What's New on IJHC (October 2007)

Editorial Musings

ENERGY MEDICINE: FACT OR FANTASY?
Daniel J. Benor, MD, ABHM

In the Complementary/ Alternative Therapy (CAM) community, it is commonly accepted that there is a biological energy (bioenergy) that surrounds and interpenetrates the body. The National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) acknowledges energy medicine as one of the branches of complementary and alternative medicine. Conventional science has been skeptical about this because it has been difficult to develop instruments that objectively measure bioenergies. This discussion explores theories to confirm the existence of bioenergies and to begin to explain them.

Research

ENERGY MEDICINE: FACT OR FANTASY?
Research evidence
Daniel J. Benor, MD, ABHM

This is an expanded version of the editorial, with extensive CAM references. 

IS SOUND BEHIND THE CROP CIRCLES?
Freddy Silva

Living with Life Challenges

USING COMPLEMENTARY ENERGY WORK AND TRADITIONAL THERAPY TO ACHIEVE WELLNESS: Colleen’s Story
Peggy Koelliker, CH, EFT-ADV

Variations on the Theme of Healing

AWARENESS-ACCEPTANCE AND TRANSFORMATION (AAT©):
Letting go of distress and trauma using the wisdom of your body and expanding consciousness
Maria J. Becker, MD, FRCP(C)

WHAT IS SOUND HEALING?
Simon Heather

Wholistic Approaches

TRIBAL DREAMSTORY CIRCLES:  A New Look at Ancient Wisdom
Muriel McMahon

THE EXAMINATION OF HANDWRITING TO DETERMINE HEALTH ISSUES
Karen Fisher-Weinberg, QDE

In Germany, when a child enters school with a learning disability, they are automatically put on Grapho-Therapy.  Why isn’t the same thinking visible in the USA in our schools?  Handwriting is brain writing – the training and conditioning of the brain to connect with the world in a healthy way – and yet we all hear about the schools wanting to eliminate the teaching of handwriting. I wrote this article so that you could make your own decision about whether they are right or not.  If I am right, all over the country, start letting your voices be heard.  Keep teaching cursive writing in school. 

This article is about the journey into my life and the lives of Julie, Peggy, Ann and John.  Each of us has successfully used Grapho-Therapy to return to a more productive life.

Student and healee experiences of healing
 
A PSYCHOTHERAPY INTERNSHIP:
Through the eyes of a young therapist
Claudia Pina, MSW Student

Healee Reports

Sound Healing:
WHAT IS SOUND HEALING? - Simon Heather
Teresa – arthritis and old injuries
Steve – neck injury

Emotional Freedom Technique
USING COMPLEMENTARY ENERGY WORK AND TRADITIONAL THERAPY TO ACHIEVE WELLNESS: Colleen’s Story - Peggy Koelliker, CH, EFT-ADV
Colleen – depression and bipolar disorder

Grapho-Therapy (Handwriting Analysis)
THE EXAMINATION OF HANDWRITING TO DETERMINE HEALTH ISSUES
Karen Fisher-Weinberg, QDE
Julie – ADHD
Ann – Fungal infection in the brain
Peggy – Brain injuries
John – ADHD, heart problems

Poetry, Art and Humor are Healing
 
WORDS & ONE-LINERS
Ric Masten

Wholistic News Reviews

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

Book Reviews