Healing and Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health

By Randi Fredricks

Book Overview

Healing and Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health provides a comprehensive overview of complementary and alternative treatments for mental health, with information and research on their effectiveness for treating specific disorders. Twenty-two chapters document research and the current practice of using complementary and alternative therapies in treating a number of disorders, including depression, anxiety, ADHD, autism, and addictions.
The therapies covered are both state-of-the-art and ancient, including naturopathy, psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, nutritional therapy, herbal medicine, meditation, and others.
Each chapter begins with a description of the classification of the disorder, followed by discussions of scientific documentation on diet, nutritional therapy, herbal medicine, complementary and alternative therapies, psychotherapy, and lifestyle changes.
This compendium of integrative and holistic therapies provides the reader with access to a multitude of options for improving their mental health. This is a thorough guide to alternative therapies in the mental health field, organizing a large amount of information in a relevant, easy-to-use format.
Healing and Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health can be used as a standard reference for the mental health care professional, the graduate student, or anyone looking to improve their emotional health.
To learn more about Healing and Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health and to read excerpts, visit www.HealingandWholeness.org.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1434383377
• ISBN13: 9781434383372
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 652 Pages
• Weight: 2.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Sharing one of my favorite reviews . . .

Thank you for the many positive reviews I have received for my book. The following is from Mary Crocker Cook, D.Min. LMFT, CADCII, a licensed psychotherapist, professor, and leader in the field of substance related disorders: Healing and Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health is remarkably grounded in scientific scholarship; while opening a myriad of doors into new possibilities for recovery. Dr. Fredricks has developed a resource that is both readable and practical. I recommend this informative volume to psychotherapists and lay person's alike.

Regarding Naturopathy's Science-Ejected Vitalism Premise, 2008:

This naturopath's book clearly states the essential sectarian premise of naturopathy, vitalism -- a PROFOUNDLY science-ejected concept, according to the National Center For Science Education and the National Association of Biology Teachers: "nonscientific notions such as geocentricism, flat earth, creationism, young earth, astrology, psychic healing and vitalistic theory, therefore, cannot legitimately be taught, promoted, or condoned as science in the classroom [c1995]" -- per: "the principles of naturopathic medicine [...] that distinguish naturopathic medicine from other medical approaches [...] include the following tenets [p.007...#1] nature is a powerful source of healing. This principle is based on the idea of vitalism, which holds that each of us has an innate life force that regulates the repair and regeneration of the mind, body and spirit. The naturopath's role is to facilitate this process [p.008]." Caveat emptor. -r.c.