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Heal Yourself!

Beverly A. Potter

Heal Yourself!

Doctors think they heal with drugs. But only living cells can heal. When something is out of balance, your cells move to correct it because bodies want to be well. HEAL YOURSELF! HOW TO HARNESS PLACEBO POWER shows how to tap into this mysterious process to get well and stay well by harnessing your body's natural healing powerthe power of placebo.These amazing effects are not just «in the mind.» They can be observed and measured in the body's physiology. When patients believe...

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Beverly A. Potter

Plantar Fasciitis Treatment Roadmap

Kevin Morgan

Plantar Fasciitis Treatment Roadmap

This book has been designed to provide a complete overview of the available treatments for plantar fasciitis, and guidance on how to select an approach to a cure that is right for you. We include many helpful links to other resources and support pages on the Internet. The causes, such as running, and both the advantages and risks of specific treatments, are considered, with a focus on the underlying disease process. Our emphasis is on the progression of this condition, with special reference to...

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Kevin Morgan

15 Things Your Doctor Doesn’t Know...

Dr. Amber Brooks

15 Things Your Doctor Doesn’t Know About Your Child

Every parent wants to see their children happy, successful, and most of all, healthy. Often times, however, ensuring that a child has the best chance at a healthy life can be out of the parents' hands. Developmental delays have long been viewed as something that parents have to handle as they happen; however, Dr. Amber Brooks, a Board Certified Pediatric Chiropractor has news that will change all that. 15 Things Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Your Child: Questions Answered About...

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Dr. Amber Brooks

Alternatives to Involuntary Death

Timothy Leary

Alternatives to Involuntary Death

Death is increasingly on the agenda for baby boomers moving ever closer to it. Timothy Leary brings some startlingly fresh ideas to this topic. Fundamentally, he claims, we have been brainwashed by our institutions  government, organized religion, the healthcare industry  to accept death as an inevitable end. Leary argues instead that death is misunderstood, that we don't have to die, and that there are «commonsense alternatives.» His theory rests on the transhumanist...

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Timothy Leary

Women of Mayo Clinic

Virginia Wright-Peterson

Women of Mayo Clinic

The story of Mayo Clinic begins on the Minnesota prairie following a devastating tornado in 1883. It also begins with the women who joined the growing practice as physicians, as laboratory researchers, as developers of radium therapy and cancer treatments, and as innovators in virtually all aspects of patient care, education, and research. While these women contributed to the clinic's origins and success, their roles have not been widely celebrated—until now.<br /><br...

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Virginia Wright-Peterson

On Dogs and Dying

Michelle A. Rivera

On Dogs and Dying

Dogs know when we are feeling down. They love it when we are happy and seeking friendship and fun, and they understand when we are feeling sad and desperate. This book presents a series of real-life tales of the positive effects dogs have had on people at the end of their lives, chronicling the visits by two therapy dogs, Woody and Katie, to patients in a south Florida hospice facility. Through twenty-one stories, infused with humor amidst the sadness, Michelle Rivera, an experienced animal...

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Michelle A. Rivera

Animal-Assisted Interventions in He...

Sandra B. Barker

Animal-Assisted Interventions in Health Care Settings

Growing literature around the benefits of animal-assisted intervention (AAI) spurs health care professionals and administrators to start new programs. Yet the trend also raises questions of how best to begin and run successful AAI programs—under what circumstances, with what staff, and within what guidelines. Animal-Assisted Interventions in Health Care Settings: A Best Practices Manual for Establishing New Programs succinctly outlines how best to develop, implement, run, and evaluate AAI...

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Sandra B. Barker

Managing diabetes and related healt...

Dr Arien van der Merwe

Managing diabetes and related health challenges

With more than 3,5 million South Africans having diabetes and more than 150 million worldwide with metabolic syndrome (which includes diabetes), often undiagnosed, this book comes at exactly the right time. Well-known South African medical doctor, author and expert on holistic integrative medicine, Dr Arien van der Merwe, explains precisely what diabetes is, its symptoms and the different types – 1, 2 and 3, what causes diabetes, from physiology to emotions, what pre-diabetes and insulin...

