Educational opportunities in integrative medicine: the A to Z healing arts guide and professional resource directory

"This all-in-one, up-to-date career and professional reference provides a comprehensive survey of integrative, alternative and complementary medicine therapies, their study and practice, for students as well as holistic practitioners. It covers the 11 major medical licenses - including natural and allopathic medicine, acupuncture, chiropractic, body and mind therapies and nursing - and 50 non-degree modalities such as ayurveda, herbal medicine, midwifery, biofeedback and yoga training. Modality history, philosophy, basic techniques and methods of each discipline are surveyed, along with career and training opportunities, licensure guidelines and salary information. With over 2,500 entries, it also features continuing education and postgraduate studies, conference and retreat centers, online resources and social networks, associations and research institutes, and major periodicals and publications. This book is a must-have desk resource for career seekers, students, holistic-minded healers and anyone interested in seeking out integrative medicine techniques and practitioners for themselves."--

Cover ; Copyright ; Table of Contents ; Foreword; Introduction; The Spectrum of Healing Modalities; A Bird's Eye View of Science, Spirituality and the Healing Arts ; Health Care Designations ; Section I: Licensed Professions; 1 Chiropractic Medicine (DC); 2 Osteopathic Medicine (DO); 3 Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (LAC); 4 Allopathic Medicine (MD); 5 Mental Health (MFT) (PhD) (PsyD); 6 Social Work (MSW) ; 7 Massage Therapy (MT) ; 8 Naturopathic Medicine (ND) ; 9 Holistic Nursing (RN) ; Section II: Nondegree Programs; Alexander Technique ; Applied Kinesiology ; Aromatherapy.

Art TherapyAyurvedic Medicine ; Bioenergetic Analysis ; Biofeedback ; Body-Mind Centering ; Color Therapy; Core Energetics; Craniosacral Therapy ; Dance Therapy; Energy Medicine; Essential Motion; Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing; Feldenkrais Method; Flower Essences and Bach Flower Remedies ; Focusing; Guided Imagery; Hakomi; Herbal Medicine; Holotropic Breathwork ; Homeopathy ; Hospice Worker ; Hypnotherapy; Iridology; Jungian Psychology; Midwifery; Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction; Music Therapy; Pilates; Poetry Therapy; Polarity Therapy; Psychodrama and Drama Therapy.

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