What's New on IJHC (September 2007)

IJHC September 2007, Volume 7, No. 8 features:

Editorial Musings

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

Research

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

IS SOUND BEHIND THE CROP CIRCLES?
Freddy Silva

To date, some 10,000 crop circles have been catalogued, in twenty nine countries worldwide, and their anomalous features continue to defy human replication: plants bent an inch above soil; their cellular structure altered; stems lightly burned around the base; alterations to the crystalline structure of the affected soil; the evaporation of ground water, alteration of the local electro-magnetic field, and dowsable, long-lasting energy patterns, not to mention hundreds of measured effects on the human biological field. Sounds have been identified at the sites of some of the circles during their formation, suggesting that sound is one of the likely causal or organizing factors in their creation. This article presents evidence and theories in support of this hypothesis.
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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

This discussion traces a relationship between Jungian psychology and more ancient methods of dream tending and storytelling.  Utilizing the modality of Algonkin Traditional dreamstorytelling as a medium for constellating, activating, and sharing the tribal dream, Jungian approaches to group dreams and group dream work are explored, using sociological and narrative lenses.  The conceptual frameworks of the communal or relational unconscious, kinship libido, and the ‘tribal unconscious’ are introduced, amplified, and integrated with Traditional teachings.  This brief overview articulates a call for individuating group models and healing community building. 
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THE EXAMINATION OF HANDWRITING TO DETERMINE HEALTH ISSUES
Karen Fisher-Weinberg, QDE

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

Insomnia can predict anxiety disorders
Gastrointestinal cancer surgery survival improved with counseling
Poorer outcomes for "Type-D" chronic heart failure patients?
U.S. adults with alcohol disorders go largely untreated?
Pregnancy depression fueled by social conflict
Cinnamon extract and Type 2 diabetes
Families often find hospice is too late to help

Book Reviews

Freddy Silva, Secrets In The Fields: The Science and Mysticism of Crop Circles.

Tess Castleman, Threads, Knots, Tapestries: How a Tribal Connection is Revealed through Dreams and Synchronicities.

Elizabeth Johnson Taylor, What Do I Say? Talking with Patients about Spirituality.

Jennifer Harper, ND, PhD, Msc. Nine Ways to Body Wisdom: Blending Natural Therapies to Nourish the Body, Emotions, and Soul.

LaVonne Harper Stiffler, Synchronicity & Reunion: The Genetic Connection of Adoptees & Birth Parents.

Christina Pratt, An Encyclopedia of Shamanism.

Suzane Northrop, Everything happens for a reason: Love, Free Will, and the Lessons of the Soul.

Joseph Barry Martin with  Miriam Sanua, Travelling Light: A Call to Greater Power through the Nine Inner Places of Truth, Freedom and Love Consciousness.

Helke Ferrie, Dispatches from the War Zone of Environmental Health.