Therapy

Therapy

Aba Therapy

ABA therapy is often referred to as “Applied Behavior Analysis”. ABA therapy utilizes the method of analyzing a person’s behavioral patterns based on categories of how the person reacts to certain stimuli. Once reactions are recorded, practitioners try to use techniques to change a learned behavior. ABA therapy is used in treatment of many conditions. The conditions that are treated by ABA therapy are autism spectrum disabilities, AIDS patients and families debilitating mental disabilities and industrial or mechanical injuries. There are three areas involved in ABA therapy. The three areas are: to work with...

Acceptance And Commitment Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment therapy is based upon the cognitive-behavioral model of Psychotherapy, which was invented by Steven C Hayes in 1990’s. It can be considered to be the mixed study of behavioral and cognitive-behavioral therapy. This therapy is well known as ACT which is said to be mixed blend of different studies like acceptance and mindfulness strategies mixed in different compositions with the behavioral change strategies to increase the compassion of Psychology.

By birth every human being is normal and psychologically healthy but whoever is said to abnormal is due to the syndrome driven by the abnormal pathological processes, and careful...

Advanced Physical Therapy

Physical therapy is non surgical highly interactive treatment of an injury or condition, where a physical therapist educated you about the problems and you can help yourself to succumb in to daily routine life. Physical therapy is also important is deterioration of muscle tissue and is also important for the mobility of the body.

Advanced physical therapy is to understand about preventing future accidents at home and while doing work out and basically understand the working of the body. Advanced physical therapy is helpful to as bone and muscle deterioration with age; older people are heavily prone for fall and fractures...

Anodyne Therapy

Speaking of therapies, we have a lot of new types and techniques being emerged in recent days and they continue to evolve which is a good thing. And there are certain therapies that do have some mind boggling techniques and results. Yet no side effects have been found for these completely different yet natural therapies. Anodyne therapy is one of such therapies but they have been in practise widely only in recent pains. It is not done for small pains, but for chronic pains. This anodyne therapy has a technique in which some natural herbs are preferred as medication.

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Aqua Therapy

There are many therapies that involve physical exercise that help to cure chronic diseases. The different type of therapy in practise is the aqua therapy, which involves no extra weights as in normal exercises. But it makes the resistance in water to make the exercise work. This therapy always is done inside and water.

Most people who have works in water and deals with water often will provide these therapies as they have knowledge over the therapy and it is easier to practise in water. These therapies provide more education about the techniques used inside the water to make one...

Aquatic Therapy

Water is associated with many different healing properties. Aquatic therapy, also known as pool therapy, is a fast growing exercise program that will benefit many different physical ailments. Aquatic therapy is beneficial for people of all ages.

People who are overweight or are seniors are not always capable of doing aerobic or very demanding forms of exercise. They often turn to aquatic therapy because it does not take its toll on the heart and will actually keep the heart healthy. Furthermore, obese people are not always able to exercise because they cannot properly do the different exercises when...

Art Therapy

Art therapy uses traditional psychotherapeutic therapies combined with expressive therapy which utilises art materials. It is believed to be quite a healing therapy as the creation of art lets a person express themselves in an imaginative and spontaneous way. This can lead to them feeling fulfilled and more emotionally stable.

Art therapy can be applied in clinical and nonclinical settings as it is easy to set up in art studios and workshops. Art therapists work with all ages from children to adults, and can provide therapy to individuals, families, groups and also communities. The therapy involves an...

Art Therapy Activities

Art therapy activities are therapeutic techniques that helps people to process and express their emotions through the use of artistic expression. Art therapy activities promotes self-discovery and self fulfillment. It can reduce stress and have a calming effect.

There are many different supplies used in art therapy activities. Paper, canvases, paints, markers, pencils, fabrics. Scissors, and glue. These are just a few of the supplies that are often utilized in art therapy activities.

When conducting art therapy activities is important that proper preparations are made. The client should have bright open space to create in with plenty of...

Art Therapy Schools

Art therapy is a creative and growing field of psychotherapy which helps the emotionally scared or physically disabled adults and children with art and its creative process. Art therapy has been extended to many fields and is being used in many fields like hospitals, community mental health centers, child life programs, shelters, prisons, nursing homes and special schools. There are many art therapy schools in Europe which have utilized the source of art in culminating life of physically disabled children and in some instances have been fruitful for the normal children also. These art therapy schools help the students to...

Bath Therapy

Basically bath therapy can be described as getting cured by taking bath, or water therapy which has been used since ancient times. Previously bath was considered to be the main source of being healthy and preventing any diseases. Water is considered as the major remedial agent for many of the known diseases like diarrhea, ulcerative colitis, fever jaundice, constipation and other such ailments. The ancient Vedic literature which is considered as the great source of knowledge has imitated water as the great source of natural healing and is main power in treatment of many diseases.

There are many “Spas” in...

Beauty Therapy

When an individual is interested in pursuing a career in the application of beauty methods for mind, body and soul, he or she may be interested in taking beauty therapy courses. Both women and men are looking into ways to help other people bring out their natural beauty by learning more about the field of beauty therapy. There are many different trade or secondary education two year college programs that give students the opportunity to see what beauty therapy courses will meet their individual’s needs. Most salons and hair styling places have also included areas where new...

Beauty Therapy Jobs

The field of beauty therapy jobs would be one that offers careers in things like masseuse, cosmetology, manicurist, hairstylists and other such opportunities. With beauty therapy jobs the focus is offering therapy for problems with personal beauty in settings such as spas. There are web sites that feature job options for those with the qualifications that are seeking employment in this field. Whatever helps to keep one looking young and attractive is within the scope of this field of therapy. So many have need of such services and will look for someone that is truly gifted...

Biofeedback Therapy

Biofeedback therapy acts on single principle of improving health by controlling body processes that happen involuntarily like heart rate, muscle tone, blood pressure and skin temperature. This is achieved by the study of various physiological functions by using different electrodes or devices which are attached to the monitor and measures all these processes. Biofeedback therapist will help you or assist you in changing the heart rate and blood pressure, which generally occurs in accordance with the change in thoughts, emotions and behavior. Eventually these changes can be maintained without using any extra equipment. This therapy has proved to be more...

Bioidentical Hormone Therapy

Bioidentical hormone therapy is also known as bioidentical replacement therapy and natural hormone therapy. Bioidentical hormone therapy utilizes bioidenticals found in plants which are identical to the hormones found in the human body. When people are deficient in their own human hormones then bioidentical hormone therapy becomes an effective replacement therapy.

Bioidentical hormone therapy is not a new idea; plant therapy has been used throughout time to aid or prevent many medical conditions. We use this natural therapy today, largely in women's hormonal issues, such as menopause when women lose estrogen and other important hormones that help keep them well...

Bioresonance Therapy

The theories behind bioresonance therapy have been in development since as early as the 1920s . It was official introduced by Dr. Franz Morrell in 1977.

Bioresonance therapy uses technology to treat illnesses, disease, and health problems. It does so by finding the hidden cause. Bioresonance practitioners find and assess energy imbalances within the body. They then work to rectify matters by normalizing the energy.

The principles of bioresonance therapy contend that all mater living or no “resonates”. The term resonate refers to vibrating in harmony with other neighboring sources of energy. When we come into contact with toxins, heavy...

Blue Light Therapy

Blue light therapy is an ideal way for treating common acne for which the proper name is acne vulgaris. Acne occurs when the oil produced in the sebaceous glands of the skin becomes trapped in the pores. When this happens bacteria feed on the trapped oil causing the pore to become inflamed which creates a pimple. This pimple can then go on to develop into a whitehead or a black head.

This therapy as a means of treating acne is a relatively recent discovery. The blue light therapy is effective as it kills the bacteria and can...

Bowen Therapy

Bowen therapy is a general term for many different therapies which are based on the work of Thomas Bowen, an Australian body worker. He had a holistic approach to his work so he liked to treat the entire body not just one area. His work was mainly making rolling or flicking movements over the muscles, the tendons and over the ligaments.

Because of a need to help his wife’s asthma, Bowen therapy was developed. He used hands on therapy and also made changes to her diet.

Others who also used physical manipulation helped Bowen to develop his work....

