Day: January 2, 2003
Healing Through Art
This is an attempt to look at the power of art by taking a very impersonal view of some of my experiences as an artist to find possible answers to its mystery
Traditional, Complementary, Alternative, and Psycho-Social Modalities of Treatment, Jan 2003
Fighting depression with n3 fatty acids New SNRI anti-depressant effective in one week Colonoscopy patients control their own analgesia Cancer patients receiving head/neck radiation helped by a morphine mouthwash Looking forward to fun releases endorphins and counteracts stress Acupuncture and hypnosis effective for facial, head and neck pain
The Food and Cancer Connection
Cancer is too vast a problem to expect that there would be a simple solution to all its manifestations. In this article, I want to acknowledge and present an overview of the relationship between cancer and foods that is spoken of in many different voices.
Make Way for Ducklings
Fifteen weeks ago I returned to my fourth year of medical school from a years leave of absence during which I worked full-time as Director of Student Programming for the American Medical Student Association (AMSA). I carried many fears with me upon my return. My baggage was by no means light. I feared watching myself
Resonance Tuning And Self-Healing
Resonance Tuning is a process that was discovered in the mid 1990s as one way to balance biological energy fields. While there is no objective evidence that this is being accomplished, the clinical results that many people are getting are consistent with the theory. Using a Resonance Tuner in the form of a small card,
Impact of Nursing Models in a Professional Environment: Linking Spiritual End-of-Life Care to Nursing Theory
End of life care through the lenses of nursing theories Spiritual facilitation is a method in which the nurse provides spiritual intervention to assist in resolution of end-of-life (EOL) issues, supported by nursing conceptual models, and promoting positive client and family outcomes. The proposed approach of spiritual facilitation, intervention, nursing education and conceptual models of
The Hidden Language of Intuition
Medical intuition and healing in clinical practice Energy medicine and intuitive diagnosis have come to the forefront of complementary/ alternative medicine (CAM) meridians and chakras have gone mainstream. Many medical and psychological intuitives work from a model that says disruption in the balance of the energy system due to trauma is the root cause of
The Anthropological and Scientific Case for Psycho-Energetic Healing
Variations on the theme of healing: Christian, psychodynamic and psychoenergetic Part 1. This dissertation examines psycho-energetic (bioenergy) psychotherapy, the anthropological and scientific/medical validity of bioenergy as a construct, and three psycho-energetic therapy paradigms with mature theories and interventions. Paradigms discussed include pre-psychodynamic (Christian), psychodynamic (Pierrakos, Lowen, Brennan), and post-psychodynamic (Confluent Somatic Therapy of Steven Vazquez)