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COUN 525 - Alternative Modes of Healing and Counseling


3 Credits
This course — theoretical, practical, and experiential — surveys a number of the healing and treatment modalities (many of which come from other cultures), ancient forms of healing, or recently-developed holistic modalities, including: therapeutic touch; bioenergetics; faith healing; psychic healing; acupuncture and acupressure; hypnosis; breathwork; prayer; meditation; visualization; intuition; affirmation; music; vibro-tactile stimulation; technologies for creating; fundamental choices; empowerment; nutrition; massage; biblio-therapy; forgiveness; energy fields; altered states of consciousness, etc. An introduction to the fields of psychoneuroimmunology and behavioral medicine and to major cutting-edge ideas in the health professions; suggests ways to integrate into counseling practice some of the insights and understandings that come from “alternative modes.”



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