Brain Wave Therapy

Brain wave therapy is a simple, affordable, and effective technique that has been shown to improve nearly every aspect of a person’s life.

Brainwave therapy was originally introduced by Gerald Oster, a biophysicists working in New York. Oster made an interesting discovery while conducting EEG research. He noticed that the two hemispheres of the brain worked together differently when sound waves were introduced to the body through separate ears, as is the case with headphones. The two hemispheres of the brain would work to hear not the two external sound signals , but rather a third signal known as the...

Cbt Therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy is also called cbt therapy. It’s a very commonly used psychotherapeutic treatment that is effective in solving a number of problems concerning different behaviors, emotions and cognitions in a very systematic way. Research has shown it to be extremely effective for personality disorders, eating disorders, mood and anxiety disorders and also psychotic disorders.

It is used in a very particular way and is very technique driven. This therapy can be used in group therapy, individual therapy and it also possible to adapt techniques for self-help programs. It is a mixture of two different kinds...

Cbt Training

There are lots of courses available for cbt training as it has been found to be a very effective therapy. This therapy has been tested empirically and has been shown to be as effective as medication. People who have cbt training are able to help patients become more aware of how automatic thoughts may negatively affect their moods, and to effectively change the way they think so that their thought processes become more positive which will in turn affect their behaviour.

Those attending a cbt training course will already have a medical background and could well be family physicians...

Cell Therapy

Cell therapy involves the introduction of new cells into tissue as a treatment for disease. It is a therapy that is commonly used for hereditary diseases and may be used in combination with gene therapy. It has also been used to rejuvenate the immune system, fight cardiovascular and neurological disorders and to slow the effects of ageing.

The idea behind this therapy is that healthy cells from specific organs or tissues are matched to the unhealthy cells or tissues of the patient and are then injected into the patient to strengthen and regenerate the targeted areas. Cell...

Chelation Therapy

Chelation therapy uses specific drugs that are capable of removing heavy metals from the body. The metals removed may include arsenic, mercury or lead, and this therapy came into being when it was developed for use against poison gas in World War I.

Chelation therapy in those days used an agent which was a dithiol compound as an antidote to the poison gas which contained arsenic. The antidote worked by bonding to the arsenic and creating a compound which was soluble in water. This compound then entered the bloodstream where it was able to be safely removed...

Chelation Therapy Autism

In recent years a new link has developed between chelation therapy and autism. Some supporters of chelation therapy have gone as far as to say that it has cured autism in some children. So what is chelation therapy? And can it cure autism? This has been a controversial subject for the past few years inspiring a lot of heated debates within the autism community. It is important to understand both sides before forming an opinion.

The first step in understanding chelation therapy and autism is understanding what chelation therapy is. Chelation therapy is a medical treatment used to remove metal...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Depression

This theory is a systemic theoretical and psychotherapeutic approach divided as talking therapy and is goal oriented, used for solving the problems concerned with dysfunctional emotions, behaviors and cognitions. Cognitive behavioral therapy is related to behavior therapy, cognitive therapy, and the combination of basic behavioral and newly invented cognitive therapy.

Cognitive behavioral therapy depression is developed by two Individuals Aaron Beck a psychiatrist by profession and Albert Allis a Psychologist by profession. Both the morals of the therapy are based on similar principals of Cognition, which is used in the form of pre-consumed thoughts and preconceived judgments, which are most useful...

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Cognitive behavioural therapy involves getting patients talking about their problems. It is a good therapy for people suffering from a range of dysfunctional emotions including mood disorders, personality disorders, substance abuse, eating disorders and psychotic disorders. It can be used in group therapy as well as in individual therapy and can be quite useful for self-help programs.

It is based on two separate kinds of therapies which are behaviour therapy and cognitive therapy. Behaviour therapy concentrates on rewarding desired behaviours and trying to eliminate undesirable behaviours. Cognitive therapy seeks to change dysfunctional thinking and behaviour by helping...

Cognitive Therapy For Anxiety

Psychotherapy has many approaches, some of the psychotherapists identify with a particular orientation whereas some of the therapists draw from the orientation. Many therapists use combination of cognitive-behavioral and cognitive therapy for the treatment of patients.

Cognitive therapy is about the changing the thinking pattern or view of the patient and how they think about the things. One particular example of this therapy is rational emotive behavior put forth by Albert Ellis. According to this theory strong emotions are result of interactions between the events in the environment and someone’s beliefs and expectations. Sometimes some of these beliefs become strong...

Colon Therapy

Colon therapy is also known as colon cleansing, and involves therapies which are designed to get rid of faeces and toxins from the intestinal tract. This type of cleansing can take several forms including colonic irrigation, the use of enemas which may sometimes be mixed with herbs, the use of dietary fibre, laxatives or herbs.

Practitioners of colon therapy take the view that faeces accumulates on the walls of the intestines and that this can harbour pathogenic gut flora or parasites. They think that these accumulations may contribute to a feeling of general ill health. However scientific evidence...

Complementary Therapy

Complimentary therapy is also known as alternative medicine and covers a range of therapies that are outside the realm of traditional medicine. These therapies have often not had much research conducted into their effectiveness, unlike conventional medical practices.

Examples of complimentary therapy would include chiropractic, yoga, naturopathy, acupuncture and herbalism. Most of these therapies treat the person as a whole rather than trying to cure the afflicted part. They try to promote self-healing and also focus on getting the patient to look after their health.

Complimentary therapy is also extremely popular with cancer patients with about a third of...

Counselling And Psychotherapy

Counselling and psychotherapy is often used interchangeable but it does have some differences. Both counselling and psychotherapy are devoted to treating clients; however, much of the differences have to do with the historical context and the exact therapeutic approach.

The first approaches under the category of counselling and psychotherapy were started by Sigmund Freud and his “talking cure.” Sigmund Freud and Erik Eriksen were psychologists who started what is known as psychodynamics. Carl Jung, another student of the great Dr. Freud branched out with his psychotherapy approach, which he called psychoanalytic therapy. Why these early approaches don't really qualify as...

Couples Counseling Los Angeles

Couples counseling Los Angeles can be the place to rejuvenate ones significant relationship at this time of the year. Holiday seasons are often trigger times for the most aggressive conflicts between couples. It is as though prolonged times together suddenly bring to the fore all the minor areas that are points of contention between the couple. When undergoing couples counseling Los Angeles the common areas that a relationship therapist will help the couple to look into includes their communication methods and their conflict management methods. For most couples, once they are able to harness these two areas, the rest of...

Cranial Sacral Therapy

Cranial sacral therapy is an alternative therapy which is commonly used by chiropractors, massage therapists and naturopaths. This therapy works primarily on the skull and the spine and the idea is to ease the restrictions of nerve passages. This allows the free movement of cerebral spinal fluid through the spinal-cord and also helps to realign any misaligned bones which is very useful for those suffering from back and neck pain.

Some people find cranial sacral therapy extremely useful for the treatment of migraine is and fibromyalgia. However therapists are unlicensed and this therapy is generally quite untested as...

Cupping Therapy

Cupping therapy is based on Ancient Chinese Medicine, according to which there are “Meridians” in the body which act as pathways through which Energy of life flows freely. This Cupping therapy is generally carried out on the Back of the body which is considered to contain the main five meridians which when opened helps the body energy to flow more smoothly.

Cupping therapy is usually carried out by glass or plastic cups by causing a localized congestion. This therapy is carried out by creating partial vacuum inside the cups placed on body and suction vacuum is carried out by suction or...

Dance Therapy

Dance therapy is also known as dance movement therapy, a therapy which is based on artistic expression. Dance therapy has been considered a psychotherapeutic therapy based on movement and creative expression since the 1940's. It is a holistic approach to healing the mind and body. The American Dance Therapy Association states that dance therapy integrates the physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioural functioning of the individual who practices this modality of human expression.

The first dance therapists worked with patients in hospitals who were too mentally ill to work effectively in regular talking group sessions. Though these...

Dbt Therapy

There are many types of therapies being followed in recent days. And there seems to be many other therapies being innovated recently. All these therapies are getting more and more into the treatment of the cause rather the treatment of the symptoms. And one among such therapy is dbt therapy.

