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C William Collinge, Roberta Wentworth, Sherry Sabo. (2005) Integrating Complementary Therapies into Community Mental Health Practice: An Exploration. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 11:3, 569 CrossRef
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Integrating Complementary Therapies into Community Mental Health Practice: An Exploration To cite this paper:
William Collinge, Ph.D. (Collinge and Associates, Kittery Point, ME.) Roberta Wentworth, L.C.S.W., L.M.T. (Counseling Services, Inc., Saco, ME.) Sherry Sabo, Ph.D. (Counseling Services, Inc., Saco, ME.) Objectives: To (1) describe the integration of massage and energy-based therapies with psychotherapy in a community mental health center, (2) to present qualitative feedback on the service, and (3) to present pilot data from a sample of long-term clients with persistent mental health concerns. Design: A noncontrolled pilot study was conducted using interview data before and self-report instruments after completing a brief program of complementary therapy accompanying ongoing psychotherapy. Settings/Location: The program took place at a comprehensive community mental health center in southern Maine and in the private offices of massage therapists and energy healing practitioners who contracted with the program. Subjects: Subjects were 20 women and 5 men, with mean age of 42 years and a mean history of 7.4 years of mental health treatment. All had histories that included trauma, 10 of which involved sexual abuse.
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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV Axis I diagnoses were PTSD (10), major depression (nine), anxiety disorder (three), and dual diagnosis (three). Interventions: Clients receiving ongoing psychotherapy were assigned to one modality of complementary therapy based on clinical judgment, availability of practitioners, and client interest. Modalities used were massage, acupuncture, Reiki, and Healing Touch. The mean number of sessions was five. Outcome measures: Clients completed an investigator-generated instrument with Likert-scaled ratings of satisfaction and perceived changes in four dimensions of trauma recovery: perceived interpersonal safety, interpersonal boundary setting, bodily sensation, and bodily shame. Results: Clients reported high levels of satisfaction with the service and significant levels of perceived (self rated) change on each outcome measure. Qualitative results included enhanced psychotherapeutic outcomes reported by mental health clinicians. Conclusions: The integration of complementary therapies into community mental health practice may hold promise of enhancing mental health outcomes and improving quality of life for long-term users of mental health services.
D Linda J. Dressen et al Pain, Anxiety and Depression in Chronically Ill Patients and Reiki Healing – Linda J. Dressen et al – Subtle Energies 1998 shoed a reduction in depression, anxiety and pain
E · Joan Engebretson DrPH, AHN-BC, RNa and Diane Wind Wardell PhD, RNCb Nursing Clinics of North America Volume 42, Issue 2, June 2007, Pages 243-259 aDepartment of Target Populations, School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center–Houston, 6901 Bertner Avenue, Room 764, Houston, TX 77030, USA bDepartment of Target Populations, School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center–Houston, 6901 Bertner Avenue, Room 793, Houston, TX 77030, USA Available online 2 June 2007. Research on touch therapies is still in the early stages of development. Studies of Therapeutic Touch, Healing Touch, and Reiki are quite promising; however, at this point, they can only suggest that these healing modalities have efficacy in reducing anxiety; improving muscle relaxation; aiding in stress reduction, relaxation, and sense of well-being; promoting wound healing; and reducing pain. The multidimensional aspects of healing inherent in patient care continue to be expanded and facilitated by our understanding and application of energy therapies doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2006.04.136 G Catherine GarrettTranscendental Meditation, Reiki and Yoga: Suffering, Ritual and Self-TransformationDOI: 10.1080/13537900120077159 Published in: Journal of Contemporary Religion, Volume 16, Issue 3 October 2001 , pages 329 - 342
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The paper explores three practices of eastern spirituality taken up by westerners for apparently secular purposes. As an 'emic' account that proceeds inductively from the author's experience, it shows how each of these practices is an attempt to change the meaning of suffering through the creative medium of ritual. Rituals are often used as initiations from one form of subjectivity to another. Yoga, Transcendental Meditation, and Reiki are undertaken as means of self-transformation. They may be adopted as 'magical' ways of achieving personal aims, but they also have the potential to take practitioners beyond the ego towards 'sacred' understandings or 'otherness'. The sacred (or 'spiritual'), however, is not necessarily 'the good'. The paper considers the effects of these practices. Do they become forms of self-mastery and power for the individual ego or do they hold out the promise of a more ethical self (in Lévinas's sense of 'ethics')? In other words, do they help resolve the problem of suffering through creating a more communicative body and a self-for-others?
Theresa C. Gilberti, PhDReiki: The Re-Emergence of an Ancient Healing Art in Modern TimesReiki has experienced a tremendous rebirth and expansion since its rediscovery by Dr. Mikao Usui in the early 1900s. The number of Reiki practitioners has grown to several hundred thousand worldwide. After Reiki instruction and attunements by a Reiki master/teacher, the practitioners, through intention alone, pull concentrated life force into their bodies and pass it through the hands to the client. The Reiki session places the client into a deep state of relaxation and peace, allowing the body to rebalance and heal. Reiki is not a religion, dogma, or creed, nor can it create or cause anyone harm. In fact, Reiki is beneficial to the practitioner and the client. Anyone can learn Reiki. There are no special skills or education necessary to learn this ancient healing art—only an open mind and heart. Key Words: Reiki • attunement • ancient • healing • energy • life force doi:10.1016/j.cnur.2007.02.004 |
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