Creating Healing Relationships Professional Standards for Energy Therapy Practitioners

by HOVER-KRAMER, DOROTHEA

• ISBN13: 9781604150803
• ISBN10: 1604150807
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-09-10
• Publisher: Energy Psychology Press

Summary

Healing work isn't just about what happens in the therapy room, but also about how practitioners communicate with integrity and act in their professional and personal relationships. While gifted healers are being trained in hundreds of modalities worldwide, few genuinely professional organizations exist and, in most cases, standards of relational ethics have yet to be codified. In the best of cases, well-meaning practitioners are thereby limited in their work to provide optimal service--and, in the worst cases, they are left vulnerable to potential legal repercussions and relational liabilities. Creating Healing Relationships is the first book to seriously address the need for professional standards in the rapidly growing field of energy healing and to demonstrate how the ethic of human caring can be translated into professional standards for safe and successful energy therapy practice.

Author Biography

Dorothea Hover-Kramer EdD, RN is a dynamic speaker and presenter. She has been a psychotherapist in private practice for over 30 years. She co-founded the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP). She is especially committed to bringing insights from Energy Psychology to other professionals.

Table of Contents

About the Author	p. xi
About This Book	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvi
Foreword	p. xvii
Basic Practice Considerations For Energy Therapy Practitioners
From Personal Values to Professional Standards and Public Recognition	p. 25
The Context for Energy Therapies in Healthcare Today	p. 35
Legal Considerations and Risk Management	p. 47
Vignettes for Section I	p. 55
Walking Your Talk Standards for Establishing and Maintaining a Healthy Relationship with Yourself as a Practitioner
Why Care of Self Is Primary	p. 63
Learning from Personal Interferences	p. 75
Increasing Practitioner Insights with the Chakras	p. 87
Extending Practitioner Energies to Include Intuitive and Transpersonal Domains	p. 103
Vignettes for Section II	p. 111
Standards for Creating Healing Relationship With Clients
The Fiduciary Relationship in Energy Therapies	p. 123
Client Considerations in Energy Therapy Interventions	p. 137
Addressing Clients' Nonordinary States of Consciousness	p. 149
The Sacred Contract Between Caregiver and Client	p. 163
Vignetts for Section III	p. 175
Standards for Creating Healing Relationships with Colleagues, Other Healthcare Professionals, and in Our Communities
Building Bridges for Innovative Approaches	p. 187
Developing the Professional Image of Energy Modalities	p. 199
Vignettes for Section IV	p. 209
Conclusion
Future Development as Energy Therapies Mature	p. 217
Further Recommended Reading	p. 227
Sample Forms	p. 229
Leading Energy Therapy Professional Associations	p. 233
Endnotes	p. 237
Glossary	p. 243
Index	p. 249
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