It is actually developed for emotionally disturbed persons. They were known to have borderline personality disorder and dbt therapy is known for treating such people. They help people who are emotionally disturbed to have a healthy normal life. They are very much disturbed by the surroundings and they are not...

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

Dialectical behaviour therapy is a form of therapy which was developed in order to help people who have been diagnosed with a borderline personality disorder. A borderline personality disorder commonly affects people over the age of 18 years old and can manifest itself in a variety of ways. Patients suffering from this disorder may have quite unstable moods which can affect their personal relationships, their self-image and general behaviour. Extreme cases may involve periods of disassociation were people become unable to function psychologically.

Dialectical behaviour therapy was developed by Marsha M. Lineham and utilises well known cognitive...

Drama Therapy

Drama therapy is a method to help a person heal from personal or social difficulties through the use of exploratory art. Drama therapy has become a popular outlet for children who come from an abusive home or even children who have been victims of bullying. For adults, drama therapy is a way to express their negative emotions through role playing and acting. Not only is drama therapy in theaters but the therapy has proven to beneficial at schools, mental health facilities, inmate facilities and hospitals.

Drama therapy was introduced as a form of therapy through “Psychodrama”. Psychodrama...

Edta Chelation Therapy

EDTA chelation therapy is a chemical process used to treat the condition atherosclerosis, commonly known as “hardening of the arteries”. Some have even called it a miracle cure. However, the jury of the medical world seems to still be out on its effectiveness.

Atherosclerosis occurs when the inner walls of the arteries develop a buildup of fat, cholesterol and other substances, including calcium. Middle-aged and elderly people are most likely to be sufferers of this condition because the fatty buildup begins earlier life and gradually gets worse. As the plaque builds up, the arteries become...

Eecp Therapy

EECP therapy is an outpatient treatment intended to help patients suffering from heart problems. The therapy is growing in popularity and is even considered an alternative to open heart surgery.

Heart conditions like angina and heart failure can seriously inhibit the day to day lives of their sufferers . EECP therapy is designed to alleviate some of the pain that heart conditions cause. An average EECP therapy cycle takes about 35 hours to complete. The treatment is administered for one hour a day, five days a week, for seven weeks.

The principle behind EECP therapy is that the arteries...

Eft Therapy

EFT Therapy, or Emotional Freedom Techniques, is sometimes referred to as acupuncture without the needles. Instead, you tap with your fingers on a particular acupressure point while concentrating on a physical or emotional problem that you need to deal with, sometimes repeating a phrase or statement that carries meaning in relation to the problem. This technique is used to treat emotional as well as physical health problems, and sometimes both .

The root of EFT therapy is in the belief that stress leads to health problems. EFT therapy experts contend that because our cells are in a continuous state...

Electroconvulsive Therapy

As a treatment for extremely severe cases of depression, electroconvulsive therapy has been known to have a high success rate. It is also considered to be a very good treatment for schizophrenia when it is accompanied by other conditions. In the past the therapy was not the same as it is today and did receive negative comments on its effectiveness.

Due to the exploitation of electroconvulsive therapy by certain films and books of fiction, the public has been made wary of the treatment. But, in recent years there has been increased interest shown and knowing the difference between...

Electro Shock Therapy

Electro shock therapy is used for treatment of depression and cases of manic-depressive states or catatonia that can’t be controlled by alternative treatments. Types of manic-depressive states are bipolar disorders or schizophrenia. Electro shock therapy employs the use of electrical currents to seize the neurological activity in the body.

Electro shock therapy was started in the 1903’s for individuals who began exhibiting signs of mental or social disturbances. Some individuals were confined to sanitariums or mental health institutions. Criticism became widespread because many people claimed this was an inhumane form of treatment. Because electro shock therapy...

Emdr Therapy

EMDR therapy stands for eye, movement, desensitization and reprocessing therapy. Developed by Dr, Francine Shapiro, EMDR therapy is treatment that is used for individuals who are debilitated by past experiences and memories. The method of therapy employed is to channel behaviors that have contributed to traumatic events that can range from sexual abuse, physical or verbal abuse and most recently popular distress from military service. EMDR therapy is believed to be closely related to “cognitive behavior therapy” and other treatments that involve immersing patients into situations that mirror the initial trauma. EMDR therapy helps to identify at what...

Emotionally Focused Therapy

Emotionally focused therapy is a structured approach to couples therapy and is most often short-term, lasting only about eight to twenty sessions. Drs. Sue Johnson and Les Greenburg are the developers of emotionally focused therapy. Research shows that about seventy to seventy-five percent of couples move from distress to recovery and approximately ninety percent show major improvements. Emotionally focused therapy is being used with all kinds of couples and in many different settings including private practice, hospital clinics, and cultural groups. The couples may include partners suffering from depression, post traumatic stress, or chronic illnesses. ...

Enzymatic Therapy

Of the three main types of enzymes that the body needs, it’s hard to say which one is the most important. Metabolic enzymes get the body going; digestive enzymes break down the food we eat; fresh plant enzymes mix with saliva to start the process. These function as enzymatic therapy to get all the nutrients from our food and deliver them throughout the body.

When we digest food we use enzymatic therapy to process this food. The work starts as soon as we take a bite and does not end till all the waste material is eliminated....

Equine Therapy

Equine therapy is used by both children and adults who are disabled because of either a physical, emotional or a mental condition. They are taught not only the skills of riding but also other skills that can enhance their lives. Some of the programs that can be taught are companionship, leadership, responsibility, vocational and educational skills.

Equine therapy should only be considered after there has been an assessment done by a person who is a qualified therapist. A certified riding instructor should be the only one who teaches the disabled person to ride.

While there are so many sports...

Estrogen Replacement Therapy

People are more concerned about their health than ever. Since the advancements in medical industry recent years, we have been exposed many types of therapies, that are shown to produce results that are positive to our human body. One of such therapies is this estrogen replacement therapy. In this estrogen replacement therapy, which is of course for women, when they think they lose control over their body because of their menopause, there starts the problem. In estrogen replacement therapy, they have two categories called synthetic and Bio identical.

Synthetic technique involves things that are made from molecularly altered horse hormones....

Estrogen Therapy

Estrogen therapy is prescribed in different ways. The different ways are pills, creams, patches or rings that are placed in the vagina. Creams, patches and rings are prescribed if a woman has trouble taking estrogen orally. For a woman that underwent a removal of the uterus or ovaries can be put on estrogen therapy. This type of estrogen therapy is called “unopposed estrogen therapy.”

Estrogen therapy is tailored to each individual’s hormonal needs. One type of estrogen therapy is scHRT or “sequentially combined HRT.” This method had estrogen and progesterone (another hormone) taken or given on...

Family Therapy

Family therapy training prepares students and professionals to help families function and work together. In order for a person to become a competent family therapist or counselor a lot of training is required.

Family therapy training teaches students a lot of practical techniques. One technique employed in family therapy training is reframing . The therapist learns to offer different perspectives of family problems. Parents who wer previously seen as strict for refusing to allow their daughter to date can be reframed into caring parents who are trying to look out for their daughter’s best interest.

Family therapy training...

Family Therapy Nyc

Family therapy NYC is a unique mode of therapy that does not just seek to help a couple or one or two individuals, but rather to help the family unit to work through a problem that affects them all. Traditional counselors would focus their efforts on only with the individual who has a history of being violent. However, the new approach to counseling which is integrated in family therapy NYC seeks to work with the individual and with all the family together. This approach has a greater understanding that human beings do not act in isolation and their actions affect...

Free Online Counselor

A lot of people need someone to talk to at some stage in their lives and a free online counselor may be the ideal solution. This might seem a strange choice, as a lot of people may assume it is better to talk to friends and family about any problems. However this is not always a great choice to make as they can offer a biased view of situations which may not be helpful. Friends and family may be very well-meaning but are not well placed to look at your situation impartially as a counselor is able....

Gay Couples Counseling

The purpose of gay couples counseling is to improve the relationship of gay couples.

A lot of the issues and problems that can plague a relationship are universal and common in both gay and heterosexual relationships. However, there are some issues that are specific to gay relationships and that may need to be resolved in gay couple‘s counseling.