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Dr Arien van der Merwe

Circadian

Chelsey Clammer

Circadian

Winner of the 2015 Red Hen Press Nonfiction Award, <i>Circadian</i> is a collection of essays that weaves together personal account with cultural narrative, only to unravel them and explore the brilliant and destructive cycles of who we are. Using poetic language and lyric structures, Clammer dives into her stories of trauma, mental illnesses, and a wide spectrum of relationships in order to understand experience through different of frameworks of thought. Whether it’s turning to...

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Chelsey Clammer

Graphic Medicine Manifesto

Ian Williams

Graphic Medicine Manifesto

This inaugural volume in the Graphic Medicine series establishes the principles of graphic medicine and begins to map the field. The volume combines scholarly essays by members of the editorial team with previously unpublished visual narratives by Ian Williams and MK Czerwiec, and it includes arresting visual work from a wide range of graphic medicine practitioners. The book’s first section, featuring essays by Scott Smith and Susan Squier, argues that as a new area of scholarship,...

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Ian Williams

Addiction Is a Choice

Jeffrey A. Schaler

Addiction Is a Choice

Politicians and the media tell us that people who take drugs, including alcohol or nicotine, cannot help themselves. They are supposedly victims of the disease of 'addiciton', and they need 'treatment'. The same goes for sex addicts, shopping addicts, food addicts, gambling addicts, or even addicts to abusive relationships.This theory, which grew out of the Temperance movement and was developed and disseminated by the religious cult known as Alcoholics Anonymous, has not been...

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Jeffrey A. Schaler

Autism and the Edges of the Known W...

Olga Bogdashina

Autism and the Edges of the Known World

In this intelligent and incisive book, Olga Bogdashina explores old and new theories of sensory perception and communication in autism. Drawing on linguistics, philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, anthropology and quantum mechanics, she looks at how the nature of the senses inform an individual's view of the world, and how language both reflects and constructs that view. Examining the 'whys' and 'hows' of the senses, and the role of language, Olga Bogdashina...

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Olga Bogdashina

Autism and Spirituality

Olga Bogdashina

Autism and Spirituality

Olga Bogdashina argues persuasively that, contrary to popular belief, spirituality plays a vital role in the lives of many people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Drawing on interdisciplinary research from fields as diverse as psychology, philosophy, anthropology, linguistics, neuroscience and religion, as well as first-hand experiences of people on the spectrum, she shows how people with ASD experience their inner worlds and sense of self, and how this shapes the spiritual dimension of...

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Olga Bogdashina

DBT Therapeutic Activity Ideas for...

Carol Lozier

DBT Therapeutic Activity Ideas for Working with Teens

This fun and engaging activity book helps to teach teens to manage emotions and develop relationships by tracking their progress using Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) techniques. DBT is specifically designed for emotionally sensitive young people, especially those with borderline personality disorder, and the activities in this book will help regulate strong emotional responses which can lead to impulsivity, unstable relationships, low self-image and reactive emotions. It is a concise and...

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Carol Lozier

Asperger's Syndrome

Tony Attwood

Asperger's Syndrome

Tony Attwood's guide will assist parents and professionals with the identification, treatment and care of both children and adults with Asperger's Syndrome. The book provides a description and analysis of the unusual characteristics of the syndrome and practical strategies to reduce those that are most conspicuous or debilitating. Beginning with a chapter on diagnosis, including an assessment test, the book covers all aspects of the syndrome from language to social behaviour and motor...

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Tony Attwood

Gold Mirrors and Tongue Reflections

Ioannis Solos

Gold Mirrors and Tongue Reflections

Two of the major texts in the history of tongue diagnosis are presented and put into context in this volume, reaffirming the strength of tongue diagnosis as a core diagnostic method. These key texts are made available to western readers for the first time, with typical, traditional Chinese editions reproduced alongside the translation. The author provides an excellent overview of the tongue diagnosis theories in the major classics prior to the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), and discusses significant...

