Holistic Treatment in Mental Health

Cheryl L. Fracasso, Ph.D., LMHC is a licensed mental health counselor, certified clinical trauma intervention specialist, and owner of ShangriLa Wellness Center, a holistic healthcare center. She served on the faculty at the University of Phoenix for over 9 years teaching undergraduate psychology classes. Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., former director of the Maimonides Medical Center Dream Research Laboratory, is a professor at California Institute of Integral Studies. He is a fellow in the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Psychological Science. Harris L. Friedman, Ph.D. is an associated distinguished consulting professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, an associated professor at the Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology at Canterbury Christ Church University (UK), and a visiting scholar at Harvard University. He retired as a research professor of psychology at the University of Florida.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments viForewordKirwan Rockefeller 1IntroductionCheryl L. Fracasso, Stanley Krippner and Harris L. Friedman 5Part 1. Psychotherapeutic InterventionsThe Vigorous, Compassionate and Holistic Approach of Rational EmotiveBehavior Therapy: Honoring the Work of Albert EllisDebbie Joffe Ellis 11Time Perspective Therapy: An Evolutionary Therapy for PTSDRosemary Sword and Philip Zimbardo 22Transpersonal PsychotherapiesHarris L. Friedman 35Part 2. Creative and Expressive Arts InterventionsNatalie Rogers’s Person- Centered Expressive Arts TherapySue Ann Herron 49Dance/Movement as a Holistic Treatment: Using Creative, imaginaland Embodied Expression in Healing, Growth and Therapyilene A. Serlin and J. Ryan Kennedy 61Drama Therapy: Integral Healing Through Imagination and ActionGary Raucher, Renée Emunah and Doug Ronning 76Music Therapy as a Holistic Treatment for Mental HealthLillian Eyre 90Art Therapy: An Existential PerspectiveJoseph Madigan 105Part 3. Mind/Body and Energy Medicine InterventionsHolistic Benefits of Clinical HypnosisMarina A. Smirnova 119Holotropic Breathwork in a Clinical SettingMarina A. Smirnova 127Emotional Freedom Techniques for Psychological Symptomsand DisordersPeta Stapleton 136Re-Enter and Re-Imagine: A Client- Led Dreamworking MethodChristopher Sowton 152Bodymind Healing PsychotherapyMichael Mayer 164Holistic Coaching for Mental HealthSusan Turner Gabrielle 182The Role of Massage Therapy in Psychological Services: Evidenceand Implications for Mental Health PractitionersGrant J. Rich 195Yoga Nidra: The Art of Deep RelaxationNick Atlas 209Mindfulness Meditation: Principles and Applications for Holistic HealingNitin Anand, Mahendra Prakash Sharma, Amanpreet Kaurand Priya Kayastha Anand 222Presence in Place: Exploring Well- Being Through Mindfulnessand Spirituality at Grand Canyon National Park and OtherNatural SettingsDavid S.B. Mitchell, Kanika A.M. Magee, Christopher N. Cross,Jules P. Harrell and Fatimah L.C. Jackson 244Grounding and Communication as an Integrative TherapyCaifang Zhu 259Part 4. Multicultural and Indigenous InterventionsMedicinal Drumming and Holistic HealingSal Núñez 273Practicing Medicine Wheel for Holistic HealingKathryn LaFevers Evans, Three Eagles 285About the Contributors 299Index 303