Homophobia is one common issue discussed in gay couples counseling. This can be external or internalized homophobia. Couples may seek help if only one person is out of the closet. This can often put a lot of stress and tension on the...

Gerson Therapy

Developed by a German born immigrant Max Gerson, the Gerson therapy was a method used in cancer treatments. Gerson left Germany in 1933 and traveled to Viena before settling in New York City in 1936. Gerson therapy utilized a treatment based on dietary requirements for individuals. Gerson therapy was outlined in Gerson’s book “A Cancer Therapy: Results of fifty cases.”

Gerson therapy highlighted that this alternative approach to healing the body would cure cancer, autoimmune diseases (such as arthritis and gout) and endocrine disorders (diabetes).

Gerson brought his findings about the therapy in front of the Congressional Committee...

Group Therapy Activities

Group therapy as also known as Group psychotherapy which involves treatment of more than one patient at the same time, where more than one therapist can handle the therapy and depending on the gravity of the treatment therapy sessions and techniques may vary. This theory is based on counseling where individuals can meet the persons suffering from same condition and behavior like Alcoholic addiction and feeling of loneliness, when these people join together they can easily accommodate with each other and share their experiences or feelings. This group is operated on support structure basis and some of the group therapy...

H2o2 Therapy

This h2o2 therapy has been in practice for many years in many countries. But it is really less known for the world that this h2o2 therapy had been used in many fields for curing purposes including cancer and aids. This h2o2 therapy is in experimental state for many other diseases. Since they have its own disadvantages, moreover dangers, it is less practised in medical fields when all other tries has been failed.

It is a well-known fact that in many Asian countries, there was a practise of treating flu with h202. H20o2 is made in liquid form and contained in...

Hgh Therapy

HGH stands for Human Growth Hormone, which is one of the main hormones excreted by the pituitary glands. This hormone regulates the growth of the body by cell reproduction and regeneration in human cells. Use of human growth hormone has found its way in treatment of children and adult growth disorders. In recent time’s Human growth hormone or HGH therapy has become more evolved in maintaining young self by reducing ageing and obesity. Some of the outcomes of this therapy in GH deficient patients but not on healthy people include decreased body fat, increased muscle mass, increased density of bone,...

Holistic Therapy

Holistic therapy treats the patient as one complete package, namely the body, the mind and the spirit. Holistic therapy is also known by other names such as alternative or complementary medicine. This form of therapy is quickly growing and its popularity is spreading as it is being used hand in hand with traditional medicine.

Many years ago holistic therapy was practiced more often then traditional modern medicine. It was part of the daily lifestyle with the use of natural products as opposed to the current lifestyle where everything is produced or manufactured. Clean water and food, plenty of...

Hormone Replacement Therapy

Hormone replacement therapy is primarily used for women who have gone through the menopause. As women age there is less oestrogen and progesterone hormones in their system and this may produce symptoms which are unpleasant. This therapy is used to help lessen the effects of the symptoms as it artificially boosts the hormone levels. It does this by providing a low dose of oestrogen, and it may use one or more oestrogens as well as including progesterone and testosterone.

If hormone replacement therapy is used for women who have had a hysterectomy then this treatment does not include...

Hormone Therapy For Men

Hormone replacement therapy for women is well known and accepted. But hormone therapy for men, although not brand new, is substantially underused and practically unheard of in the public realm. Hormones can be prescribed for a variety of reasons and conditions. Typically as men grow older they lose much of their testosterone production. Just like the rest of our body, the parts that produce hormones tend to slow down as we age. Hormone therapy for men can help with the decrease in testosterone and help men obtain some very enjoyable results.

The decline of the hormone,...

Hydrogen Peroxide Therapy

In recent days, there are numerous types of diseases being spread in the world. These diseases don’t even have their names back a decade. And in the same time there are several innovations and improvisations being done in the medical world. New therapies are being formed more quickly than ever. There are many ways of treating a same disease. And therapies are getting more and simpler that, they are focusing on simple elements that can cure big problems. On among them is the hydrogen peroxide therapy.

In hydrogen peroxide therapy, they use hydrogen peroxide to cure chronic diseases that have been...

Hyperbaric Chamber Therapy

Healing from an injury, no matter how incurred, is treated by many types of physical therapy that push the healing process along. Hyperbaric chamber therapy is a lesser known therapy and is not used just in the healing of injuries. It has been used to fight autism, cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and even Lyme disease. The main ingredient in hyperbaric chamber therapy is none other than oxygen.

If you haven't heard of hyperbaric chamber therapy or hyperbaric oxygen therapy, you may have heard of hyperbaric medicine. Regardless of what it is called, the treatment utilizes...

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a very effective way to treat certain conditions and is widely accepted. Some of the conditions that this therapy is used for are carbon monoxide poisoning, decompression sickness, bone infections, radiation burns, skin grafts and fire burns. Healing is promoted by the delivering a high amount of oxygen quickly and deeply to the area of the body where the problem occurs.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is administered to the patient who is placed inside a chamber where the pressure of the atmosphere is increased to a set level. At that time the patient is...

Imago Therapy

Many couples come to the place where they do not think that their relationship can work anymore and the feel it is time to either separate or divorce. They have given up and they no longer want anything to do with the relationship and don't see any positive developments in their relationship. But if there is a little bit of hope left on the relationship from each partner, then the imago therapy comes in and helps them turn around that situation very fast.

Imago therapy was developed by Harville Hendrix, PHD from the Institute of Relationship Therapy in New York...

Inversion Therapy

Inversion therapy totes the benefits of reliving pain for individuals with specialized techniques. Inversion therapy utilizes a backboard that has an individual lying upside down. There is a bar that holds the individual in place when he or she is inverted. The anchors will act as a counteracting force when the body is placed in an upside down position. The idea behind inversion therapy is that the body parts inverted away the anchor will be naturally stretched and thus pressure around those areas will be decreased. Supporters of inversion therapy believe there are many health benefits after...

Jungian Therapy

Jungian therapy is therapeutic process based on the work of psychiatrist Carl Jung. The main focus of Jungian Therapy is on the concept of individualism. Which is the development of a person over a period of time. Individuation, thus involves broadening your own personal awareness . This is achieved by reconciling unconscious thoughts and motivations with the psyche. The term psyche encompasses all psychological processes both conscious and unconscious.

Jung argued that within each person’s psyche is a regulating center know as the Self. The Self contains wisdom and knowledge that may not be known to our conscious selves....

Led Light Therapy

Light Emitting Diodes are popularly called as LED, and this source is used in the treatment of healing cell and tissues along with helping patients to overcome some medical injuries and some of the medical conditions it is called as LED light therapy. This therapy is also used in the treatment of acne, pain, wound healing, and wrinkle reduction. Laboratory results have proved the credibility of the LED light therapy by observing that skin cells grow 150-200 percent faster when they get exposed to LED lights of certain specific wavelengths.

LED light arrays are set in specific design and are...

Licensed Professional Counselor

There are times when we all may have need for some form of therapy. When that occurs it is best to seek the services of a licensed professional counselor. A person who is a license professional counselor will be one that has met the requirements in the state where he or she resides to be issued a license. This will have certain criteria such as education, passing tests and any other criteria that state says is necessary in order to practice as therapy. Such therapists will normally specialize in a given from of counselor like with...

Light Therapy

Light therapy is quite simply exposure to light. This therapy is also known as phototherapy or heliotherapy, and uses natural daylight or specific wavelengths of light. This may take the form of lasers, fluorescent lamps, light emitting diodes or dichroic lamps. Light therapy should be used for the prescribed amount of time and at the time specified by the therapist.

There are many different uses for this kind of therapy, and it may be used to treat skin disorders, sleep disorders and also certain psychiatric disorders. It is very useful for treating acne vulgaris which is a...

Live Cell Therapy

Live cell therapy is common in the medical profession and uses the principle that cells of a similar nature can help heal or trigger healing in cells of the same nature. The medical world first practiced live cell therapy by transplanting cells of a particular organ from an animal to humans with a health condition in the same organ. Currently, especially in parts of Europe doctors use cell therapy to inject living cells of a particular organ to induce healing in the ailing organ of the recipient human. It appears that the cells of the healthy organ, once introduced into...