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Ioannis Solos

Developing Internal Energy for Effe...

Ioannis Solos

Developing Internal Energy for Effective Acupuncture Practice

Drawing on ancient Chinese knowledge and tradition, this book teaches practitioners of acupuncture how to develop their internal energy and sensitivity to energy in order to improve their practice. Understanding and working with energy flow is essential to becoming a good acupuncturist and regular qigong practice helps the acupuncturist to direct energy flow within the patient more accurately and effectively. This book presents a complete training regime for Western acupuncturists and features...

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Ioannis Solos

The Psychology of Spirituality

Larry Culliford

The Psychology of Spirituality

Spirituality is increasingly accepted as integral to human psychology, vital for physical and mental health. The Psychology of Spirituality is an accessible book that introduces the relationship between spirituality and psychology. The author sets out what spirituality is, the values it represents and how it can contribute to mental health and wellbeing. He then illustrates how knowledge of spirituality can provide a deeper understanding of people’s problems and can help them develop...

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Larry Culliford

Dramatherapy with Myth and Fairytal...

Pat Watts

Dramatherapy with Myth and Fairytale

Myths and fairytales are our rich heritage; a veritable feast of ancient wisdom passed down through the ages in the memorable form of stories. While almost any story will have deep meaning to some individuals, some of the time, this book presents a collection of stories that these maestros of dramatherapy have found to have a powerful effect almost without fail. These are the 'golden' stories of Sesame. The authors introduce the Sesame approach and describe the advantages of using...

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Pat Watts

Asperger Syndrome and Employment

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Asperger Syndrome and Employment

This is the book we need for guidance on employment for people with Asperger's syndrome. The contributors describe their employment experiences and offer sound advice. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the success stories and took note of the words of warning of what not to do.' – Professor Tony Attwood Employment is an important part of a healthy, balanced and fulfilling life but less than 20 per cent of people with Asperger Syndrome (AS) are in work at any one time. The adults with...

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Case Study Designs in Music Therapy

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Case Study Designs in Music Therapy

Research and clinical work are often perceived as opposites in the field of music therapy. This book shows, for the first time, how these two areas of work can creatively complement one another, proving beneficial to both disciplines. Each chapter is written by a leading researcher and practitioner in the field, and the book covers a wide spectrum of approaches within different settings. Beginning with methodological and musicological approaches to case studies, the book then moves on to more...

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Inner Journeying Through Art-Journa...

Marianne Hieb

Inner Journeying Through Art-Journaling

Inner Journeying Through Art-Journaling introduces a holistic journaling process that combines art, art therapy, design theory and spiritual direction in order to attain personal balance, awareness of one's own inner processes, resolution of internal conflicts and enhanced wellness. The book guides the reader through the process of creative journaling and presents the key elements of the technique. Case studies and art journals of Marianne Hieb's own clients and retreat participants...

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Marianne Hieb

The Creative Arts in Palliative Car...

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The Creative Arts in Palliative Care

Use of the arts in palliative care settings is a powerful and effective way of addressing the practical, psychological, social and spiritual issues faced by service users in end-of-life care. The Creative Arts in Palliative Care uncovers the possibilities for using the creative arts and provides guidance on how to implement arts projects successfully. Part 1 focuses on designing objectives for the creative arts in palliative care – such as self-fulfilment, social participation, diversion from...

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Making Babies the Hard Way

Caroline Gallup

Making Babies the Hard Way

How far would you go to have a baby? Making Babies the Hard Way is a frank account of one couple's discovery that they cannot have children of their own, and their ensuing struggle through four years of fertility treatment. One in six couples worldwide seek assistance to conceive and 80 per cent of couples undergoing fertility treatment are currently unsuccessful. Writing with humour and honesty, Caroline Gallup describes the social, emotional, spiritual and physical impact of infertility...

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Caroline Gallup

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