What's New on IJHC (Jan 2010)

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Editorial Musings

Speculations on Two or Three Points for Transformation
Daniel J. Benor, MD, ABIHM

Research

Investigating Adaptability, Cohesion, and Human Energy Fields in Family Interactions 
Geoffrey Leigh, PhD and Jean Metzker, PhD

Abstract
Context:  The study of family interactions has a long tradition within various disciplines and methodologies, but one area ignored is the investigation of the human energy fields (HEF).  While the HEF concept has been around for centuries, only recently has it been explored. 
Objective:  Combining emotional expression, family processes, and HEF perspectives, this study was developed to investigate the relationship between emotional expression and HEF interactions in relation to reported and formally assessed family cohesion and adaptability.
Design:  The methodology was designed to analyze self-report and observational data on 56 dyads and triads within two-parent families with a high school adolescent.  Assessment instruments included FACES III, the Family Expressiveness Questionnaire (FEQ), the Affective Communications Test, the Emotional Self-Disclosure Scale, the Family Assessment Device, and an observational coding scheme for HEF.  The data were analyzed with Pearson Correlations.
Results:  The HEF codings were significantly correlated with family adaptability and cohesion in addition to parts of the family emotional expressiveness scales of the FEQ, ACT, ESDS, and FAD.
Conclusion:  The inclusion of HEF assessment in research on family dynamics helps identify aspects of family interactions that previously have been ignored but hold promise of adding to our understanding of family dynamics and have important implications in family therapy.

Remarkable Recoveries

My Journey to Recovery from Mercury Poisoning and Multiple Sclerosis
Linda Thompson

Though I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in August, 1989, with numbness in the legs and hands, visual disturbances and extreme fatigue, I continued to work full time as a travel agent until 2004. After many emotional stresses at work, caused mainly by interpersonal struggles, I began to feel confused, foggy and had difficulty with balance and mobility...

By June 2004, I was using a cane and had to be escorted if I were to venture out of the office and by July I was unable to move my left foot, had double vision, major vertigo, bladder difficulties, neuropathic pain in my lower legs, overwhelming fatigue, comprehension and memory problems, and the list goes on and on. I lay on the couch unable to move and couldn't even get myself a glass of water or get myself to the bathroom unless my husband Bill helped me...

I started reading the EFT tutorial on July 4, 2006 and when I got to the part "when physical ailments resist healing" I did some soul searching and decided I had nothing to lose by trying to get myself walking unaided (no walker, no cane, no help). The other priority high on my list was being able to take my dogs for a walk. This was something I hadn't done in over two years.

After several rounds of EFT I discovered emotions underlying my not wanting to get better...

Living with Life Challenges

Energy Psychology in Africa: Exploring Spiritual Dimensions
Barbara Stone, PhD, LISW, DCEP

Variations on the Theme of Healing

In Tennis, Love Means You’re at an Impasse, But in Life Love Means You’ve Scored, Big-Time!
John M Shaw

As you walk into the entrance of Wimbledon there is a line from the poem if by Rudyard Kipling which says, "If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters just the same" (ending with "...Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!") This is the message I convey on the tennis court every day to my students.

I also tell them to hit with their heart, and their body will follow when they hit a ball...

Wholistic Approaches

In Search of Mindfulness
Francis C. Biley   RN PhD

Student and healee experiences of healing

Energy Psychology in Africa: Exploring Spiritual Dimensions  
Barbara Stone, PhD, LISW, DCEP
Ron, age 22

Energy Psychology in Africa: Exploring Spiritual Dimensions  
Barbara Stone, PhD, LISW, DCEP
Hope, age 24

Poetry, The Creative Arts and Humor are Healing

Circles: A Merging of Art and Intuition
Carol Connor

Art & Healing
Richard Carpenter

The Last Leaf
Hannah Cooke-Ariel

You Can Never Speak Up Too Often For the Love of All Things 
Paul R. Fleischman, MD

Wholistic News Reviews

Traditional, complementary, alternative, and psycho-social modalities of treatment
Larry Lachman, PsyD

Book Reviews

James Lovelock. The Vanishing Face of Gaia- A Final Warning.

Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander. The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life.

Rothlyn Zahourek. Intentionality – The Matrix of Healing: A Qualitative Theory for Research, Education and Practice.

Mark Grant. Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain.

Richard Flook with Rob van Overbruggen. Why am I sick? What's really wrong and how you can solve it using META-Medicine®.

Sandra Ingerman. Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self.

Bernie Siegel and Jennifer Sander. Faith, Hope & Healing: Inspiring Lessons Learned from People Living with Cancer.

Michael A. Jawer with Marc S. Micozzi. The Spiritual Anatomy of Emotion: How Feelings Link the Brain, the Body, and the Sixth Sense.

Cay Randall-May. Healing and the Creative Response: Four Key Steps Shared by Healers and Artists.

Tapas Fleming. TAT Cards.