Lymphatic Drainage Therapy

Lymphatic drainage therapy works to maintain a healthy state of the lymphatic system. The body is a network of many delicate systems and one that keeps a healthy balance between fluid flowing in and out of the blood is the lymphatic system. The purpose of the lymphatic system is to cleanse the body by carrying toxins away from healthy cells and health inducing compounds to cells that need to fight disease. Lymphatic drainage therapy is a method of assisting a body that has a clogged or blocked lymphatic system to drain better and thus maintain a healthy fluid balance.

One...

Lymphedema Therapy

Lymphedema causes soft tissues to swell as protein rich fluid collects in the tissues. It is most commonly seen in hands and feet but can also occur in the abdomen, genitalia, head and neck. Lymphedema therapy seeks to treat this disease and help patients control their lymphedema.

There are two kinds of lymphedema which are primary lymphedema which is caused by inadequate lymphatic vessels and secondary lymphedema which may be caused by a blockage of the lymphatic vessels. This can be caused by treatment for cancer, especially cancers in the pelvic area, lymphomas and melanomas. ...

Magnet Therapy For Pain

Does magnet therapy for pain actually work? There is a growing number of studies that suggest that yes, magnet therapy for pain may indeed work. For instance, a recent study done at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston found magnets were effective at blocking pain caused by post-polio syndrome. The controlled study found that 76% of patients treated with a magnet got pain relief while only 18% treated with a fake magnet reported any relief.

Magnet therapy for pain caused by fibromyalgia has also been shown to be effective. A study at Tufts University School of Medicine...

Marriage Counseling Chicago

Marriage counseling Chicago as in many places seeks to help the married couple live together in an environment that is supportive of one another. The value of Marriage counseling is to enable the couple to build a family or relationship culture exclusive to them without losing their individuality and you can find such counselors in many places just as you can in Chicago. One of the tools you may wish to use to find great marriage counseling Chicago services is a counseling and counselors directory. The listings on a services directory will enable you find a counselor that specializes in...

Marriage Counselling Questions

While we all have the desire to have a happily ever after kind of marriage, this is usually far from the reality of what things actually are. Any marriage that is going through difficulties should never have to wait too long before seeking help professionally from a marriage counsellor. There are certain questions that you will find a counsellor may ask you and these are as below.

1. Are you inclined to the idea of taking pre-marriage questions with me?

2. Did you marry at an early age?

3. Did you not graduate from high school?

4. Are you in a low...

Marriage Cousleor Online

The internet has now made it possible to get a marriage counselor online. This is an easy and cost effective way for couples to work on their relationship from the comfort of their own home.

Working with a marriage counselor online can be very similar to working with a marriage counselor in person. Through the use of video conferencing and web cams the counselor and the couple are able to virtually meet. The counselor is not only able to hear the couple but they may also see the couple. Some counselors communicate with clients via email or online chat services....

Mindfulness Therapy

AS we get more and more into the cultural stuffs, we get more and more outside us. This makes us more vulnerable to the thoughts from others and the outside world. This makes the younger generations more vulnerable towards these stuffs. But mindfulness therapy helps people to realize themselves. They are more depressed and they develop more tensions due to the thoughts and exposure from the outside world. But when a person realizes that some things are not necessarily been taken from others.

Most people are getting things that they don’t need. These are all because of the social conditioning and...

Movement Therapy

Movement therapy is actually as the name implies; it is a therapy which requires movement. However, movement therapy is also known by its more common names, which are dance therapy, or movement dance therapy. What this therapy accomplishes is the combination of movement as a form of exercise with dance or creative arts. This form of artistic therapy takes the monotony of exercise out of the equation, and it adds creative expression. The belief behind movement therapy is that it is a wonderful holistic approach to heal the body and the mind. It has long been...

Music Therapy

Music therapy uses music to help patients regain or improve their health. It is mainly used to help patients improve their quality of life in areas such as motor skills, cognitive functioning, and emotional behaviour. It uses various areas of music such as singing, moving to music, listening to a piece of music and then discussing it, and also song writing.

People can be referred to music therapy services by their position, psychologist, occupational therapist or physical therapist. It is a very good therapy for people with special needs and also those who are undergoing physical...

Music Therapy Courses

Music therapy courses train students in the techniques of music therapy. Music therapy can be a challenging and rewarding career. Music therapists help clients to achieve better health through the use of music. There are a lot of course requirements that need to be met to become a licensed music therapist

Music therapy courses teach students to use the emotional, physical, spiritual and social aspects of music to help clients. Music therapy can help in the development of cognitive skills as well as motor development. Clients can also work on their social and behavioral skills. Music therapy can also help...

Naet Therapy

NAET therapy stands for Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique. This process is used as an alternative treatment for chemical and allergic sensitivities. NAET therapy uses a combination of acupuncture, traditional allergy remedies, and applied kinesiology. The theories supporting NAET therapy contend that allergies are a result of

energy blockages.

NAET therapy was introduced by Devi Nambudripad a licensed chiropractor who alos studied the field of acupuncture. The theory was developed after she suffered an allergic reaction while eating a carrot. She treated herself with acupuncture while a small piece of carrot remained on her. This experience laid the groundwork for...

Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy

As women age it is the natural progression of life that their body naturally stops or slows production of the female hormones with the onset of menopause. Sometimes this event is brought about because of a hysterectomy and removal of the ovaries. Regardless of the cause many women choose natural hormone replacement therapy to cope with this event that brings about hot flashes, vaginal dryness, and mood swings.

Hormones are essential to life, regulating virtually every function in the human body. When the production of these hormones ceases in women it can reek havoc in their lives, thereby...

Natural Hormone Therapy

Natural hormone therapy which is also called as Bioidentical Hormone Replacement therapy (BIRT) I or Bioidentical hormone therapy is replacement of the endogenous hormone by supplementary hormones which are molecularly similar. This therapy is mostly utilized in the treatment of female menopause due to the deficiency of estrogen and progesterone which are considered as the female secondary sexual hormones. Natural hormone therapy differs from the conventional hormone therapy where hormones are obtained from the plants and natural resources rather than from the equine urine. This is a notable fact in both types of Hormones or in therapies a cholesterol like...

Neurofeedback Therapy

Neurofeedback therapy, also known as neurotherapy, neurobiofeedback or EEG biofeedback is a therapy that uses a technique of providing the patient with real-time feedback on brainwave activity using sensors attached to the head and scalp. Neurofeedback therapy is controversial, but is gaining respect with its use in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as well as other conditions such as depression and anxiety. It has also been used to help control certain problems with the central nervous system like conduct disorder, temper tantrums, certain learning disabilities, sleep disorders, epilepsy, and cognitive dysfunction resulting from head trauma, stroke,...

Neuromuscular Therapy

Neuromuscular therapy is one of the therapies that evolved in recent years. It has its root deep, but the name has been getting popular in recent days. There are many types of massages that are involved in this type of therapy. But the massages are a little different type. Instead of massaging the whole layer of the body, this massage, focuses on a single point which is said to awake the inner powers of the body in that point. Identifying the particular point for the particular type of illness and massaging that part or pressing it is the main...

Nlp Therapy

Nlp Therapy also knows as Neuro-linguistic programming was introduced in the 1970s by Richard Brandler and John Grinder. NLP therapy uses special techniques to stop unwanted behavior and replace it with newer more desirable behavior.

NLP therapy analyzes how we communicate internally and externally. By examining the processes we use to communicate, we can change the way we communicate. By changing the way we communicate we can eliminate unwanted behavior.

NLP therapy can have a variety of uses . It can be used to help in the treatment of phobias. It can help people overcome the difficulties of learning disabilities....

Nutritional Therapy

Nutritional therapy is a method that brings about educating people on how food can provide benefits to heal the body, mind and soul. Hospitals and doctor’s offices employ individuals who have studied nutritional therapy. The individuals teach others on how to take care of their bodies by being nutritionally conscious. If someone is on a medicine to treat a medical condition, the benefit of nutritional therapy will help aid the healing process in the body. Nutritional therapy has provided benefit to people who have been suffering from chronic disorders like chronic fatigue syndrome 9CFS), arthritis, asthma,...

