Complementary
Health Practioners
Q & A Session
Practioners
in Charlottetown, PEI, Canada, were asked a series of questions
about their particular practice or therapy. Click on the links
in the biographies below to see different answers from people
working in: acupuncture, holistic nutritional consulting,
hypnotherapy, iridology, massage therapy, meditation, N.A.E.T.,
naturopathy, reflexology, reiki, spiritual counselling.
Q13:
Is there anything else a client should know about your modality?
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Acupuncture
(Daniel Schulman) | Answer video
Acupuncture
is actually part of Traditional Oriental Medicine, and offers a
solution to a wide range of issues using needles, moxibustion (the
burning of herbs on points) and other therapies to balance the ebb
and flow of your body's "meridians." A truly holistic
technique, acupuncture does not view your symptoms in isolation,
but as part of a whole picture.
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Holistic
Nutritional Consulting (Rachelle Wood) | Answer
Video
Registered
Nutritional Consultant/Practitioners believe it is important to
eat a variety of foods to ensure all essential nutrients are included
in one's diet. A RNC/P will not only recommend dietary lifestyle
changes, but is also trained to design personalized dietary supplementation.
They can also provide guidance in making sense out of conflicting
theories of nutrition.
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Hypnotherapy
(Cathy MacArthur) | Answer Video
Psychological
therapy and counselling (sometimes referred to as the “talking
cure”) is the treatment of emotional and psychological disorders,
unwanted habits and undesirable feelings, using psychological techniques
alone. The aim of all such therapy is to assist people (usually
referred to as clients) in finding meaningful alternatives to their
present unsatisfactory ways of thinking, feeling or behaving. Hypnotherapy
uses hypnosis to achieve these goals. Hypnosis is a state
of mind, enhanced by (although not exclusively) mental and physical
relaxation, in which our subconscious is able to communicate with
our conscious mind.
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all answers from Cathy MacArthur |
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Iridology
(Rachelle Wood) | Answer Video
Iridology
is the science and practice of health analysis through the examination
and evaluation of the coloured part of the eye called the iris.
The iris is ultimately connected with the brain and the nervous
system and through this path is connected with every organ in the
body. Through iris analysis, we can see the conditions of all the
tissue structures in the body and the location of imbalances, inherited
weakness, acid deposits, toxic accumulations, and emotional and
mental patterns.
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all answers from Rachelle Wood |
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Massage
Therapy (Beth MacKenzie) | Answer Video
Massage
is the oldest form of physical medicine known to man and can be
traced back to the early Chinese medical manuscripts around 400BC.
Massage is simply the manipulation of the soft tissues of the body
- the muscles, tendons and ligaments. A massage therapist's hands
are his or her most important tool, through which he not only treats
the patient but also detects physical and emotional problems. Today,
massage therapy is one of the fastest growing forces in the field
of health care.
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all answers from Beth MacKenzie |
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Meditation
(Rev. Sandi King) | Answer Video
Meditation is recognized
as a component of almost all religions, and has been practiced for
over 5,000 years. It was originally designed to be a way of connecting
to a higher power. It is still used this way, and is also now often
thought of as a technique of "focusing" or "concentration"
in order to connect to your unconscious mind, and to acheive an
"altered" state of consciousness. The techniques of meditation
are now used in many of the helping professions, such as counselling
and psychotherapy, and are also used in a hospital/medical setting
to relieve patient stress in an attempt to boost the immune system.
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N.A.E.T.
(Pat MacKinnon) | Answer Video
Nambudripad
Allergy Elimination Technique, known as N.A.E.T., is a technique
is based on the principle that when contact is made with an allergen,
it causes blockages in the energy pathways, called meridians. By
using muscle response testing and acupressure to release these meridian
blockages, energy is released allowing related organs and nerve
pathways to function normally again.
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all answers from Pat MacKinnon |
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Naturopathy
(Tracy Pollard) | Answer Video
Naturopathy,
or naturopathic medicine, is a system of medicine based on the healing
power of nature. Naturopathy is a holistic system, meaning that
naturopathic doctors (N.D.s) strive to find the cause of disease
by understanding the patient as a totality of body, mind, and spirit.
Most N.D.s use a wide variety of therapies and techniques (such
as nutrition, herbal medicine, homeopathy, and acupuncture).
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all answers from Tracy Pollard |
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Reflexology
(Joan Savage) | Answer Video
Reflexology
is a complementary therapy, which works on reflex areas on the feet--which
are linked to other areas and organs of the body--to help heal the
whole person not just the prevailing symptoms. Reflexology can be
used to help restore and maintain the body’s natural equilibrium.
This gentle therapy encourages the body to work naturally to restore
its own healthy balance.
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all answers from Joan Savage
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Reiki
(Gloria Lee, Joan Savage) | Answer Video
Reiki
is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that
also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands"
and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy"
flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life
force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or
feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy
and healthy.
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all answers from Gloria Lee
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Spiritual
Counselling (Rev. Sandi King) | Answer
Video
There
is one fundamental element that makes spiritual counselling different
from traditional types of counselling - That is the belief in a
greater power - a belief in God. Spiritual counselling deals with
the individual as a soul in a physical body limited by the physical
world. This means the counsellor recognizes the client as an eternal
soul dealing with the challenges of a physical existence.
The Spiritual
Counsellor helps the client, a living soul discover the purposefulness
in events and challenges in the free will universe. They can empower
a client to take charge of their life and to stop being a victim.
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all answers from Sandi King |
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