Bible. (The expression lectio divina literally means divine reading.) Open Mind Open Heart (the open mind, open heart practice) is a means of opening oneself to God.

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Chelation therapy (chelation):

(1)           Administration of any of a group of drugs called chelating agents or sequestrants (e.g., calcium disodium edetate, penicillamine, or the manmade amino acid EDTA) to improve health, and/or to delay health problems, by removal of particular materials from the bloodstream and/or from arterial walls.

(2)           (EDTA chelation, EDTA chelation therapy) A treatment characterized by intravenous injection of ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA, also called versene and sequestrol) to improve health, and/or to delay health problems, by removal of particular materials from the bloodstream and/or from arterial walls. EDTA chelation may include simultaneous injection of other substances (e.g., vitamins).

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Korean Hand Therapy (KHT, the K.H.T system, Korean Hand Acupuncture, Koryo Hand Therapy): A mode of hand acupuncture developed by Tae-Woo Yoo, O.M.D., Ph.D., in 1971, in Korea.

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past-life therapy (Past Life Regression Therapy, PLRT, past lives therapy, regression therapy, transformational therapy): A form of psychotherapy that emerged in the 1960s and usually involves hypnotism.

Past-life therapists trace physical and psychological problems to traumatic events the patient experienced during previous incarnations.

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Spiritual Integration Therapy (S.I.T.): Variable, energetically based method developed by Lynida Darbes, M.A. It embraces bodywork, dreamwork, imagery, and meditation.

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Yogic Neuromuscular Therapy: a means of stabilizing the mind body connection. This stabilization allows the connecting of the spirit and the unified body and mind.

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scalp acupuncture therapy (head acupuncture): Puncture of specific areas on the scalp that are externalizations of acupuncture meridians (alleged routes of Qi).

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transpersonal regression therapy: Apparent component of Transpersonal Hypnotherapy that includes NLP. Its theory posits a Higher Self.

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organic process therapy (OPT): way to rediscover one's body-feelings, mind, and spirit, and to return to one's unobstructed, unfractured Organic Self.

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