Occupational Therapy Assistant

The job of an occupational therapy assistant is to help the patient's with the activities and exercises which have been prescribed to them in their treatment plan. The treatment plan is developed by an occupational therapist, and then it is down to the assistant to help prepare the equipment and materials which will be used during treatment. They may also be required to perform certain clerical duties and to generally assist the occupational therapist.

They will have to oversee the patients while they are doing their exercises and activities to ensure they are done properly and will also want...

Occupational Therapy Equipment

Occupational therapy equipment assists people with special needs, disabilities, or injuries to complete everyday life tasks. The intended purpose of occupational therapy equipment is to make life easier to manage for the people who need it.

There are many different types of occupational therapy. This means that there are a lot of different types of occupational therapy equipment because each type of therapy has its own specific needs. Occupational therapy equipment can be specially designed to help , children, the elderly, people with physical disabilities , people suffering from an illness, people with mental or emotional problems, and people recovering...

Occupational Therapy Jobs

People with occupational therapy jobs help promote good health and well-being by enabling people to participate more fully in day-to-day activities. They manage to do this by helping people to modify their environment so that they can achieve more physically, socially and mentally.

Those who are trained to do occupational therapy jobs use a wide variety of disciplines including psychology, anthropology, medicine and psychology. Occupational therapy actually has its own discipline which is called occupational science.

Those working in occupational therapy jobs are part of a health care team and the therapist will analyse the patient’s functions and environment and...

Occupational Therapy Schools

The field of occupational therapy has many opportunities to offer those who interested in making it a career. It can be a very rewarding career financially and can offer us a sense of good will because we are helping others to live as good a life as is physically possible for them.

Occupational therapy schools offer the education needed to become an occupational therapist or an OT, as they are known. An OT is a professional health care provider who specialises in providing services to anyone who is in need, to allow them to resume life. With the...

Ocd Therapy

OCD is a short form for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder which is a psychological condition primarily associated with anxiety and stress. Until now there is no known and exact treatment available for the OCD, but the two most common methods used include medication and Psychotherapy additional behavioral therapy is extra help. If all these therapies combined then the cure rate goes up to 50-80%. Sometimes the illness aggravates and there is no other option than hospitalization and closer management of the patient, some of the additional therapies like deep brain stimulation or Electro Compulsive therapy (ECT) or shock treatment is must....

Oral Chelation Therapy

The process of oral chelation therapy has been in existence for over sixty years. The purpose of oral chelation therapy is to remove heavy metal toxins from the body and replace it with essential elements . Oral chelation therapy is also believed to have other health benefits.

Chelation therapy is used as a treatment for metal poisoning, specifically from lead, mercury, arsenic, plutonium, and uranium. This process is accomplished by releasing chelating agents into the body . The chelating agents are taken orally. These agents bind to the heavy metals that are present in the body. The chelating agents...

Past Life Regression Therapy

Several types of therapies have been developed in recent days that help people to recover physically and mentally. There are many similar techniques used in these therapies. But Past life regression therapy is a different type, which deals with a technique that reveals the past lives of the patients, when they are hypnotised and asked questions. These answers are revealed later and thus making an impression in their present life. It is well noted by many that it is all fantasies and not the memories of past life. It is noted in the ancient books of India about past life...

Pediatric Occupational Therapy

Although Occupational therapy is a vast subject to study and often the outcome of the therapy is beneficial for the patient or the one who is suffering it can be defined as “the study related to promote health and well being by considering the occupation which enables people to participate in everyday life by modifying the environment to support better participation”.

Pediatric Occupational therapy is implied for the children who help in the better development of their gross and fine motor movements. Sometimes the slow movement of these motor skills is a cause of concern for these children which lack...

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Pediatric physical therapy is a specialized form of therapy for children that have mobility issues. Individuals who pursue a career in pediatric physical therapy will help children who are affected with neuromuscular skeletal disorders, children with orthopedic problems or children that have been injured in accidents. Neuromuscular skeletal disorders can include spina bifida, cerebral palsy and scoliosis. Spina bifida is when the spinal cord does not close at the base where the spinal column meets the top of the skull when the baby is within the mother’s womb. Orthopedic problems can include shin splints, broken bones or...

Photodynamic Therapy

Photodynamic therapy is primarily used as a treatment for cancer. When used for cancer it involves the use of light, a photosensitiser and tissue oxygen. It is also a useful treatment for wet macular degeneration and research is being done into its effects on psoriasis and also acne.

Internal organs can be treated by using endoscopes and fibre optic catheters which are able to deliver intravenously administered photosensitisers as well as light. More research is needed to work out exactly what the optimal levels and combinations of photodynamic therapy are, especially for treating cancers.

This therapy is able to...

Physical Therapy

For many people, finishing undergraduate college courses are enough to try to venture out into the working world. But for some others, they are ready to take on the rigors of graduate school. One graduate program in particular that is a popular trend is physical therapy. There are no undergraduate programs in physical therapy. Individuals wishing to become a physical therapist opt to attend physical therapy colleges.

Physical therapy colleges or programs at universities and colleges focus on courses to prepare students for a Masters in Physical Therapy (MPT). Physical therapy colleges are designed to provide...

Physical Therapy Aide

A physical therapy aide works alongside the physical therapist to help patients receive an appropriate diagnosis and treatment of particular conditions. The types of treatments that a physical therapy aide is involved in are: neuromuscular skeletal disorders, joint or bone problems or accident related injuries. Neuromuscular skeletal disorders range from cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, issues with the neck, spine and back that can affect the nervous system. Joint or bone problems like arthritis, shin and hip problems or broken bones. Accident related injuries are falls, automobile accidents or workman’s compensation cases. With the guidance of...

Physical Therapy Assistant

A physical therapy assistant will work under the guidance of a physical therapist, and they help patients through the rehabilitation process. The patient may have suffered accidents, amputations, strokes, cerebral palsy or any of a number of conditions that has affected their ability to move properly.

The physical therapy assistant is trained to provide therapeutic massages, is able to conduct therapeutic exercises and will also observe patients so that they can collect and evaluate data on the patient's progress. They are also able to fit and adjust supporting devices such as crutches and braces. An assistant may have...

Physical Therapy Assistant Schools

There are a number of institutions that host physical therapy assistant schools. They exist where you can enroll and take classes on line. This will allow you to earn the necessary certificate from their physical therapy assistant school to seek employment in this field. With their web sites you can find out the requirements and course study required for you to complete their programs. They do exist to help you actually accomplish their program and actually earn the certificate that is required to work in this career. Each school has its own information to help make...

Physical Therapy Exercises

The use of physical therapy exercises after surgery or after an injury is of the utmost importance. The goal is to aid in the process of healing and in the recovery process. Stretching and strengthening are typical types of physical therapy exercises. Other areas of great concern are exercises for joint control, balance and muscles.

One of the most important physical therapy exercises has to due with balance. Loss of balance is very common if you have certain conditions or if you are older. The last thing you would want is to fall which would cause...

Physical Therapy Rehabilitation

When you’ve had an injury that leaves you in need of more than simple pain medications then you might be in need of physical therapy rehabilitation. There are situations that come up with pain from a sports injury, a senior citizen who suffered some debilitating condition or others that need the aid of physical therapy rehabilitation in order to recover. The good news is that there are a great many places hosted by those who are trained and professional that can help you in such conditions. They have the expertise in the kinds of therapy that will...

Physical Therapy Tools

Physical therapy tools are an important part of healing in many situations. Some of the major areas that a person will need physical therapy tools when recovering from injuries sustained from various activities. Injury causing situation though varied affect similar organs and bodily functions and the tools needed to revert to normal bodily functions are similar. One common injury, whether it is from a sporting activity or a motor vehicle accident for example is back injury. It does not matter how one became a spinal injury patient, but they will need the use of various tools to regain the active...

Play Therapy

Play therapy is a therapy that is used for children aged between three and eleven. It allows the children to express their feelings through play with the idea being that it's a self-healing process. Quite often children will express their experiences through play which allows them to accept others as well as accepting themselves.

