--- Electroacupuncture
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--- Homeopathy
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--- Spirituality
Alternative Medicine
--- Medical Intuitives
Angel Therapy Practitioner (ATP) by Doreen Virtue
Animals
--- Animal Communicators
--- Canine Massage
--- Canine Trigger Point
Anthroposophical Medicine
Aromatherapy
art thereapy
Astrology
Attachment Therapy
Ayurveda
Bates Method
Biofeedback
--- Aura Biofeedback Imaging (Photography)
--- Neurofeedback, EEG Biofeedback (EEGBF))
Biologically Based Therapies
--- Chinese Food Therapy
--- Fasting
--- Herbal Therapy
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--- Natural Health
--- Natural Therapy
--- Naturopathy
--- Orthomolecular Medicine
--- Urine Therapy
Biomedical Model
Body Work
BodyTalk System
Breathing Meditation
CAM
Chakra Balancing
Chelation Therapy
Chinese Medicine
Chiropractic
Christian Science
Coaching
--- Life Coaching
--- Personal Coaching
--- Business Coaching
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Complimentary Medicine
--- Craniosacral Therapy
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--- Health Counseling
--- Intuitive Counseling
--- Shamanic Couseling
--- Spiritual Counseling
Craniosacral Therapy
--- Cranial Osteopathy
Dentistry
Diet-based Therapy
--- Breatharian
--- Fruitarianism
--- List of Diets
--- Living Foods Diet
--- Okinawa Diet
--- Ovo-lacto Vegetarian
--- Raw foodist
--- Vegan
--- Vegetarianism
--- Low-fat Diet
--- Low-carb Diet (Zone Diet, Atkins Diet)
--- macrobiotic
Distance Healer
Divination
--- Dowsing
--- Dance Prayer
Doctrine of Signatures
Doula
Dreamwork
Ear Candling (Ear Coning)
--- thermal Aricular Therapy
Eclectic Medicine
EMF Balancing Technique
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
--- Meridians
Energy Medicine
--- Jin Shin Jyutsu
--- Magnet Therapy
--- Medical Qigong
--- Reiki
--- Shiatsu
--- The WISE Method (Holistic Integrated Spiritual Ene
--- Eden Energy Medicine - approach developed by Donna
--- Therapeudic Touch (TT)
--- Metamorphosis
Energy Work
--- Energy Therapy
Exercise-based Therapy
--- Active Isolated Stretching
--- Aerobic Exercise
--- Aerobics
--- Alexander Technique
--- Body Building
--- Feldenkrais Method
--- Martial Arts
--- Physical Culture
--- Pilates
--- PNF Stretching
--- Stretching
--- Some Forms of Qigong
--- Tai Chi
--- Walking
--- Weight Training
Feng Shui
Flower Essence Therapy
Folk Medicine
Grahamism
Graphology (Hand Writting Analysis)
Group Modalities
Healing
--- Spiritual Healing
--- Voice Healing
--- Sound Healing
Herbalism
Heroic Medicine
Holism
Holistic Health
--- Holistic Dental
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--- Holisitc Medicine
Homeopathy
Hydrotherapy (Water Therapy)
--- Colon Hydrotherapy
Hypnotherapy
Image and Wardrobe Consulting
Integrated Energy Therapy
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Iridology
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Kundalini
--- Shakti
--- Chakras
Life Extension
Lifestyle
Lifestyle Diseases
Live Blood Cell Analysis
--- Dietary Supplements
Manipulative and Body-based Methods
--- Active Isolate Stretching
--- Acupressure
--- Bowen Technique
--- Marshall Arts
--- Massage Therapy
--- Medical Acupuncture
--- Metamorphic Technique
--- Myofacial Release
--- Rolfing
--- Taijiquan
--- Tulayoga
--- Trager Approach
--- Tui na
--- Structural Integration
Manual Lymphatic Drainage
Massage Therapy
--- Hot Stone Therapy
--- Infant Massage
--- Integrative Massage
--- Thai Massage
--- Traditional Thai Massage
Medical Intuitives
Meditation
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Mediumship
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Metamorphosis
--- Naturopathic Medicine
--- Meridian
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--- Birth
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Mind-body Connection
Mind-body Interventions
--- Art Therapy
--- Autosuggestion
--- Bach Flower Therapy
--- Buteyko Method
--- Eutony
--- Hatha Yoga
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--- Music Therapy
--- Nia Technique
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--- Self-hypnosis
--- Support Groups
--- Visualization
--- Vivation
--- Yoga
Modality Classifications
--- Professionalized Modalities
--- Self-care Modalities
Natural Health
Natural Therapy
--- Diet and Food
--- Exercise
Nature Cure
Naturopathic Medicine
NCCAM Classifications
--- Whole Medical Systems
NLP - Neuro Linguistic Programming
Past Life Healing
--- Past Life Regression
Physical Therapy
Polarity Therapy
Professionalized Modalities
Psychic
Psychotherapeudic Alternative Medicine
Psychotherapy
--- EMDR
Qigong
Reflexology (Zone Therapy)
Reiki
--- We Chi
Schools and Institutes
Self-care Modalities
Shaman
Soul Retrieval
Sound Healing Therapy
--- Drumming
--- Tibetan Bowl
Structural Integration
--- Balance
--- Alignment
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--- Biomechanics
--- Posture
--- Myofascial Integration
Tantra
--- Indian
Tarot Readers
--- Angel Card Readings
Therapeudic Touch (TT)
Therapeutic Music
Tibettan Eye-chart
Traditional Chinese Medicine
--- Chinese Martial Arts
--- Chinese Pulse Diagnosis
--- Coin Rubbing
--- Cupping
--- Five Elements
--- Food Therapy
--- Herbology
--- Jing
--- Moxibustion
--- Neigong
--- Seven Star
--- San Jiao
--- Shen
--- Tao Yin
--- TCM Model of the Body
--- Trigger Point
--- Yin and Yang
--- Zang Fu Theory
Traditional Japanese Medicine
Traditional Thai Massage
Uropathy
Vaastu Shastra
Visualization
Water Cure
Water Therapy
Wellness
Whole Medical Systems
Yoga
--- Yogarhythmics
Holistic Health Counselors focus on overall well being of the patient
Holistic health counselors aim to treat the patient as a complete entity without restricting him or her to mere symptoms, physical or otherwise. With the growing awareness of maintaining health, people are on the search for the therapies that adopt natural means to bring them peace, happiness, and health. Holistic health counselors look at the holistic health approach integrating the body, mind and spiritual elements.
What can you expect with Holistic Health Counseling?The holistic healing approach starts with understanding every aspect of you and your lifestyle. For example the initial session may include:understanding your eating habits, your ancestry, blood type, stress level, relationships, career,family life, spirituality, cravings, sleep patterns, and overall wellness, as well as any medical conditions you may have.
Holistic Health Counselors say,“Our physical and emotional states are intrinsically linked.”
If we are unhealthy physically it can affect our mental state, just as if we are down emotionally it can cripple us physically. There have been evidences signifying the connection between mind and body in human beings. For example, recent research demonstrates that what we think and feel can have an affect on our body's cells. This connection between mind and body needs to be explored, and this is the goal of holistic counseling.The ultimate goal of holistic counseling is a higher level of self-awareness.
Health is a journey, not a destination. Our bodies are made to change constantly.What worked before may not be appropriate now. What works for someone else, may not work for you. Holistic health counselors provide the environment and ask the right questions to help you find your own path toward wellness.
A holistic counselor recognizes that your discomforts are merely symptoms of an imbalance somewhere within you. The imbalance could be a mental issue brought on as a result of physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual needs that were not realized before.