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Complementary And Alternative Medicine For Psychologists: An Essential ResourceStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionHow do yoga, meditation, or massage affect our health? Mental health practitioners can expect as many as four in ten of their clients to be using these therapies to supplement conventional psychotherapy. Author descriptionJeffrey E. Barnett, PsyD, is a professor and the associate chair of the Department of Psychology at Loyola University Maryland. He also is a licensed psychologist in private practice, Board Certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology, and a Distinguished Practitioner of the National Academies of Practice. He has published and presented extensively on ethics, legal, and professional practice issues for psychologists and other mental health professionals. Among other awards, he received the 2009 APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Independent Practice of Psychology and the 2011 APA Outstanding Ethics Educator Award. Allison J. Shale, PsyD, is a postdoctoral fellow at ANDRUS, a community mental health clinic in While Plains, New York, where she works primarily with children, adolescents, and families. She has published and presented at professional conferences on the ethical and effective integration of various complementary and alternative medicine modalities into clinical practice for mental health professionals. Her other areas of interest include clinical child/pediatric psychology and ethical issues in practice. Gary Elkins, PhD, is a professor and director of the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at Baylor University. He is also the director of the Mind-Body Medicine Research Laboratory at Baylor, where he leads a team of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and clinical staff. In 2012, he received the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Investigator Award from the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Elkins is the president-elect of APA Division 30 (Society of Psychological Hypnosis) and the author of three books and more than 75 articles in the areas of clinical psychology, health, and hypnosis. William Fisher, PhD, is an author of more than a dozen journal articles and book chapters. His research interests include health psychology, with a particular interest in women's health. He has presented his work at professional conferences nationally and internationally and is a recipient of the Texas Psychological Foundation's Alexander Psychobiology/Psychophysiology Award. Table of contentsI. Foundations 1.Foundations of Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2.Ethical Issues and Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Mental Health Care Practice 3.Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research II. Mind–Body Therapies 4.Biofeedback 5.Meditation 6.Hypnosis 7.Yoga 8.Music Therapy 9.Spirituality and Prayer 10.Acupuncture III. Biologically Based Practices 11.Herbals and Biologically Based Practices 12.Aromatherapy IV. Manipulative and Body-Based Practices 13.Chiropractic 14.Massage Therapy 15.Dance Movement Therapy V. Energy Medicine and Whole Medical Systems 16.Reiki 17.Ayurveda |