Play therapists use a therapy to help resolve any social challenges that children might be having and to help them achieve maximum growth and development in this area. Play therapy is often used to diagnose problems in children as trained therapists can tell a lot...

Play Therapy Courses

Play therapy courses train professionals to work with children employing therapeutic play techniques, Play therapy is mainly used with children between the ages of three and twelve . Children often express themselves and their emotions through play, they also relive past experiences . Play therapy courses help to train professionals to guide children. Play therapy can be used to help with developmental growth, it can help kids through the healing process after a traumatic experience, it can also be utilized as a diagnostic device. A significant body of research has supported the efficacy of play therapy as a counseling technique....

Polarity Therapy

Polarity therapy is said be one of these therapies that don’t involve any intake of medicines and they believe the power of energy in the world can be transformed into human body to make them perfect. It can help them recover from whatever diseases they have. It is not approved by the standards of evidence based medicine. But however, polarity therapy manages to show many positive results for many diseases. In polarity therapy there are different ways of treating certain diseases, touching, verbal communication and exercises, along with nutritional diets.

They do believe that just by transforming the universal energy,...

Pre Marriage Counselling

With the rising rate of divorce many couples are now choosing to seek pre marriage counselling. This is a form of psychological counselling which couples can undertake before marriage. Research has been done into the effectiveness of this counselling and it has been found that it can reduce the possibility of divorce.

This is because couples who attend pre marriage counselling are much better able to cope with any difficulties and challenges that marriage might hold for them in the future as they gain an awareness of problems and marital issues that might arise and will be...

Raindrop Therapy

Raindrop Therapy is a therapeutic technique used to treat back ailments and enhance other systems of the body. Raindrop therapy has been used as an effective treatment for scoliosis and as a viable alternative to back surgery.

Raindrop therapy was first introduced by Dr. Gary Young who learned the technique from a Lakota medicine man. Proponents of raindrop therapy contend that back ailments are a result of viral or bacterial infections. These infections go on to inflame the spinal column and cause misalignments.

Raindrop therapy is a combination of Vita Flex , and a special massage therapy that utilzes essential...

Regression Therapy

Regression therapy deals with the idea that individuals build a bank of memories throughout a lifetime of experiences that can be either harmful or traumatic. The memories in regression therapy are defined into three categories: the conscious, the subconscious and the super-conscious. The conscious category is aware of what an individual prepares to do. The subconscious is aware of where an individual wants to be in any situation. The super-conscious category is the soul and being of an individual. Although these three categories are independent of each other, regression therapy deals with when these categories...

Reiki Therapy

Reiki therapy is one of the therapies that deal with the spiritual nature of humans. It is a practise that underwent several years in japan. Of course Reiki is a Japanese word meaning era. People with breast cancers are treated in this Reiki therapy and they feel really well after this Reiki therapy. People who are getting into this Reiki therapy feels more spiritual and it offers some energy.

In this Reiki therapy, people are allowed to completely relax and they are allowed to listen to some beautiful music which makes them even more relaxing. Then they are allowed...

Relaxation Therapy

Relaxation therapy is a method of controlling stress through learned techniques of proper breathing and focusing o relieving tension that builds up in the body’s muscular system. Relaxation therapy can be used anywhere, anytime and not just in a therapist’s or doctor’s office. Trained relaxation therapy professionals provide support and the tools to give individuals extra protection against the stressors that effect daily living. One type of relaxation therapy that is used is called muscle relaxation therapy. This method educates individuals on the reality of what stress can do the body’s muscular system. If an...

Retail Therapy

When someone has had a bad day or just needs a little pick-up-me-up after a little blowout with a friend, a dose of retail therapy may be what the doctor ordered. Dubbed as a therapy, the idea of a retail fix is not associated with medical professionals. Even though medical professionals do not specialize in the area of retail therapy, some researchers believe that retail therapy can lead to other medical conditions. A study conducted by the European Union concludes that retail therapy leads to “high level of addiction to rash or unnecessary consumption.” After a study conducted...

Rife Therapy

Rife therapy is a healing therapy that utilizes artificially created vibration also known as ultra sound. Many supporters of rife therapy will also use the rife machine. The rife machine and therapy developed along rife technology is a good example of how the medical world works. For every new ailment identified, there are two schools of thought and neither is more righteous than the other. The one school of thought believes a cure cannot be a cure that you can pass to the people without first undergoing years of thorough research. The other school of thought believes that information on...

Sand Tray Therapy

Sand tray therapy, which is also known as sandplay or Worldplay, or the Lowenfeld World Technique came about in the early 1920s when Margaret Lowenfeld began using miniature figures, sand, and water in a blue bottomed, aluminum metal tray in her clinic. Her inspiration came from reading H. G. Well's book, Floorgames. Reportedly, Wells observed his sons playing with miniatures on the floor of a room cleared of all of its furnishings. He noticed that his sons were able to work through some of their conflicts and explore a world beyond their present existence in a world...

Schema Therapy

Schema therapy is pioneered by Dr. Jeffery Young which is an innovative psychotherapy for personality disorders, chronic depression and other difficult individual and couple problems. Schema therapy is considered to be the right blend of cognitive therapy, behavioral therapy, object relations and Gestalt therapy which are unified and mixed for the systematic approach to the treatment. This therapy is commonly used on the patients who have been through using different therapies and have not got any potential effect like Dialectical behavior therapy. Schema therapy also borrows some of its aspect from widely accepted theoretical and methods from the Transactional Analysis.

Schema...

Solution Focused Therapy

Sometimes when a problem in life really is one you need someone to talk to about it. That is when with the help of a counselor you might consider solution focused therapy. This is where you dialogue with a therapist and search for solutions to your problems with a conversation. For some solution focused therapy has been a viable means to seek help with a given concern that is causing problems in your life. They might be long term or something that just happened, but talking to a counselor is often a good way to vent your...

Somatic Therapy

Somatic therapy is an attempt to fill the gap in the trauma field. Somatic therapy is therapies that is familiar with incorporating of holism in theory and practice the mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical aspects of each of us. This it achieves by aiding us in becoming knowledgeable of our bodies and the wonderful and awe inspiring feelings that we encounter through our bodies.

While our minds can be filled with anxieties, plans for our time and responsibilities, our body's alertness and breathing will be able to help us to stay attentive to what we are going through at that...

Speech Therapy Activities

Speech therapy is a well known practice evolved to treat the speech difficulties or the disorders of speech arising in toddlers, children’s and adults. The affected areas for the speech disorder may be language, voice, understanding various speech sounds and fluency in the language. Treatment of various speech disorders is carried out by combining various speech therapies with some of the speech therapy activities. There may be somewhat similarities between speech therapies of children and adults but speech therapy activities are different for the children and adults.

Some of the common speech problems or disorders faced by children and adult...

Speech Therapy For Children

Speech therapy for children so far has proved to be beneficial for the children which has helped them a lot to develop the social and cognitive skills. This therapy was developed basically for developing the cause and cure of speech impediments which mainly consists of language, understandability, fluency and volume of speech in children which also includes difficulty in swallowing. These conditions are treatable and often arise due to the development delays, genetic or accidental disorders, and due to some of the psychological problems. Speech therapy for children is necessary in young age as it is most important time in...

Spinal Decompression Therapy

Spinal Decompression therapy is a way of non-surgical and non-chiropractic therapy which is used to relive the back pain and neck pain along with other problems associated with the spinal disc injury. This therapy can be considered as the rehabilitation of the spine which is achieved by slowly and gently stretching the area of the spine and at the same moment spinal discs are decompressed, this for of treatment is considered safe rather than surgery.

Spinal decompression therapy is often carried out slope and steady speed, using he technique to stretch the spine which creates a vacuum effect inside the...

Sports Physical Therapy

Sports physical therapy involves the treatment of injuries sustained during sports or other activities, and is a clinical speciality. It aims to treat the symptoms and the injury, and to help the person avoid a recurrence of the injury in the future. It works very well on chronic and acute conditions and is effective for all ages. Sports physical therapy is certainly not just for the very fit as it can be used to help people who have chronic pain but no specific injury.

An initial evaluation of a patient for sports physical therapy will assess...

Sports Therapy Courses

Sports medicine is a fascinating combination of heath and sports. There are a lot of sports therapy courses available to help train students to enter into an interesting branch of that career.

Doctors, physical trainers, and physical therapists can all benefit from taking sports therapy courses. Sports therapy courses train students to work in a variety of different venues. People working in sports medicine will oftentimes work for sports teams. Professional athletic organizations hire full staffs of professional sports medicine professionals. Colleges, and some high schools will also hire people with a background in sports therapy, Sports therapy courses will...

Stammering Therapy

Stammering therapy can be conducted in a group or individual session. For the initial appointment the therapist will conduct a assessment to discover the particular needs of the client. The therapist will come up with a plan for progress and discuss it with the client.

There are many different techniques utilized in stammering therapy. Block modification is often used. The objective of this type of therapy is to help the client to desensitize from the stammer so it is easier. Clients are asked to identify when they stammer and their feelings and attitude about the stammer. They are then helped...

Stem Cell Therapy

Stem cell therapy is an exciting area of research which many believe can do much to cure human diseases. Most of stem cell therapy is still at an experimental stage although bone marrow transplants have been going on for many years. It is anticipated that the stem cells from adults and human embryos may soon be able to treat diabetes, cancer, neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease as well as many other disorders.

However a lot more research is needed before these treatments can be applied to actual patients. Recent developments have meant that the stem...

Stuttering Therapy

Stuttering is denominated as Speech disorder where sound syllables or words are repeated or prolonged which disrupts the normal flow of speech. Some times these disorders are also accompanied by some other struggling behaviors like rapid eye movement, tremors of the lips, or sometimes tremors in hands. Often this disorder leads to difficulty in communication and can affect the self esteem along with affecting the person’s life.

Stuttering therapy helps to reduce the stuttering to some extent, this therapy is actually a challenge as there is lack of evidence-based statistics about this therapy. There is wide debate on the therapy as...

Talk Therapy

Therapies are of many kinds and counselling is a kind of therapy that deals emotional and mental problems. There are many type of counselling, but in recent days explain talk therapy has been proved to be more effective when compared to similar therapies. In talk therapy, people are allowed to talk and they are allowed to talk freely on whatever they want to tell. There are many techniques involved in this explain talk therapy, so it is not the normal chit chat with relatives and friends.

In explain talk therapy, there involved the process, which is completely absent when you...

Telephone Counselling:

The psychological services are being practised all over the world. It is well known about the famous one on one counselling which involves the therapist and a person who needs counselling. In recent days, the telephone counselling is getting into the field with more results. Many people prefer telephone counselling over one on one because of the privacy and secrecy can be easily maintained in such therapies. Many psychological problems have been dealt in this process. Any psychological service done over phone is called a telephone counselling. This has been surpassing the classic one on one counselling in number of...

Therapy Putty

Therapy putty is an excellent tool to strengthen hands and forearms, and assist in rehabilitation. Therapy putty can also be used as a great finger exercise. It can improve strength , flexibility, dexterity, and coordination

Therapy putty is a great relaxation tool. It has been shown to reduce the stress level of its users. For this reason it can also be used as an anger management tool. Therapy putty has other health benefits. Molding therapy putty can release endorphins in the body. The release of endorphins can have several beneficial effects. It can lower blood pressure and reduce the risk...

Tinnitus Retraining Therapy

Therapies of different types have been emerging these days for different diseases. And tinnitus retraining therapy is obviously for treating tinnitus. People develop tinnitus and there are different types, like you start to dislike your environmental sounds and it is named as misophonia, Hypercusis. The symptoms are you’ll be forced to concentrate on sounds that you don’t like, your subconscious will make you focus on sounds that are not true but the sound interprets as ringing sounds in your ear. This has been said to have no cure. Until tinnitus retraining therapy, came there was such beliefs, but this therapy...

Tms Therapy

TMS therapy also known as transaction magnetic stimulation is a non invasive procedure performed on the brain . Electrical currents using a magnetic field stimulate nerve cells in the brain. These nerves cells are believed to control mood. This makes TMS an effective treatment of mood disorders like depression. TMS is a prescription treatment preformed under the supervision of a psychiatrist.

Physicians began studying the therapeutic applications of TMS therapy in 1990. The FDA has recently approved the use of TMS therapy for people who have found traditional depression treatments ineffectual .

TMS therapy is an outpatient procedure that can be...

Trauma Therapy

Trauma therapy is designed to help individuals cope with the effects of trauma inflicted as a result of abuse, accidents or life experiences. The abuse can stem from physical, verbal and sexual relationships or actions. Life experiences can bring on traumatic memories or episodes. Trauma therapy utilizes different types of methods to support an individual during the recovery process of their trauma. One type of therapy that has becoming more popular is somatic experiencing. Created by Dr. Peter Levine, somatic experiencing deals with exposing an individual to the different stages of the trauma to draw out...

Types Of Therapy

There is any number of different types of therapy available, and the type prescribed would depend on a patient's individual situation. Many of the types of therapy available seek to treat a person's emotional health, and although some of them are extremely well-known therapies others such as chess therapy have received a little less publicity.

One of the lesser-known types of therapy might include animal assisted therapy which is designed to improve a person's social, emotional and cognitive functioning. There are many kinds of animals used in this therapy including cats, dogs and rabbits but also more unusual animals...

Used Physical Therapy Equipment

Used physical therapy equipment is a good solution in situations where the need for physical therapy equipment comes suddenly upon a family or an individual. Some situations will require the use of therapy equipment for a short period of time, and others may require equipment for the rest of a person's life. In either situation, the people concerned can invest in used physical therapy equipment as it alleviates the great cost of investing in new equipment. In situations where it makes the most logical sense to have the physical therapy equipment at home, then the option of buying used physical...

Vac Therapy

VAC Therapy is an innovative therapy in wound healing; a wound VAC (Vacuum Assisted Closure) is a device which helps to effectively conduct the Negative pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT). It acts by creating negative pressure (Vacuum) at the site of the wound with patented dressing which helps to near the wound edges together, removing the infectious material and actively promotes and increases the granulation at the cellular level. VAC therapy has changed the way of wound healing and has contributed a lot in published evidence about the contribution in negative pressure wound therapy than any other source. Almost 3 million...

Vacuum Therapy

Vacuum therapy is similar to other therapies where there is no internal medicines are preferred. In this vacuum therapy, the instrument used is like a sucking device which gently pulls the skin due to the pressure developed in the device. This makes a lot of pressure revealing things to the body. It is one of the best cellulite treatments. They use a type of oil called essential oil during the vacuum therapy.

This oil is sprayed from an instrument exclusively designed to make the oil to be sprayed in the right amount during the process of vacuum therapy. So when...

Vestibular Therapy

Many people suffer from inner ear related problems such as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and the unilateral or bilateral vestibular hypofunction associated with Ménière's disease, labyrinthitis,and vestibular neuritis. The vestibular organs may have been damaged with disease or injury and the brain is no longer able to rely on them for accurate information regarding equilibrium and motion resulting in dizziness, vertigo, and general balance problems, and other symptoms. Although many people recover from these symptoms after a period of time because the brain has adapted through a process called vestibular compensation, others require vestibular therapy.

If vestibular...

Vibration Therapy

The therapies being developed in recent years seemed to have natural and harmless medications and techniques compared to a decade back. This is because of the awareness of these therapies in recent years. One of the therapies is the vibration therapy, which uses vibrational techniques on the body to cure more diseases and pains. Even though it is accepted that these vibrational therapies are not a recoverable tool, it is still practised in many areas around the world to improve their health status.

They focus on the points of the body, which needs proper stimulation. By giving vibration, these pains...

Wilderness Therapy

There are many new therapies emerging as the need for the innovation emerges. But these therapies are in practise for many years but they are not known to people. Wilderness therapy is one among them. It has been processed in many asylums to treat those patients.

They are a part of adventurous therapy which is well known. In wilderness therapy people are allowed to spend some days in the open air somewhere outside the city. The areas are made to treat relationship problems and emotional and mental problems too. They are very common nowadays among many institutions to make their...